2 Best Sights in The Basque Country, Gascony, and Hautes-Pyrenees, France

Tree-lined Place Louis-XIV, alongside the Hôtel de Ville, with its dainty statue of Louis XIV on horseback, is the hub of the town. In summer, concerts are offered on the square, which also hosts the famous "Toro de Fuego" festival honoring the bull with a parade and a papier-mâché beast.

During Biarritz’s original heyday, the elite often retired to the terraced restaurants of festive Place Ste-Eugénie, still considered the social center of town.