Town house with garden near center, beaches, all shops and 15

Biarritz is a French commune located in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, in the south-west of France. Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, the city has a 4 km long sea front, in the hollow of the Bay of Biscay, less than 25 km from the border with Spain.

The locality results from the union of two old centers of settlement, one dedicated to agriculture and the other turned to the marine trades. Former parish of Bayonne, the Saint-Martin district emancipates itself from it on a date still unknown, at the end of the 16th century or at the beginning of the 17th century. First a whaling port, the locality experienced an economic upheaval in the 19th century with the advent of sea bathing. Empress Eugenie makes it her holiday resort, and with it all the European aristocracy frequents the seaside resort. This activity did not weaken during the Belle Époque and even today, the economy remains turned towards the tertiary sector, of which luxury hotels, personal care and marine leisure constitute the predominant vector.