A smart season on the basque coast | M6 | Zone Interdite

Thanks to four ardent supporters of this region, we discovered what is “One summer on the Basque Coast” : lifestyle, discreet luxury, sense of the feast, traditional matches…Odile lives in one of the most beautiful historic houses of the Coast, the House of the Infanta, in Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Painter, she exposes at home for handpicked guests. Her husband, Gérard, mad of rugby, defends the colors of the club of the Aviron Bayonnais. The stands of stadiums attract so many personalities as inns connected.Other lover of the Basque coast, Pierre Mathieu, TV presenter, guides us in Biarritz, where he has an apartment. To the program of its tonic holidays : surfing, pelota and festive nights with his merry band in bars where one must to be seen.On the beaches of Anglet, realm of the surfers, we followed the relentless duel of two champions of length – board. Antoine, age 23, inhabitant of Marseilles, and Baje, 30 years, Brazilian, settled on the spot by love of waves.A very appreciated meeting : the holidays of August 15th, on the terraces of the Hotel du Palais. Nowadays, this very smart establishment created under the Second Empire welcomes a privileged clientele from the whole world.Andrée, age 86, lives at the Hotel du Palais with her furniture and her paintings there. The staff of the hotel lavishes attention upon her.