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Visit Hendaye: highlights and tourist information

France This Way comment: Hendaye, the last resort in France before the Spanish border, also has a popular large sandy beach

Hendaye is situated in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

Attractions in Hendaye

The Church Saint-Vincent in Hendaye has a charming interior of tiered balconies and red walls: Hendaye church Saint-Vincent

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Hendaye in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Popular places to visit nearby include Hondarribia at 1 km and Ciboure at 9 km.

Hendaye, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Hendaye church Saint-Vincent

Church less than one km (direction north-north-east)

The Church Saint-Vincent in Hendaye has a charming interior of tiered balconies and red...

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Hondarribia

at 1 km (direction west-north-west)

Hondarribia is just across the border in Spain but we included it because its...

See Hondarribia guide

Ciboure

at 9 km (direction east-north-east)

Once home to Maurice Ravel, Ciboure is a smal port and resort just south...

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Saint-Jean-de-Luz church

Church at 10 km (direction east-north-east)

The church of Saint John the Baptist in Saint-Jean-de-Luz has a remarkable interior with...

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Saint-Jean-de-Luz

Seaside resort at 10 km (direction east-north-east)

A long established beach resort, Saint-Jean-de-Luz also has a lively and popular town centre...

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La Rhune

Scenery at 13 km (direction east-south-east)

The Rhune is a small Pyrenees mountain that you can go up in a...

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Sare

Most Beautiful Village at 17 km (direction east-south-east)

Sare is one of several traditional Basque towns in the western Pyrenees, with lots...

See Sare guide

Saint-Pee-sur-Nivelle

at 18 km (direction east)

Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle is a small basque village with a popular leisure lake...

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Biarritz

Seaside resort at 22 km (direction east-north-east)

The 19th century architecture and lovely beach and coast combine to make Biarritz a...

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Ainhoa church of Notre-Dame

Church at 23 km (direction east)

The church in Ainhoa is a traditional Basque church with rows of balconies around...

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Ainhoa

Most Beautiful Village at 23 km (direction east)

Betwen sea and mountains, the basque village of Ainhoa is listed among the most...

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Anglet

Seaside resort at 25 km (direction east-north-east)

Anglet, close to Biarritz, has several kilometres of beaches on the French Atlantic coast...

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Espelette

at 27 km (direction east)

Home of red hot chillies, Espelette is a very traditional basque village in the...

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Bayonne cathedral

Cathedral at 28 km (direction east-north-east)

Bayonne cathedral is an imposing gothic style cathedral with a beautifully restored apse and...

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Markets in and near Hendaye

Market days in Hendaye: weekly market: Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday;

• Hendaye: market Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (0km)
• Urrugne: market Thursday (6km)
• Ciboure: market Sunday (9km)
• Saint Jean de Luz: market Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (10km)
• Bidart: market Saturday (17km)
• Anglet: market Thursday & Sunday (25km)
• Ustaritz: market Saturday (26km)
• Bayonne: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday & Friday (28km)
• Boucau: market Saturday (29km)
• Cambo-les-Bains: market Wednesday & Friday (30km)

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Tourist attractions near Hendaye, France

What to do at Hendaye? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Hendaye.

Heritage sites

• Bayonne cathédrale de Sainte-Marie (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (28km)
• Porte St Jacques - St Jean Pied-de-Port (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (49km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Sare (17km)
• Ainhoa (23km)
• La Bastide-Clairence (43km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardins de la villa Arnaga (30km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Bayonne (28km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Vallée des Aldudes (40km)
• Marais d'Orx (41km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Anglet (25km)

Geography and distances

Hendaye is in the south-west of France at 114 kilometres from Pau, the department capital (general information: Hendaye is 689 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

Most visitors fly into Biarritz airport (Bordeaux is another option). Allow at least 8 hours for the drive from the cross-channel ferries. For driving distances to Hendaye from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 2 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Biriatou and Hondarribia.

This page in French: Visiter Hendaye