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ST-JEAN-DE-LUZ (DONIBANE LOHITZUN) |
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With its fine sandy bay and magnificent old quarter speckled with half-timbered mansions,
ST-JEAN-DE-LUZ
remains the most attractive resort on the Basque coast, despite being fairly overrun in peak season. As the only natural harbour between Arcachon and Spain, it has been a major port for centuries, with whaling and cod fishing the traditional preoccupations of its fleets. St-Jean remains one of the busiest fishing ports in France, and the principal one for landing anchovy and tuna.
The Town
The wealth and vigour of St-Jean's seafaring past is evident in the town, most notably in the surviving seventeenth- and eighteenth-century houses of the merchants and shipowners. One of the finest, adjacent to the Hôtel de Ville on the plane-tree-studded...
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