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St-Jean's gare SNCF is on the southern edge of the town centre, 500m from the beach. The somewhat harried tourist office is close by on place Maréchal-Foch, behind the Hôtel de Ville (July & Aug 9am-8pm, Sun 10.30am-1pm & 3-7pm; rest of year Mon-Sat 9am-12.30pm & 2-7pm; tel 05.59.26.03.16, www.saint-jean-de-luz.com ). On Friday and Tuesday there is a market in the adjacent boulevard Victor-Hugo. Bikes can be rented at Luz Evasion on place Maurice-Ravel and ADO on avenue Labrouche, as well as at the gare SNCF . Pelota matches take place throughout the summer in both St-Jean and Ciboure; ask in the tourist office for details.

Opposite the train station, on and around avenue Verdun, are a few inexpensive (for St-Jean) if uninspiringly located hotels , among them the en-suite, recently renovated Hôtel de Paris , 1 bd du Comandant-Passicot, on the corner of av Labrouche (tel 05.59.85.20.20, fax 05.59.85.20.25; 160-220F/¬24-34; closed Jan-April). If you want a quieter old-town or sea-view location, you pay accordingly, and half-board is usually obligatory in peak season: about the cheapest of these is the Trinquet Maïtena at 42 rue du Midi, just east of pedestrianized Gambetta (tel 05.59.26.05.13, fax 05.59.26.09.90; 160-220F/¬24-34). Slightly more expensive are the English-run Agur , 96 rue Gambetta (tel 05.59.51.91.11, fax 05.59.51.91.21; 300-400F/¬46-61; closed Nov-March), and the Ohartzia (tel 05.59.26.00.06, fax 05.59.26.74.75; 220-300F/¬34-46), just inland from the beach, with a huge garden where breakfast is served. A more upmarket choice overlooking the Grande Plage, the Hôtel de la Plage (tel 05.59.51.03.44, www.hoteldelaplage.com ; 300-400F/¬46-61; closed Jan-March), has its own (paying) car park and ground-floor brasserie. There are numerous campsites , all grouped in the so-called zone des campings to the left of the N10 between St-Jean and Guéthary.