Basque Coast: land of character for demanding seminars

How would you feel about holding your next meeting on the Basque Coast ?

Located in the extreme south-west of France, the French Basque Country extends south of the Adour between the Atlantic coast, the Pyrenees and Béarn. In a postcard setting between land and sea, it includes the famous port cities of Bayonne, Hendaye and Biarritz, the elegant "beach of the emperors".

A region with a strong culture and customs, a rich heritage and a very mild climate all year round. These assets have made the region a very attractive area for seaside tourism, particularly developed around Biarritz.

The city has top-of-the-range facilities with its hotels and thalassotherapy centres, its casino and its sumptuous golf courses, including the oldest course on the European continent created in 1888, The Lighthouse.

This framework and level of services have also enabled Biarritz to position itself as one of the leading main  congress centres in EuropeThe site, which welcomes nearly 65,000 visitors each year. The city has three congress centres in the city centre, an 8,000 m² exhibition park, three auditoriums with up to 1,400 seats and 21 sub-commission rooms.

Accessibility

To reach this select corner of paradise, the famous holiday resort of Napoleon III and his wife Eugenie is only 1 hour flight away since Paris or Bordeaux and 2 hours of Lyon. In addition to domestic flights, Biarritz airport welcomes international flights. The city is also served by regular rail lines and numerous motorway links.

The Accor network on the Basque Coast

To host your next convention, hosted seminar or simple team meetingnetwork, the Accor offers you a selection of ten addresses specialised in the organisation of professional events in Biarritz and its surroundings.

From Sofitel Biarritz Le Miramar Thalassa sea & spa to the ibis Styles, via Le Régina Biarritz Hotel & Spa MGallery by Sofitel and our Mercure addresses, you will find in our range of hotels a solution for all your events, whatever your budget.

For convenience and comfort, our hotels are ideally located in each of the cities and close to the main access roads.

Incentive ideas

The possibilities of incentives and activities of team building are very diverse and all of them will allow you to discover the identity, the traditions and the art of living of this land with a strong identity.

For example, you can discover the craftsmen, producers, Basque gastronomy and all its riches: sheep's cheeses, the famous Espelette pepper, Irouléguy wine, Patxaran (wild sloe liqueur), etc.

If you have more of a sea legs and appreciate good wines, you can enjoy an oenological cruise on a sailboat. off the coast.

And for the more sporty ones, you can learn about Basque sporting traditions., including the famous Basque pelota and games of strength: soka tira (tug-of-war), zaku Iasterketa (sack race) and, for the stronger ones, the ingude altxatzea (anvil raising). Quite a programme!