Activities in Biarritz
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Thermes Marins
Thermes Marins offers Thalassotherapy (literally, 'sea healing'). Like the other centres in Biarritz that offer this service, Thermes Marins squirts people with high pressure hoses, pummells them and massages them, and then smeares them in mud and seaweed. More and more swear by thalassotherapy both as an antidote to 21st-century problems such as stress, obesity and insomnia and as a cure for physical ailments.
Then again, the sceptical might say that a couple of swift laps swum around the bay or a nice warm bath at home with a kilo of salt, dash of iodine and a rubber duck might do just as much for you.
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Spa Kémana
Spa Kémana is one of the three Thalassotherapy (literally, 'sea healing') centres in Biarritz. Each year it's estimated that over 200,000 French allow themselves to be squirted with high pressure hoses, pummelled and massaged, smeared in mud and seaweed - all in the name of Thalassotherapy.
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Thalassa Biarritz
Thalassa Biarritz is one of the three Thalassotherapy (literally, 'sea healing') centres in Biarritz. Thalassotherapy is when people allow themselves to be squirted with high pressure hoses, pummelled and massaged, smeared in mud and seaweed and come away smiling. It's big business in France.
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Planète Musée du Chocolat
Delve into this real-life Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for an indulgent exploration through the world of chocolate, from its earliest beginnings to the mass production of today.
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Surfing
Once the almost exclusive haunt of the rich and pampered, Biarritz is now known more as the capital of European surfing(although in truth, the real centre of European surfing is the small town of Hossegor around 25km to the north). Grande Plage itself is good from mid-low tide on a moderate swell, whereas the 4km-long stretch of beaches that make up Anglet are more consistent and generally better.
No fewer than a dozen places around town offer gear and lessons (from €35 per hour); the tourist office keeps a list of most of the surf schools. You should ensure that the school you choose is registered with the Féderation Française de Surf (FFS; www.surfingfrance.com, in F…
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Plage Miramar
Biarritz’ raison d’être is its fashionable beaches. The central Plage Miramar is lined end to end with sunbathing bodies on hot summer days. Stripy 1920s-style beach tents can be hired for €9.50 per day.
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Plage du Port Vieux
A central Biarritz beach is the tiny cove of Plage du Port Vieux which, thanks to its lack of swell, is the best one for young children to splash about on.
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Grande Plage
Biarritz’ raison d’être is its fashionable beaches. The central Grande Plage is lined end to end with sunbathing bodies on hot summer days. Stripy 1920s-style beach tents can be hired for €9.50 per day.
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