Bayonne Sightseeing In Southern France
Bayonne
is part of Southern France bordering Spain on the Atlantic Coast.
The
area was once a Roman site and then became a viking settlement and
later was ruled by the English and then the French.
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| Inside the grounds of Sainte-Marie Cathedral |
The many
influences including the influence of the Spanish Basque give the area
of coastal Bayonne and Biarritz a unique flavor in its food
architecture, and sightseeing.
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| Sainte-Marie Cathedral |
Bayonne
offers a busy rail link from Paris for tourists headed to the resort
town, nearby Biarritz, and to Spain. Paris trains
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| The train station in Bayonne offers routes to Paris |
The rail link is prominent in
Ernest Hemingway's, The Sun Also Rises, when several of the
characters arrive in Bayonne en route to Biarritz and to Pamplona,
Spain for the running of the bulls.
In nearby San
Sebastian, Spain, the characters Cohn and Lady Bret have their rendezvous
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Bayonne and Petit Bayonne are divided by the Nive River and
joined by bridges
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Sainte-Marie Cathedral, constructed during the 12th and
13th centuries
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