Taxi Saint-Jean-de-Luz → Pau

Pau is the capital of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and the former capital of Béarn, birthplace of King Henri IV. The city is world-famous for its Boulevard des Pyrénées, a 1.8 km promenade offering an exceptional panorama of the Pyrenees mountain chain, described by Lamartine as 'the finest land view as Naples is the finest sea view.' The Château de Pau, where Henri IV was born in 1553, dominates the city and houses a national museum. The city's mild climate attracted 19th-century English aristocracy who introduced golf (the Pau Golf Club, founded in 1856, is continental Europe's oldest), horse racing and fox hunting. The free funicular connects the Boulevard des Pyrénées to the station. Pau is also a major university and economic centre (aeronautics, petrochemicals). The journey from Saint-Jean-de-Luz crosses two distinct cultural regions — the coastal Basque Country and the Pyrenean Béarn — offering landscapes ranging from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pyrenean foothills.