Maison du Lierre

Biarritz


What a beauty this mansion is: impressively detached, with a balcony and a park view from nearly every room (apart from the very cheapest, which overlook a neighbouring building). It's elegantly simple – wooden floors, cool furnishings, rooms named after flowers – and the central staircase is a listed monument. It's not even expensive for Biarritz. Recommended.


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3. Grande Plage

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5. Plage de la Côte des Basques

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