Fort de Socoa

Worth the stop

I was actually there mid-November 2022 not Dec. We were driving to Bordeaux from Bilbao and stopped here on the way for the views. If you need to stretch your legs on a drive, take a break here. It wa...

a fort on a rocky outcrop

The fort of Socoa may be closed for visitors, but it is still very much worth to take the leisurely one hour walk from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to here. Past the Quai Maurice Ravel at Ciboure and the Socoa b...

Ciboure cliffs

That walk to here is nice, on a not wet day. Views of Cibourne cliffs on a good visibility day would be nice.

Mandatory visit

You have to go to this area in fact it's next to Saint Juan de Luz so it means is very close. The place is wonderful but the time I visit it, the building was in the middle of a renovation.

Beautiful

it is a beautiful building in the neighbourhood of Zokoa (Socoa) in Ziburu (Ciboure), once again in Basque hands after it was purchased to the French army in 2011