We anchored off the beach at Saint-Jean-de-Luz … French for holiday resort!

… and tendered in to the little fishing harbour.

French royalty holidayed here. Indeed Louis XIV built this for his wedding night …

It’s August, and France shuts down for the holidays. The town was buzzing …

… and so was the magnificent beach (but no surf here) …

Facsinating old apartments and pensions front the beach and it’s strange stone wall.

Shopping is obviously a popular pastime …

… and so is drinking …

I declined the nougat …

… but did have a fabulous ice cream.