Bellevue Square

The Place Bellevue, in Biarritz

The Place Bellevue is a pedestrian belvedere that overlooks the Grande Plage of Biarritz, offering a magnificent view over the ocean. The Biarritz audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this lively square lined with shops and terraces, dominated by the Belle Époque façade of the Bellevue hotel, the first casino of the city, and adorned with a sculpture of the Basque artist Jorge Oteiza.

The Belle Époque belvedere over the ocean

Here you are on the Place Bellevue. With such a name, you expect a rather beautiful view, and you are served: this square, like a belvedere over the ocean, overlooks the Grande Plage of Biarritz. Entirely pedestrian and lined with shops and restaurants, it is a very pleasant place to come and stroll for a moment, facing the Atlantic. It offers a fine view over the sublime Belle Époque façade of the Bellevue hotel, on your left. Today a high-end convention centre, this building was the first casino of Biarritz and knew fine festive years: Charlie Chaplin, Josephine Baker or Charles Trenet came to have a good time there, in the time when the resort attracted the European elite. The geometric sculpture you see in the centre of the square is the work of the Spanish Basque artist Jorge Oteiza, and is entitled 'The Basque farm'; it is up to you to seek why, by observing its refined forms. The square is also an ideal place to sit at one of its terraces dominating the Grande Plage and taste the local specialities, while admiring the bathers and the surfers. At sunset, the view over the ocean is particularly striking. A fashionable belvedere and a terrace over the sea, the Place Bellevue is a fine stop of the discovery of Biarritz.

What to see

Here you enjoy a pedestrian belvedere overlooking the Grande Plage of Biarritz, with a magnificent view over the ocean; lined with shops and terraces, the square is dominated by the Belle Époque façade of the Bellevue hotel, the first casino of the city frequented by Chaplin, Josephine Baker and Charles Trenet, and adorned with the sculpture 'The Basque farm' of Jorge Oteiza. The Place Bellevue is a fashionable belvedere of Biarritz. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Place Bellevue lies above the Grande Plage, in the heart of Biarritz, reachable on foot. It is a pedestrian square freely accessible, lined with shops, restaurants and terraces, offering a fine view over the ocean; the Bellevue hotel, become a convention centre, follows its own conditions of access. You discover it during a walk by the sea.

What do you see from the Place Bellevue in Biarritz?

A magnificent view over the Grande Plage and the Atlantic Ocean, from this pedestrian belvedere; the square is dominated by the sublime Belle Époque façade of the Bellevue hotel, the first casino of Biarritz frequented by Chaplin, Josephine Baker and Charles Trenet, and adorned in its centre with the sculpture 'The Basque farm' of the artist Jorge Oteiza.

Where is the Place Bellevue in Biarritz?

Above the Grande Plage, in the heart of Biarritz, in France.