Who's been to Biarritz? Looking for info.

Joebits

How much money would you need for a week in biarritz? A bit of eating in, eating out and a bit of surfing..etc?

How much is a beer/wine?
Any nice pubs/clubs?
Happy hour?
Supermarkets?

P.C.

I am heading there next weekend, for a short weekend break.

Will let you know when I get back.

P.C.

Joebits wrote: »

How much money would you need for a week in biarritz? A bit of eating in, eating out and a bit of surfing..etc?

How much is a beer/wine?
Any nice pubs/clubs?
Happy hour?
Supermarkets?

Food and drink is expensive.
Beer starts at €3 for a small glass and goes up to €8 for a pint.
Wine starts at €3 for a small glass, and goes up to a few hundred for a bottle - an average bottle will cost between €20 and €30.

There are plenty of pubs/restuarants, but none of them are cheap, and none of them have happy hours.
The pubs/restuarants open for lunch from about 12 to 2, and then open for dinner from 7pm.
You will find it very difficult to get food between 2pm and 7pm.
There are a few pubs open in the afternoon, but not many.

Joebits

P.C. wrote: »

Food and drink is expensive.
Beer starts at €3 for a small glass and goes up to €8 for a pint.
Wine starts at €3 for a small glass, and goes up to a few hundred for a bottle - an average bottle will cost between €20 and €30.

There are plenty of pubs/restuarants, but none of them are cheap, and none of them have happy hours.
The pubs/restuarants open for lunch from about 12 to 2, and then open for dinner from 7pm.
You will find it very difficult to get food between 2pm and 7pm.
There are a few pubs open in the afternoon, but not many.

Alright cool, thanks for getting back to me!

Are there any off licenses in Biarritz?

Holy sh**, 8 euro for a pint..

P.C.

Joebits wrote: »

Alright cool, thanks for getting back to me!

Are there any off licenses in Biarritz?

Holy sh**, 8 euro for a pint..

There is a Carefour (spelling) Express in the city. You can buy beer and wine there.
There are also a few wine shops.

There is a market in the town where you can get a lot of fresh produce.

There is a very popular place to eat - Cafe/Bar Jean. Prices are not too bad (but not cheap) and it was very full, but with a great atmosphere.

There was also a great little wine bar that we found, but you stand outside, and after a while we were looking for a place to sit.

roberb

Stay in an apart hotel with a kitchenette to save cash as it is expensive to eat out. Mind you the food is amazing so well worth it. Above Cote des Basques beach - main surf beach south side of the city- there is a cafe called the thousand steps - surf the beach then come up and chill out there for the rest of the evening - loads of people just having beers, hanging out and enjoying the surf & sunshine. No one drinks pints - just small delicious cold beers

conno16

no one drinks pints?
what sort of town is this?

mental07

A town in the French Basque region...

It's a culture thing. They just don't go in for pints of beer in France, for the most part.

I spent a few days in Biarritz a few years ago and I agree with the other posters who've said eating out is expensive. It's quite an affluent town so I don't think this bothers the locals!!! Food is excellent though; plenty of really good seafood.

imme

Biarritz is a lovely little town. What time of the year will you be there. Sometimes they get an early summer with the odd hot hot day from May onwards.
Then again you could have showery weather as an alternative.

The setting is beautiful. Take the train along the coast even just to St Jean de Luz.

Old women will be there with their little lapdogs on their laps or in a bag on their bag, ah the French.

There's a Galeries Lafayette on the main street in town with a small supermarket downstairs. There's bound to be a bigger supermarket on the outskirts. There's a decent bus network around the place.

There are some decent-ish value Chinese/Oriental restaurants on the streets which aren't directly on the coast, so the roads behind the roads on the coast.

There's a decent value restaurant Les Collonades or something like that with outside tables if the weather is good.

Careful of taxi drivers, they might try to do you.:cool:

If you've no accom booked there are some places on Hostelworld or Hostelbookers, guesthouses etc.

Check out the casino if you're into that sort of thing.