Featured Hotels in Biarritz 

Hotel du Palais

The Hotel du Palais was built as a private Palace for Empress Eugenie, the wife of Napoleon III. It became a regular destination for European royalty including Queen Victoria of England, while Biarritz was transformed from the sleepy fishing village it once was to a destination of choise for the powerful and wealthy. This was enhanced by the opening of the Casino in the early 20^th century. The Hotel du Palais is one of the most legendary and famous hotels in all of France, and you can certainly see why the site it occupies was chosen for a Palace, it a panoramic view over the Atlantic Ocean and over the Grand Plage. It has two swimming pools, but rest assured, the quality of service you get here is second to none. 

Hotel de Silhouette

This is a very smart and fashionable hotel built in the centre of Biarritz in a converted large private house. It’s just across from the legendary markets of Biarritz where all the local gossip is exchanged. The rooms have been individually designed to an extremely high standard, and so has the reception and restaurant area. There’s a large garden at the rear of the building to stretch your legs with some rooms opening out onto it. This is one of the coolest boutique hotels you can find – it beats the socks off similar attempts at coolness in London and you’ll probably pay half the price. The service is great without any hint pretence. Simply must be considered if you don’t want to stay at the Palais. 

Hotel 7B

The Hotel 7B is just around the corner from the Hotel de Silhouette, therefore in the centre of town and really accessible to the beach and the market. Again, a newly refurbished hotel, but most notably one that gets all the simple things a guest needs done right. There is no pretence, an informal atmosphere and a really nice chilled out back garden area where you sip a cold beer after a day on the beach. The rooms are spotlessly clean, just couldn’t fault it. 

Hotel Le Bellevue

The Hotel Bellevue is just behind the Casino on Rue Edouard VII. Parking outside is nigh on impossible, but further down the road is a ramp which takes you to a public car park below the road where you can park for 8 Euros per day (at the time of writing). The steps up from the car park land you right at the door of the hotel. The road is a busy one but of you get one of the rooms to the rear all you get when you open the window is the roar of the sea and in many cases a good view as well. The rooms are well-presented, clean, with WiFi, and a Basque-designed bed cover which we thought was a nice touch. It’s really well located, and it takes no more than a couple of minutes to reach the beach and even less of you want to use the Casino itself. The staff were friendly, polite and attentive, the breakfast was good too. 

The Bellevue would be our choice of mid to budget standard hotel for Biarritz. More pics.