Homes & Property | Luxury

Come for the beach, to shop or ski — then feast like a king in Saint-Jean-de-Luz

Coastal Saint-Jean-de-Luz has the lot and is a stylish mix of French, Spanish and Basque influences.
17 February 2016

Some 355 years ago in the small French Basque fishing port of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Louis XIV, France’s Sun King, married the Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain.

£771,600: a five-bedroom contemporary house with a pool outside St-Jean (Christie’s)
'Jewel box market'
The port: forty fishing boats still operate from the harbour
£474,000: a four-bedroom townhouse in a quiet area close to the shops and beach (Laffontan)

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