The coastal trail from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Hendaye

1 (607021 4804811). Further along, walk back up a flight of stairs. Go along the road and cross the Socoa bridge, take an alley on your right and walk around the port. On the other side, turn right two times and take Rue du Phare. Take a trail on your right until you reach a promontory with an iron pole on the edge of the ledge.

2 (606288 4805506). Continue on the landscaped trail that runs between a road and the ledge. Go past a blockhouse (at the D 912/D 913 junction) and temporarily break away from the road. In a depression in the ledge, you will come to the Viviers Basques creek (signs on the coastal ecosystem)

3(604300 4804593). Walk uphill along the ledge: the trail continues to break away from the road occasionally. After going downhill, turn right onto the entrance to the Haizabia property.

4(602641 4803742). When you come to a cottage on the coast, walk around it on the right.Cross over a bridge, walk up steps on the other side and continue on a trail. Go past the entrance to the Abbadia site until you come to Asporotz fishing equipment

5 (602120 4803701). Continue along the trail through alternating coppices and moors and go right every time you come to a fork, with the exception of the half-way turn-off that runs down to Baie de Loia. You will come to Pointe Ste-Anne and its blockhouse, which is topped with a wind rose

 6 (601100 4804254). Walk around the top of the cliff on the trail without crossing the protective fences and enjoy a view of the Deux Jumeaux rocks. Walk to Maison de la Lande (Abbadia domain activity centre), turn right and walk downhill to the fence at the site’s entrance (600795 4803386).The coastal trail runs under the car park, going along the beach toward the left for 350 m. Afterwards, it continues on the Hendaye dyke to the Bidassoa estuary.