Castles in the Atlantic Pyrenees

Château
64400 Oloron-Sainte-Marie

The Château de Légugnon, a former lay abbey of the 16th and 17th centuries, stands at Oloron-Sainte-Marie in New Aquitaine, combining the bodies of houses, chapel and fortified dovecote.

Château
64450 Viven

Viven Castle, built in the 18th century in Viven (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), is a historical monument combining classical architecture and medieval remains, overlooking the Luy-de-France plain.

Château fort
64130 Mauléon-Licharre

Mauléon Castle, located in Mauléon-Licharre, New Aquitaine, is a 12th-century medieval monument, rebuilt for artillery and inscribed as historical monuments in 1925.

Château
64100 Bayonne

Château du Vigneau, a former 19th-century wine estate transformed into a country house, is located in Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques). It has been listed as a historical monument since 2009 and bears witness to local architecture.

Château
64400 Aren

The castle of Aren, built between the 15th and 17th centuries in Aren, New Aquitaine, is a listed historical monument combining medieval architecture and Renaissance transformations. Located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, it bears witness to the seigneurial history of Béarn.

Château fort
64460 Montaner

Montaner Castle, built at the end of the 14th century by Gaston Fébus, is a bearnaise brick fortress overlooking the Adour Valley, located in Montaner, New Aquitaine, famous for its 40-metre dungeon and its turbulent medieval history.

Château de plaisance
64210 Bidart

The castle of Ilbarritz, built between 1895 and 1897 in Bidart (New Aquitaine), is an eclectic modern castle designed to house a monumental organ, surrounded by a park today partially disappeared.

Château de plaisance
64200 Biarritz

Françon Castle, an Anglo-Norman building from the last quarter of the 19th century, overlooks Biarritz with a view of the Atlantic Ocean. Built for a British shipowner, it combines eclectic luxury and exotic botanical park.