page_title: Saint-Jean-de-Luz
section_title: Tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Saint-Jean-de-Luz / Tourism
caption_attribution_description: Saint-Jean-de-Luz - church St.Jean-Baptiste interior with its three balconies.
context_page_description: Saint-Jean-de-Luz is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
  Saint-Jean-de-Luz is part of the Basque province of Labourd.
context_section_description: Nowadays, St-Jean-de-Luz depends strongly on tourism with safe clean beaches, notable high quality hotels and a seawater spa, swimming pools, a casino, golf courses and a conference centre that is under construction. The town also benefits from regional tourism, with many attracted by the pedestrian area full of shops open all year round. It also attracts a large number of visitors from Basque Country, Spain, or Gipuzkoa along with many from nearby Bayonne and the rest of southwestern France. The city is particularly attractive to retired people, many of whom come to settle there from other areas across France. 
  Many cultural and sporting events are held throughout the year. There are internships and public concerts of classical music organized by the Académie Ravel, usually in the auditorium of the same name. There is a film festival dedicated to young filmmakers, a surfing film festival and Basque Pelota championships.
caption: Church of St. John the Baptist
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