Activities:-

The region is home to one of France's best basketball teams as well as being renowned for professional rugby, football & Pelote, the Basque wall game played exclusively in the Pay Basque & Bearn departments.

There are year round opportunities for golfers on the many excellent country courses situated within easy reach.

Spring and Autumn pastimes include mountain trekking and hiking - for serious walkers, the old pilgrim route of Sainte Jacques de Compostelle passes close by.

Pau is fortunate to be one of only a handful of towns that is host to the Formula 3 Grand Prix during May where the race runs through the centre of town, creating a great atmosphere and certainly not an event to be missed.

The French are also very passionate about the Tour de France and the Bearn region is very proud of it's involvement.  Every year the Tour comes through the Pyrenees and most often a stage of the tour finishes and then restarts the following day in Pau before heading for the mountains.

Some of the best salmon fishing in France can be found on the Gave d'Oloron while this is also excellent cycling, horse riding and hunting country.

The ski stations of the Pyrenees have benefitted from substantial investment in recent years and are less than a hour away for Winter recreational activities.