You can easily travel from one to the other on an inexpensive ferry that takes about 15 minutes, crossing the calm waters of the Bidassoa estuary and Txingudi Bay. Hendaye and Hondarribia are situated at the very edges of the French and Spanish borders, respectively, with the former located at the southwestern tip of France. Rather than head to more famous destinations such as Biarritz, Bayonne, San Sebastien or Bilbao, we were intrigued by two border towns that have a quieter presence. My partner and I had never been to the region before, and we decided to spend two days on the Atlantic coast, hopping between France and Spain. On a recent visit to Hendaye, a coastal town in France that’s right over the border from Spanish Basque country, I discovered just how rich and complex the area is– and how much it has to offer. Straddling France and Spain, the area is in fact an aggregation of several distinctive regions and cultural identities. Basque country is one of those fascinating “liminal” spaces that crosses cultural and linguistic borders.
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