Useful Websites

Sport

   
Surfing - Landes http://www.tourisme-landes.com/surf_landes.html Landes deparment including Mimizan
Surf school http://www.silvercoast-surf.com
http://www.surfingbiscarrosse.com
Mimizan Plage
Biscarrosse
Sailing / Windsurfing

http://www.nautic-sejour.org

Aureilhan Lake
Swimming pool http://www.cc-mimizan.fr/loisirs/piscine.php Mimizan Bourg
Golf

http://www.touradour.com/golf/landgolf.htm

 
Moliets Golf Course http://www.golfmoliets.com/en/index_en.htm One of top 100 World golf courses
Beaches - Landes Atlantique http://www.tourismelandes.com/fr/418/pages/d/selon-vos-envies/le-littoral/page/0  
Fishing http://apmimizan.free.fr  
     

Towns & Places

   
Mimizan town http://www.mimizan.com 7km E (8 min)- town
Mimizan area - tourism http://www.mimizan-tourism.com 12km E (16 min) - beach
Mimizan - beaches http://www.mimizan-tourisme.com/spip.php?article84 locations of 5 beaches, parking and facilities
Mimizan area - activities http://www.mimizan-tourism.com/english/activites  
Mimizan - leisure http://www.cc-mimizan.fr/loisirs/index.php Leisure
St. Paul en Born http://www.tourisme-landes.com/Saint_Paul_en_Born.html
http://www.landes-tourisme.info/saint-paul-en-born.html
 
Parentis en Born http://www.parentis.com 17 km NNE (17 min) - resort town
Biscarrosse http://www.biscarrosse.com 26 km N (29 min) - resort town / beach
Arcachon http://www.arcachon.com 58 km N (59 min) - resort town
Bordeaux http://www.bordeaux-tourisme.com 114 km NNE (1 hr 16 min) - regional capital
Capbreton http://www.capbreton-tourisme.com/ 98 km SSE ( 1 hr 6 min) - port & surfing centre
Hossegor http://www.hossegor.fr 100 km SSW (1 hr 9 min) - surfing captial
Biarritz http://www.biarritz.fr 127 km SSW (1 hr 25 min) - Victorian resort
St. Jean de Luz http://www.saint-jean-de-luz.com 133 km SSW (1 hr 26 min) - seaside resort
Dax http://www.ville-de-dax.fr 76 km SE (1 hr 0 min) - inland thermal resort
Pau http://www.pau.fr 186 km SE ( 2 hr 12 min) - English gateway to Pyrenees
St. Jean Pied de Port http://www.pyrenees-basques.com 165 km SE ( 1 hr 57 min) - Basque capital
     
Landes http://www.landes.org Department in Aquitaine
Aquitaine http://aquitaine.fr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquitaine
Region in France
Pays Basque - Spain http://www.tourisme64.com
http://www.totallyspain.com/spain_travel_information.asp?id=7
http://www.sansebastianturismo.com

166 km SW (1 hr 48 min) - to San Sebastian, Spain
245 km SW ( 2 hr 40 min) - to Pamplona, Spain
262 km SW ( 2 hr 42 min) - to Bilboa, Spain

     

Transport

   
Flights http://www.flybe.com
http://www.easyjet.com
http://www.ryanair.com
Southampton / Bordeaux
London Luton or Bristol / Bordeaux
London Luton, stansted / Bergerac, Biarritz
Ferries http://www.condorferries.co.uk
http://www.brittany-ferries.co.uk
http://www.poferries.com/tourist
 
Aquitaine Trains http://www.ter-sncf.com/aquitaine Bordeaux, Bergerac (Sarlat), Bayonne, Pau, ...
Bordeaux Airport Bus http://www.groupe-sera.fr/html/aeroport-bordeaux.htm Buses between airport and Gare St.Jean railway station
Jarraud Cars http://www.cars-jarraud.com DISCONTINUED (Buses between Bordeaux and St. Paul en Born, Mimizan)
RDTL Voyages http://www.rdtl.fr Excursions from St. Paul en Born and Mimizan
Maps of South West France http://www.touradour.com/TOWNS/maps.htm  
     

Wines

   
Bordeax http://technoresto.org/vdf/bordelais/bordelais.pdf Regional wine map
Sauternes http://www.sauternes.com 89 km WNW (1 hr 32 min)
Barsac http://www.barsac.fr 102 km WNW (1 hr 50 min)
Pauillac http://www.pauillac.com 149 km N (2 hr)
     

Online Maps

   
AA http://www.theaa.com
 
Mappy http://www.mappy.com
 
Michelin http://www.viamichelin.com