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St-Jean de Luz Houses on the waterfront
The Drive » The 15km, grottesdesare.fr; adult/child sages to a huge central
20-minute drive down the D918 €8.50/4.50; h10am-7pm Aug, cavern adorned with sta-
and D4 to Sare is a slow road 10am-6pm Apr-Jul & Sep, closed lagmites and stalactites.
through the gorgeous gentle Jan–mid-Feb) – who lived
hills of the pre-Pyrenees. From some 20,000 years ago – The Drive » To get to our
the village of Sare, which is would make of today’s next stop, Ainhoa, retrace your
well worth a wander, hop onto whiz-bang technology, steps to Sare and then jump
the D306 for a further 7km (10 onto the D4. After 14km and 20
minutes) to the Grottes de Sare. including lasers and minutes it’s job done. If you’re
holograms, during the feeling adventurous, you could
sound-and-light shows at weave your way there on any
6 Grottes de Sare these caves. Multilingual number of minor back roads
or even cross briefly into Spain
Who knows what the 45-minute tours take and drive via the lovely village of
first inhabitants of the you through a gaping Zugarrmurdi.
entrance via narrow pas-
Grottes de Sare (www.
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