From November to March, Biarritz changes its face. Terraces empty, traffic disappears, prices drop. What locals have always known — and what visitors discover with surprise — is that the town may actually be more beautiful out of season. The low January light over the Grande Plage, the autumn swells that rattle the windows near the Rocher de la Vierge, the Saturday morning markets at Les Halles where producers finally have time to talk. Winter here is not an intermission: it is the real season for understanding what the Basque Coast is made of.
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