St Jean tourist board and credentials

[pieter pannevis]

Dear all,

The tourist office is at 14 place de-Gaulle (July & Aug Mon-Sat 9am-noon &
2-7pm, Sun 10.30am-12.30pm & 3-6pm; rest of year closed Sun; tel
05.59.37.03.57), fax : 05 59 37 34 91

 with the gare SNCF a ten-minute walk away at the end of avenue Renaud, on
the northern edge of the centre. The least expensive hotels are Les Remparts
, 16 place Floquet (tel 05.59.37.13.79, fax 05.59.37.33.44; 220-300F/€34-46;
closed mid-Oct to Jan), just before you cross the Nive coming into town on
the Bayonne road, and not too noisy, and the recently renovated Itzalpea , 5
place du Trinquet (tel 05.59.37.03.66, fax 05.59.37.33.18; 160-220F/€24-34),
whose restaurant offers a wide choice of menus (average 120F/€18.30).
 More comfortable are the Ramuntcho , just inside the city walls at 1 rue de
France (tel 05.59.37.03.91, fax 05.59.37.35.17; 220-300F/€34-46), with a
good and reasonably priced restaurant, and the posh Central on place
de-Gaulle (tel 05.59.37.00.22, fax 05.59.37.27.79; 300-400F/€46-61; closed
mid-Dec to mid-Feb; restaurant 100-220F/€15.25-33.55), with some river-view
rooms and free parking.
 There are also several budget options for hikers, among them the tiny,
helpful Gîte d'Étape Etchegoin at 9 rte d'Uhart, on the Bayonne road (tel
05.59.37.12.08), while the municipal campsite , the Plaza Berri (tel
05.59.37.11.19, fax 05.59.37.99.78; closed Oct-May), is on the south bank of
the Nive, beside the fronton .
They do speak English


Kind regards,

Pieter

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