The best pastry shops Côte Aquitaine

Mathilde and her team create generous pastries and viennoiseries. On the shelves, some fifteen varieties of bread with crunchy crusts and honeycomb crumbs, made with agri-ethical flours. At lunchtime, a wide choice of sandwiches, croque-monsieur, quiches, hot dishes, salads and desserts, with a loyalty offer on these snack formulas. The chain is also committed to an eco-responsible, anti-gasping approach.

The Maison Pariès boutique is historic, as it was the first to open its doors in 1914. 8 other boutiques have since been created, notably in Biarritz, Espelette and Urrugne. Chocolate makers for 5 generations, perpetuating the tradition of excellence and creativity. The irresistible Kanougas, small caramels available in 6 flavors, the 5-flavored Mouchou, Tourons, the Basque cake, not forgetting pastries, ice creams and sorbets, including the vanilla flavor, celebrated by Gault & Millau, and the latest creation, Espelines.

The queen of cakes, Caroline Tahon welcomes you to her charming patisserie with mouth-watering entremets. Trianon, opera, scones, black forest, cheesecake or magnificent tarts like lemon meringue, Bourdaloue, dark chocolate and soft caramel, chocolate praline chantilly.... There's something for everyone! Traditional French cakes, but also from all over the world, as Caroline draws her inspiration and know-how from her travels around the globe.

At Benjamin Fournol we plunge into a delicious universe around chocolate, fruit and caramel, while preserving the original flavours with a minimum of sugar. Among its flagship creations: the very famous "Louvre", based on pears, dacquoise with nuts and caramel mousse. The pastries are made with AOC butter from Normandy, the baguettes are freshly baked all day long, the cannelés range from the most melting to the crunchiest without forgetting a rainbow of macaroons. Benjamin also sells fine wines, port and exceptional champagnes.

Here, the XL 40 (chocolate ganache combined with Armagnac from the Domaine d'Ognoas) is next to the Cahuète d'Aquitaine (60% peanuts from Soustons-Landes) and other specialties such as the Dudu, a sweet madeleine-mango cookie praline and chocolate icing crunch, to be tasted on the end of a stick. And the chocolate escarpin by Delphine Carrère, master pastry chef and chocolatier, has become a classic. She also makes your inspirations from the best chocolates (Mexico, Venezuela, Trinidad, Santo Domingo, Papua...).

Who is Yann Adingra? Artisan pastry chef, but also teacher in private vocational school, Yann Adingra was also best apprentice of France in 2016 and world champion of pastry Abylimpics in 2016. How about pushing open the doors of his lovely pastry shop? Hazelnut and caramel vacherin, mille-feuille, apple tartlet, vanilla flan, Bueno éclair, marshmallows, homemade sweets... The chef's specialty? It's the Andernoise (soft hazelnut cookie, hazelnut crunch, creaminess infused with organic coffee beans, coffee/hazelnut whipped cream).

The concept behind this "made-to-measure tart"? Enable you to create the tartlet of your dreams, by choosing all the ingredients: tart base, coulis or marmalade, ganache, cream or compote, and topping as a final touch. Over 500 combinations are possible, and we're only talking about the sweet stuff... If you're lacking inspiration or hesitating because you want to try everything, the pastry duo behind this great idea will help you find the perfect balance for your savoury or sweet tarts, and you won't be disappointed with the results!

This small artisan patisserie, run by the same family for 6 generations (established in 1876), is an excellent address in the Basque Country. It's famous for its Basque cake and shortbread (including the famous pig-shaped shortbread). Black cherry or cream, there's something for everyone; it's impossible to remain insensitive to these sweet delights. It's these unique creations that have made the House famous, and the know-how has been handed down from generation to generation. People come from far and wide for these gourmet specialties.

Bordeaux rhymes with cannelé! You're no doubt familiar with this emblematic caramelized cake with a soft center, flavored with rum and vanilla. Here, you can watch them being made in the famous "cannelé" copper molds from which they take their name. The brand has a dozen stores in Bordeaux, the latest of which, located on the quayside, offers exquisite savory cannelés. The third generation of Maison Baillardran has already taken over...

In the ^19th century, these macaroons were traditionally served as a dessert after a meal accompanied by the famous Saint-Emilion wine. The macaroons made by the widow Goudichaud even had the privilege of delighting members of the Tasting Jury and visitors at the 1867 Universal Exhibition. Copied but never equalled, Nadia Fermigier is the only one with the right to make these genuine macaroons. The tearoom is 200 metres away.

Prize for the best galette in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department for Maison Berterreix. a^{3rd-generation} baker and pastry chef, Bruno doesn't just produce the famous "home-made" galette in January. He's also a talented pastry chef, making viennoiseries, special breads, sandwiches, wraps, macaroons, Arinak shortbread, Basque cakes, homemade ice creams and sorbets (12 flavors): chocolate with Espelette chili, cherry, raspberry, mango... Tasting obligatory!

The Artigarrède patisserie, well known in Béarn for its famous Russe d'Oloron, also offers its gourmet jewels in the Pays Basque. The Russe is the original product, accompanied by the company's chocolates, including the famous Muscadines, Rosquilles and artisanal jams, some of them original, such as the fig, citrus, walnut and gingerbread jam... The Russe, created by Adrien Artigarrède in 1923, is considered to be one of the most subtle and delicious of all cakes. A house that radiates and delights generations of gourmets.

This old building from 1741 is jealously protected by Gérard Lhuillier. He is also the guardian of a trade in danger of disappearing. From then on, every day, he makes a daily bread, a lordly one, in the old fashioned way. Country, rye, wholemeal, sweet loaves, meture, these round cornmeal loaves much loved by the elderly and the young. With milk and farm eggs, he creates delicious shortbread, small and large, the loaves, these cakes with aniseed and Basque cakes any size ... Guarantor of the tradition and the know-how.

Could it be that a lucky star has risen above this patisserie, an unmissable reference in the Basque Country and particularly in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port? Passed down from generation to generation, today it's the^3rd generation who carry on the family tradition in an exceptional setting, with original woodwork and superb antique furniture. The signature Basque cream cake, cherry cake and other specialties include macaroons, almond tuiles, cookies, cakes, butter cakes and Italian-style ice cream...