The best bakeries Vélo Pays Basque

Before becoming a baker (since 2017) specializing in natural sourdough bread and 100% organic native French flours, Stéphane Chauvard spent 15 years in Madagascar. There, he ran professional integration workshops in the fair trade movement. And he remains deeply convinced of this. But today, Pain d'Ici was awarded the Grand Prix Coup de Coeur at the ^15th Banque Populaire des Landes ceremony. Which just goes to show that he was made for this job too. Also in Castets and Saint-Julien-en-Born.

In the heart of Anglet's Pontots business park, this is the place to go for a gourmet lunch break. With its sheltered patio and plancha (in season), its space dedicated to bistronomic catering, on the spot or to take away, and the product showcase. From speciality breads, viennoiseries and cakes to savoury pies of generous proportions, XXL burgers, mixed salads (Landaise, Basque, Caesar...), sandwiches and more. All made on the premises by a team of professionals.

Well-known to neighborhood regulars at the traffic circle next to other food shops, Baskifornia bakery, formerly La Licorne, has undergone quite a facelift since the change of ownership in June 2022, when it moved to Biarritz with Le fournil de la Baleine. A beautiful counter and window display overflowing with viennoiseries, cakes (Basque...), savory-sweet tarts, sandwiches, bowls, wraps... Everything here is made on site, in the lab, and that's what makes it different from industrial bakeries. The artisans we honor.

A bakery, patisserie and chocolate shop in one, Boulangerie Soares offers over 20 varieties of artisan bread. As for pastries, the store makes individual or family-size tarts and cakes, russes and Basque cakes. The bakery can also make bread to order and... chocolates. It's all about tailor-made breads and pastries. All you have to do is order. It's also 2 addresses with another store in Biarritz.

Specializing in "organic" sourdough bread, the Fagoa bakery offers some thirty different breads, "organic" viennoiseries, pastries with a real "pâtissier", and savoury tarts; all to take away or enjoy on the terrace. Joël and his team, including apprentice "marmitons", smell like the warm bread of yesteryear. Cereal, nut, fig, rye or wholemeal breads, with a gluten-free range. It's an inter-generational savoir-faire, and you can't resist the variety of light, artisanal viennoiseries.

Arlette is the name of Caroline's grandmother, who gave her a taste for good patisserie. A graduate of the Ferrandi school in Paris, a benchmark... After traveling the world with her baker companion, they set down their suitcases and utensils on rue d'Espagne, in the heart of Bayonne. The store smells of flour, warm bread and homemade pastries. You're in the presence of true artisans of taste and good artisan bread. Organic bread, sandwich bread, sourdough bread, rye bread and more. We also offer pizzas, daily sandwiches and petits fours.

Located in the heart of the Saint-Charles district, come and discover the many products offered by the Soares bakery. In addition to traditional individual and family cakes, the bakery specializes in Basque and Russian cakes. And cakes made with seasonal fruit. Its other specialty? Bread. You'll find over 20 varieties, from wholemeal to ficelle, from nut bread to brioches and baguettes. And let's not forget the chocolates, with their original creations. Artisans who are bursting with talent for our greatest pleasure.

The best baguette (2018) is in Biarritz at artisan baker Arnaud Fernandez! Here, you won't find a multitude of special breads available in every sauce... Here, we focus on the essential taste and flavour of bread, produced in a traditional, artisanal way, with a label. The region's restaurateurs and hotels make no mistake when they come to pick up their orders in the morning. Not only the bread, but also the viennoiserie, which, like everything else, is of the highest quality. Try the famous chocolate-filled croissant.

This bakery-pastry shop is a must in the Basque Country. Bertrand and Émilie's signature product is artisanal sourdough bread, with a multitude of variations, and an old-fashioned sourdough made from beer, which is left to ferment for 30 hours. The Akerbeltz brewery in Ascain supplies the beer and feeds the sourdough. Bertrand, a pastry-chocolate-confectioner, has honed his skills in top establishments in France and Asia. Here, the love of bread can also be found in the restaurants.

Lucas bakeries and patisseries in the Landes region and in Bayonne in the Basque Country are enjoying well-deserved success, thanks to the quality of their products and their warm welcome. This store, close to the lake, is a must. Some thirty different breads, a dozen viennoiseries, tourtières, croustades, Basque cakes... There are over 70 kinds of cakes and other specialties. Delicious new products: Lucas dessert creams!

This small bakery-pastry shop offers breads kneaded and baked on site, from the most traditional to the most special (wholemeal, cereal, corn...). As in all bakeries, you'll find viennoiseries, cakes, sandwiches and salads; perfect for your lunch break. Chocolate or pistachio eclairs, Russian cakes, citrus babas, cream puffs, tarts, flans... Le Petit Futé couldn't resist tasting a delicacy for you, and we can confirm: their Basque cakes are to die for!