Where to buy bread cakes chocolates ice cream Vélo Pays Basque

WE: 2 artisan chocolatier-biscuit maker-glazier-cook... for 10 years! Mathilde and Guillaume, 2 enthusiasts of taste and chocolate, combine their know-how to create dark and milk chocolate bars, P'tit Basque praline-hazelnut bites, caramel spreads, marshmallow bear paws, etc., from their Arcangues lab, to the delight of gourmets/gourmands. And grandmother's jams, apricot and strawberry. You can also try the house specialty, iced Basque cake, all from their little boutique-counter in Biarritz.

Two minutes from the beach of Port Vieux, you will appreciate a stop at Noisette Pâtisserie, which also serves as a tea room in a cosy and luminous setting. Already a very popular supplier to professionals in the Basque Country, you will succumb to the sweet (and savory) treats where hazelnuts have found their letters of nobility. Signature recipes and variations made in the store's laboratory but also in Iraty. Equally generous pastries, financiers, cakes for a snack on the go. Thank you Sandy and Mathieu, this talented duo.

Both Biarritz and Bayonne are full of chocolate nuggets. Maison Gaborit, located in the Docks district, a place already well known for its concentration of craftsmen (baker, delicatessen owner, florist, etc.) is one of these jewels, with creations worthy of works of art! We even hesitate to taste them, so original are these compositions, all year round. World chocolate champion, our artist chocolatier is constantly inventing new pieces and recipes of exceptional chocolates and pralines, for Easter, Christmas or your family events.

This artisan ice-cream maker, the only one in the Basque region to hold the Glaces Artisanales de France label and winner of the Talents gourmands 2017 competition, offers refreshing sweets with flavors as classic as they are singular. Manufactured to a demanding quality charter, Bastidarra milk, sorbets made with 45% fruit, flavors adapted to the seasons (including, of course, must-haves like dark chocolate sorbet, cremino, lemon meringue, raspberry...), not forgetting logs and frozen pastries. A wide range of sweet treats are also available.

Facing the Grande Plage, this tearoom and patisserie is a must in Biarritz for a gourmet break. Founded in 1890, Maison Dodin is part of Biarritz's DNA, making it timeless. Handed down from father to son, generations of Biarrots and tourists have appreciated this institution, which has maintained its know-how and the quality of its products. Dodin has preserved its recipes and flavors while modernizing with more original confections. Enjoy a hot chocolate with a view of the ocean and sea spray.

In the bustling Docks district, this bakery-patisserie-caterer-tea room is a gourmet meeting place like no other. An artisan to the core and a pastry chef by training, Louis has now added bakery to his business. And what a bakery it is! Different slices of bread every day, country loaves, buckwheat loaves (gluten-free), seed loaves, skylark loaves, gingerbread, bacon loaves and viennoiseries. Also available at the Arcangues market on Wednesdays.

Take a gourmet break at Goxoak in the friendly Saint-Charles district. You'll succumb to the classic chocolate moelleux, or a fine seasonal fruit tart. On the delicatessen side, summer honey, local jams and a wide range of loose teas and herbal teas. The pastry chef's speciality is the "gâteau du voyage", a cake that can be kept at room temperature: orange, lemon, etc. And also a range of fruit tarts, chocolate cookies, etc.

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.

A reference in the Basque Country for its viennoiseries and tarts, but also, in season, for its exceptional orange blossom galettes des rois, whose secret recipe is carefully guarded. You'll need to get to the store early, as early as 7am. You'll also appreciate the daily sandwiches, salads and one of the best Basque cakes in the region. The second boutique on avenue de Verdun reproduces the same high standards of quality.

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.

Lovers of authentic breads, here you'll be served with a varied range of artisan breads. Voted best baguette in the Basque Country, the Petit Futé magazine confirms this excellence in taste and diversity. All kinds of breads to try, but also aperitif strings, festive breads, sandwiches and savoury tarts to share. And let's not forget the unmissable Basque cake, made to order, as well as all kinds of homemade cakes and tarts.

You'll discover the store and this little pastry shop emblematic of the Basque country, renowned for its famous Basque cakes. Other specialties include Olga, an almond pastry deliciously flavored with rum and enriched with wild Morello cherries, macaroons in a multitude of flavors and colors, and the famous sablé, crunchy to perfection and perfect with ice cream after a hike. Available exclusively in the village store.

For more than a decade, this luminous bakery-patisserie-chocolaterie... etc. has been in a state of continuous effervescence. Here, real bakers and patissiers make all kinds of breads, viennoiseries and cakes on the premises, not forgetting chocolates, savoury tarts, sandwiches and so many other delicacies of the moment. All year round, the shop displays the macaroons of the day, the galettes des Rois, the crêpes de la Chandeleur. And new pastry collections are constantly being revisited. And let's not forget the smiling faces of our artisans!

This charming factory outlet offers a wide range of expertise and the many creations of the renowned chocolatier: chocolates, tablettes, mendiants, cookies...at preferential prices for products with minor defects, but which in no way alter their quality! And a wide range of frozen desserts from the Boncolac factory, where regulars can find their favorite desserts. Normandy tarts, lemon tarts, Basque cakes and other delicacies. To your gourmet baskets!

Gourmandise, seriousness and quality to qualify this house which, since 1964, regales Cambo-les-Bains and well beyond. Basque cakes and a whole range of chocolates, caramels, marzipan and many other pastry delights are made to the delight of young and old. Everything here is home-made: pastries, confectionery, aperitifs for weddings, receptions, lunches. As well for the private individuals as for the companies. And this terrace overlooking the Nive river invites you to taste these sweets.

After working in Australia and Polynesia, Nelly and David fell under the spell of Cambo-les-Bains. A pastry chef by trade, David has surrounded himself with a brigade whose average age is under 30. The bakery is bustling with activity from dawn onwards, offering around fifteen different types of bread, Basque cakes and other delicious sweet treats, all made fresh on the premises. The "house" specialty: chocolate marbré. A local business, but above all a quality one!

Sylvie, from the Charente region and settled in the heart of Cambo-les-Bains, is a baker by trade. Her store is full of flavors and sweet smells. It's hard to resist the pralines, cherry cakes, Basque versions of the famous Charente cake, angelica, walnut crunchies, not forgetting the Espelette chilli sweets (the town is very close). You can also enjoy the collection of coffees such as the organic San Antonio from Guatemala and teas with rose petals or blood orange, the result of a rigorous selection.

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.

Maison Pariès, one of the great names in gourmet confectionery, recognizable by its orange boxes, is based in Espelette. Renowned for its expertise since its creation in 1895, it is a dynasty with 5 generations of master chocolatiers-pâtissiers-confiseurs who delight enlightened connoisseurs from all horizons. In this little nugget of sweet taste, you'll find all the essentials. The company also favors local production, including its own hazelnut production in Urrugne. A must-visit for gourmet connoisseurs!

Lovers of traditional breads and gourmet pastries? Laure and Nicolas, a four-handed duo, express artisan know-how. Their success has been confirmed by the number of visitors. The bakery offers 20 types of bread, including cereal, rye and old-fashioned, as well as viennoiseries, cookies... and snacks such as croque-monsieur, quiches and daily pizzas. In the pastry department, Basque cakes, XXL meringues, multiple verrines and confectionery, all homemade goodness!

Lovers of good bread, homemade viennoiseries and pastries - with a real pastry chef - will be delighted. Maison Bidart in Hasparren is a family affair, where know-how has been passed down like a rugby ball from generation to generation since 1932. Made on the premises, you'll appreciate the warm welcome and the opportunity to eat the products on the spot, enjoy a gourmet snack, savoury/sweet tarts, the unmissable Basque cake and a wide range of special breads, not to mention some more daring creations.

This little bakery smells of home-made bread and pastries. A far cry from the industrial bakery, because here the essentials have been preserved: taste and more taste! Every day, our artisan baker repeats the same precise gestures, working the dough, which is alive and kicking, and giving shape to the bread by personalizing it. The flour comes from certified organic mills, with highly hydrated sourdough doughs that are impossible to shape by machine. All kinds of breads, viennoiseries and savoury/sweet pastries made with the same ethic.

Four generations of bakers and confectioners have succeeded one another in this establishment, which is firmly rooted in the square and smells deliciously of bread. It's as much a part of our heritage as the Commanderie (opposite) and the church. Our bakers serve a loyal clientele a wide range of natural breads, viennoiseries and homemade pastries. The basic products are sourced from local flour mills, and the fruit for the pies comes from the surrounding area. And the well-deserved Eguskia label for their Basque cake!

It's a gourmet's paradise, where you'll find everything to satisfy your sweet and savoury cravings. The famous black cherries macerate in the workshop. The other attraction: chocolate with Espelette chilli pepper and Muxu d'Itxassou, a pear-flavoured cherry from Brana, coated in dark chocolate. Pure ewe's and goat's cheeses, sauces, ready-made meals all flavoured with Espelette chilli pepper, Eki beers, Irouléguy wines and Basque linen.

The new team and brigade, composed of young bakers and pastry chefs who have taken over this bakery-pastry shop, have the concern of a job well done. Everything is made on the spot, in the laboratory at the back of the store: baguettes with seeds, country bread, twisted bread, rye bread... Fresh and tasty pastries, Basque cakes with cherry or vanilla rum, as well as a nice range of pastries. Already a great know-how for this very young team who trained with master craftsmen!

Chocolaterie Laia has opened its^2nd boutique in Ossès, which already boasts a number of fine local artisanal brands. It is one of the last artisanal chocolate factories in the region, working the cocoa bean to master every stage of its transformation into chocolate, from roasting to grinding and conching. The production of chocolate bars - from Peru, Ecuador...-, ballotins, bite-sized chocolates, spreads... Exceptional chocolates with no added oil. Rendezvous atfor a chocolate break, or sample our homemade ice creams in summer.

It's this recipe, with its secrets of crunchy cabbage topped with a light, airy cream, developed throughout the day, that has made the Dunes Blanches "success story". Combined with raspberry, pistachio, strawberry and other flavors, this light cabbage can be enjoyed at any time of day. This sweet treat can be enjoyed in Bayonne, Paris, Bordeaux, Arcachon, Cap Ferret, Biarritz and... Saint-Jean-de-Luz. And ephemeral versions with limited-edition seasonal fruits.

Just opposite Les Halles de Saint-Jean-de-Luz and inside the Gachucha boutique, a specialist in colorful Basque linen, Émilie makes and sells delicious "Parisian" macaroons (2 shells and a ganache). Different flavors are offered, all equally tasty and gourmet - chocolate, lemon, rose, coffee, pistachio, vanilla, orange blossom... and the flavor of the month. These sweets are available individually, in boxes and to order.

More than a century of expertise in top-of-the-range patisserie. Basque cakes, Saint-Honoré, galette des Rois (all year round), orange blossom cakes, macaroons and other specialties, not forgetting the exceptionally light "Russe" praline. In Saint-Jean-de-Luz, in the pedestrian streets, the Etchebaster house remains discreet with its tea room, its copious breakfasts and, at any time of day, come and enjoy the "homemade" hot chocolate with its whipped cream... A moment of pure delight, with cakes to savor on the spot.

Ranked no. 1 for the best vanilla ice creams in 2019 by a famous gastronomic guide, Mathieu Bargeton makes his high-quality frozen delights, sorbets and pastries with respect for tradition from his laboratory in Ascain. Here, it's not quantity, but quality that's the hallmark. Cow's milk ice cream, marcona almond ice cream, homemade caramel ice cream, "chocahuète" ice cream... but also sudachi sorbets, soursop sorbets... And let's not forget the tasty Brussels waffles and homemade crêpes you can enjoy overlooking the bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz.

Since 1924, many generations have enjoyed the ice creams and sorbets of Maison Lopez, a veritable institution in Saint-Jean-de-Luz. For decades, the same spirit of tradition and recipes has gone into the making of classics and new flavors. Here, the craftsmen are committed to respecting the authenticity of natural taste, without colorants or other additives. Ice creams made with fruit from local orchards, milk from the Basque region for the ice creams... All homemade, including sorbets.

It was in 1670 that the ^1st mention of chocolate appeared in Bayonne, which was to become France's Cité du Chocolat. Since 1951, L'Atelier du Chocolat has been offering a bouquet of hand-crafted creations from a rigorous selection of the world's finest beans in its 6 boutiques across the Basque country. And the Saint-Jean-de-Luz boutique is the perfect showcase for the workshop's expertise. Bouquets de Chocolat®, chocolate spreads, boxes and boxes filled with chocolate, organic bars and bouquets, jams and fruit jellies... For yourself or as a gift!

L'Atelier du Chocolat has been an ambassador of taste and craftsmanship since 1951. Chocolate has been part of the gastronomic landscape of the Basque Country and its culinary traditions since the ^17th century, with Bayonne being the French City of Chocolate. This boutique, like the 5 others in the Basque Country (35 in total in France), offers a wide variety of chocolates in all their splendor. Bouquets de Chocolat®, chocolate spreads, gift boxes and gift sets, as well as a range of organic chocolates.

This master pastry chef and chocolatier has set up an elegant space in his store that showcases his products, his profession and his personality. Franck Mendivé is a passionate person, who admits to "intellectualizing everything, having fun while working to the point of gourmet delirium... sometimes". Many delicacies come out of his laboratory, pastries, chocolates, tubes of gourmandise, chocolate almonds, bars, bites, touron.... He is also a renowned caterer of both savory and sweet dishes.

Maison Saint-Jean, a traditional cookie factory located in Ibarron, just outside Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, has become an institution thanks to its biscuit-making expertise. Since 2010, Valéry and his pastry chef have been making ever more Basque Country cookies. Savoury and sweet versions are produced in-house and on site, as the workshop is adjacent to the store. You can taste and buy these cookies directly from the workshop.

This craftsman, whose workshops can be visited in Espelette, perpetuates a chocolate-making tradition that began over 400 years ago in the Basque country. Since then, Espelette chillies, cherries, Izarra Vert and Salies-de-Béarn salt have been blended with pure cocoa butter chocolate to create new flavours. Chocolate is treated with exceptional care, combined with the aromas of the South-West region. Here, it's all made-to-measure, as you can compose your own ballotin or "paniers garnis"... Intensity and authenticity make Maison Antton an address not to be missed!

Jean-François Maïtia and his team excel in both original and classic creations, all made with locally sourced products and ingredients. On the bakery side, you'll find a wide range of breads and viennoiseries. Pastries include tarts, entremets, mignardises, Basque cakes with pastry cream, salted butter caramel, chocolate and a wide range of cakes. Chocolates and ice creams, nothing but goodies for gourmets of all ages.

Maison Antton, artisan chocolatier, has its workshop in Espelette. The chocolate is made using traditional methods, combining the aromas of the South-West region. To delight your taste buds, you'll find a wide range of ganaches, pralines, tablettes and a selection of cookies in the Urrugne boutique. Discover chocolates that sing of the South-West: with Espelette chilli, Izarra, Salies-de-Béarn salt... Tailor-made, with a wide choice of boxes, gift sets and gourmet baskets to choose from. Simply irresistible!

A beautiful patisserie full of delicacies in Ustaritz, and you'll only want to come back to taste everything! Everything here is homemade by our young craftsmen, Marylin and Andreas, pastry chefs by trade: cakes, pastries, sourdough breads, ice creams, chocolate bars, beggars, sandwiches... Classic cakes as well as more modern ones and creations such as almond sablé, crème brûlée vanilla cream, rhubarb confit, rhubarb mousse... A range that evolves according to the fruit in season and the chef's inspiration.

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!

Well-known to locals since 1993, Glaces Romane is a Hossegor institution! As you stroll through the town's streets, you won't be able to miss this little store with its assertive, modern style. With over 60 flavors to choose from, the artisan ice cream maker offers a wide selection of ice creams, Italian-style ice creams, vegan ice creams, sorbets, granitas and homemade milkshakes. In cones, tubs or to-go tubs, there's something for every taste! In winter, Glaces Romane also makes delicious Yule logs to order.

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!

SARL GABORIT - Chocolatier is a chocolatier located in Biarritz. Run by Didier Gaborit, who was voted best chocolatier in the world in 1996, this establishment is renowned for its delicious chocolate creations.