Aquitaine guide and hotels

About the City

Aquitaine is one of the 26 regions of France, an extensive part of south-west France with a long coastline along the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay) and a mountainous border with Spain along the Pyrenees Mountains.

In the Middle Ages it was a kingdom and later a duchy, with boundaries considerably larger than the modern ones. The French part of Basque Country lies at the south-west end of Aquitaine. Part of Aquitaine is the region of Les Landes or Landes which is well-known for its beaches, sand dunes and pine forests.