South Aquitaine Travel & Tourism

What you need to know for owning a barge or for a holiday or trip on French canals, rivers and waterways. How to operate locks, what times can you sail and types of boat licences and permits that may be required.

Some handy tips on safety when heading to the Alpine hills in winter, with useful information and links to essential weather and snow report websites.

Launched June 2004, the "Health Card" is for EU residents to use to access medical resourses when travelling outside of their EU country of residence.

Real-time currency conversion between the world's currencies - here at AngloINFO.

The core information on the people and their history, geography, politics, military, economy and statistics everyone needs to know about France, supplied by the CIA.

Taking a holiday in South West France? Going on vacation to Aquitaine? Information on finding the right place to stay: self-catering accommodation, bed and breakfast, rural gite or cottage or budget hotel or backpacker accommodation, find out more.

Information and links to local tourism and vacation websites and tourist organisations to help you plan your holiday in Aquitaine region of Pyrenees Atlantiques and Landes.

Access to interactive maps of the region that let you get right down to the level of individual street addresses!

A calendar of the national vacation days when businesses, schools and banks close and people get the day off in France. With links to holidays in the UK and US.

Where to find up-to-the-minute travel and other information when the country is suffering from large-scale industrial unrest.

Printed guides to the country in the AngloINFO Bookshop - buy online!

Guide books and travel journals to the area in the AngloINFO Bookshop - buy online!

The current local weather conditions, extended local forecasts, and additional weather information for the departements of Landes and Pyrenees-Atlantique.