Villas in Azur

Table of Contents

• At a glance: What should you know about renting a villa in Azur?
• Villas in Azur: find your perfect retreat
• Exploring Azur: our top recommendations
• Activities: What are the top things to do and see in Azur?

• Spacious family villas: Detached villas in Azur sleep up to 24 guests across several bedrooms, with private gardens, heated pools and shaded terraces for families and couples travelling together.
• Where to base yourself: Stay near Lake Azur for water sports, or towards Soustons and Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains for shops, markets and the Atlantic beaches.
• Top-rated stays: Guests rate the best villas here 10.0+, praising the quiet setting, the pool and the short cycle to the lake and the coast.
• Eating out: Ostagaï is the highest-rated restaurant in the village, with lakeside terraces and Landes classics a short drive away in Soustons.
• Things to do: Surfing, stand-up paddle, forest cycle paths, Dinosaures Parc and day trips into the Basque Country fill an easy week.

Azur is a village of roughly 700 people in the Landes, and its villas are built around space: detached houses with up to six bedrooms, private gardens, heated pools and shaded terraces that suit two families sharing or a couple after real quiet. Groups often compare them with holiday villas in Hossegor, half an hour south, or with villas in Biarritz in the Basque Country.

• Private or heated pool
• Garden with a furnished terrace
• Air conditioning and Wi-Fi
• Parking on site and a washing machine
• Pet-friendly villas and family-sized kitchens

Filter by pool or garden to shortlist the villas that fit your group.

What are the best areas to stay in Azur?

For a first visit, base yourself close to Lake Azur, where the water sports centre, the lakeside terraces and the cycle path to the coast all begin. The table below details regions for specific interests:

What do our guests say?

Guests booking villas in Azur tend to comment on the same things: how much outdoor space they get for the money, how quiet the nights are, and how quickly you reach both the lake and the ocean. Ratings here are high, with the best-reviewed villas sitting at 10.0+, and families travelling with grandparents or another household regularly mention the number of bedrooms and bathrooms.

Here are our top-rated villas from the past year:

1. Villa for 8 people, with Terrace and Garden - 10.0+: A spacious eight-guest villa in Azur with a garden and terrace, praised for family meals outdoors and the short run to the lake.
2. Villa for 5 people, with Terrace and Garden - 9.8+: A five-guest villa near the Dax region pine forest, with a sheltered terrace and garden that suits couples or a small family.
3. Villa for 8 people, with Terrace and Garden - 8.0+: An eight-guest villa in Azur with plenty of living space, a private garden and easy parking for two cars.

Azur sits in the Landes in south-west France, between the freshwater Étang de Soustons and the Atlantic surf beaches, an hour north of the Basque Country.

🥗Where to eat in Azur?

According to Google Maps data and reviews, Ostagaï is the best rated restaurant in Azur. Below is a table showing the top 5 highly-rated restaurants hand-picked by our travel experts.

⭐Our guests' recommendation: Our guest traveller Charlotte recommends the ô bord de l'ô in Soustons: a calm terrace above the lake, Landes produce on the menu and enough space between tables for a proper grown-up dinner.

1. Cycle to Plage des Sablères
2. Dinosaures Parc with the family
3. Stand-up paddle at Supland
4. An afternoon in Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains
5. Lac de Léon by kayak
6. Cathédrale Sainte-Marie de Bayonne
7. A beach day at Plage d'Hendaye

1. Cycle to Plage des Sablères

   The flat cycle path from Azur runs through the pines to Plage des Sablères, the northern beach at Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains and one of the quietest stretches of sand on this coast. It is wide, lifeguarded in summer and popular with surfers early in the day. Families with a villa here often ride out mid-morning, swim, then come back for lunch on the terrace. Bikes are easy to hire in the village, and the whole run takes well under half an hour at a child's pace.

2. Dinosaures Parc with the family

   Dinosaures Parc in Azur is the obvious rainy-afternoon fix with younger children: life-sized models set among the trees, a maze, sandboxes and a guided tour that ends with a palaeontologist's diploma. It is more educational than it first looks, and the shaded paths make it bearable in August heat. Opening times run from Thursday to Sunday, so plan around them, and allow a couple of hours if your children want to finish the trail and the workshops properly.

3. Stand-up paddle at Supland

   The calm water of the lake is the ideal place to try stand-up paddleboarding for the first time. Supland runs sessions for complete beginners as well as longer guided outings for anyone who has already found their balance, exploring the reed beds and quiet channels away from the main beach. The sensation is close to surfing but far more forgiving, which makes it a good family activity when the ocean is too rough for children to enjoy safely.

4. An afternoon in Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains

   Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains pairs a clean town beach with a saltwater lake that is calm enough for small children, plus a surf club whose members have collected national longboarding titles. Spend the afternoon between the two, then walk into the centre for ice cream and a look round the summer market. Surfers chasing bigger swell often continue north to villas in Lacanau, but for a relaxed day with a young family this is the easier choice.

5. Lac de Léon by kayak

   Lac de Léon, twenty minutes north, is one of the biggest lakes in the area and a favourite for windsurfing, paddleboarding and kayaking, including the famous descent of the Courant d'Huchet with a boatman. Walking trails circle much of the shoreline through oak and pine. If lakes and sheltered water are your thing, the Bassin d'Arcachon and its villas in Arcachon make a worthwhile longer excursion further up the coast.

6. Cathédrale Sainte-Marie de Bayonne

   An hour south in Bayonne, the Gothic Cathédrale Sainte-Marie is a UNESCO World Heritage listing on the pilgrim routes to Santiago, begun in 1213 and finished over three centuries. The stained glass and the cloister are the highlights, and entry is free. Combine it with the covered market, the chocolate makers on Rue Port Neuf and lunch by the Nive before driving back north for the evening.

7. A beach day at Plage d'Hendaye

   Plage d'Hendaye is the longest sandy beach in the French Basque Country and, thanks to the bay, one of the calmest — which is why families with small children make the drive. There is space for volleyball, beginner surf lessons and paddleboarding, with restaurants along the promenade for afterwards. Many guests break the journey at our holiday lettings in Saint-Jean-de-Luz area for the harbour, the old town and a plate of grilled fish.