Basque 2025

Linger in French Basque Country

8-Day / 7-night custom, private group tour led by fluent French speaking experience design experts with a focus on Slow Food, Slow Travel, and Slow Adventure.

June 21-28, 2025 — $3699 per person (couple sharing a room will receive $1000 off total)

Join us in the quaint, relaxing beachside communities of southwest France, the Basque Country. This is NOT a trip designed for tourists who want to check off the boxes of well known monuments and museums. This is an exploration of the hidden gems of this magical land where we invite you to savor the flavors and experiences of Slow Travel and linger with us in a corner of the world that we’ve found to be special. We’re sure you will too.

Linger On,
Maggie, Erin, and Jeremy

Trip Details

See also: helpful Travel Tips for Europe.

About Basque Country

We will be based in the Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne municipal region, situated on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic Coast, where southwestern France meets northern Spain. The people of the Basque country are French or Spanish, but first and foremost, they are Basque, with their own culture, customs, language, food, dance, and leisure. 

This trip will be an unrushed and leisurely exploration of a unique corner of the globe that is underrated and under-discovered by the typical tourist. From the sun-soaked surfing and fishing villages of the coast to the pastoral countryside, you’ll discover the lives of the Basque people.

Basque beach

What Will My Days Be Like?

At Linger, every day is a Slow Travel day! Each day of this trip will include:

  • a stroll through a local, fresh food hall
  • a Slow Travel / Slow Food excursion experience
  • Linger Time

The itinerary order will vary, depending on the particular activities, the weather, input from travelers, etc. An itinerary will be provided to travelers after making a deposit.

Excursion Experiences:

  • Tasting tour of local farmers market vendors
  • VW Bus Tour 1: Tour coastal cities and fishing villages
  • VW Bus Tour 2: Countryside farm tour and tasting
  • Local Seafood dinner in an ancient fishing village
  • Pinxtos (small bites) gourmet foodie tour
  • Michelin Star tasting tour in San Sebastian, Spain, with funicular ride up to mountain top vista
  • People watching at a typical French cafe/brasserie
  • Walking the cobblestone streets of ancient Basque towns
  • Savor the flavors of Basque cuisine
  • Sample local chocalateries
  • Cliffside sunsets on the Atlantic coast

What is Linger Time?

Linger Time is whatever you want it to be. Rest. Work out. Read a book. Slow down. Add a Premium Experience (see below). Need a recommendation? Just ask.

Premium Experiences

Our standard excursion experiences above will add up to a very full trip – we promise. But if you do like to take things up a notch, we do also offer Premium Experiences:

  • San Sebastian Foodie Tour in Spain (all day)
  • Surf School
  • Pyrenees Mountains Hiking
  • Visit Bayonne for its famous ham and tour local shops
  • Custom, private date night arranged
  • Attend a local jai alai (pelota) or rugby match
  • Jai alai lessons
  • Bike the coast
  • Spa Day- Thalassotherapy in Campo les Bains (all day)
  • French lessons with a native
  • Local philanthropy – ocean clean up with a local nonprofit to minimize the effects of tourism

Premium Experiences are an additional cost and are done as either an add-on to your day or a substitute for a standard excursion experience, depending on the activity and/or day.

Basque tour bus

Meals

Generally, the cost of meals is not included, except for tastings and snacks included specifically as part of the Excursions above. Tastings on Excursion days are often filling enough to serve as a meal (e.g. lunch or early dinner). Many days, dinner reservations/arrangements will be made for you as part of the experience, but you can order whatever you like and the cost is your responsibility. Breakfasts are on your own. (Note: Breakfasts here are typically “continental” in nature.)

A rough budget figure for food and meals is $50 per person per day, on average. An itinerary with more food/meal details will be provided after making a deposit.

Bowl of Basque food

Cost

$3699 per person (couple sharing a room will receive $1000 off total).

Bringing your kids along? Let us know and we’ll provide a quote. We reserve the right to slightly adjust (let’s face it, this means increase) pricing before the trip based on market conditions.

Price includes:

  • 7 nights lodging in a 4-Star (or better) hotel
  • all standard Excursion Experience costs and transportation
  • tour guides and tour leaders
  • translator on staff
  • 24/7 emergency availability

Price does NOT include:

  • most main meals outside of tastings and snacks provided as part of Excursions above
  • airfare in and out of France
  • transportation to/from the airport and Biarritz
  • trip insurance

You are responsible for the cost and planning of the above travel items. We can however offer free consultation to help you make the proper arrangements.

A nonrefundable Deposit of $750 per traveller due 10/1/2024 to lock in your spot and receive detailed information about your trip. Payment plans can be made with Linger Tour Co operators with the remainder due 90 days before departure.

Submit the form below, and we’ll send you an invoice or work with you to make other payment arrangements.

Biarritz souvenir shop

Interest Form

Fill out the form below to let us know you’re interested in joining us. We will connect with you and provide billing and payment info.

A nonrefundable deposit of $750 per traveller due 10/1/2024 to lock in your spot and receive detailed information about your trip. Payment plans can be made with Linger Tour Co operators with the remainder due 90 days before departure.

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    Our Values:

    Slow Travel

    Take your time. Go deep, not fast.

    Slow Food

    Savor. Eat like the locals.

    Freedom

    Go your own way.

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