Fort de Socoa

Worth the stop

I was actually there mid-November 2022 not Dec. We were driving to Bordeaux from Bilbao and stopped here on the way for the views. If you need to stretch your legs on a drive, take a break here. It wa...

a fort on a rocky outcrop

The fort of Socoa may be closed for visitors, but it is still very much worth to take the leisurely one hour walk from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to here. Past the Quai Maurice Ravel at Ciboure and the Socoa b...

Ciboure cliffs

That walk to here is nice, on a not wet day. Views of Cibourne cliffs on a good visibility day would be nice.

Wonderful print

Original Text

The views of a day are all overlooking, from San Juan de Luz and from the Basque coast to Biarritz.

It is well located.

Original Text

The fort is located on the south side of the bay of St. Jean de Luz/Sokoa. The defense functions are not obvious when the fort was built with a wavy closing bay, there was none yet, the capacity of the guns to close the entire entrance to ac...