Dax – Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq
The most popular spa resort in France, Dax has been renowned since Roman times for its water, which flows at 62°C, and above all for its mud-based spa treatments!
You can wander through its narrow pedestrianised streets, or through the parks and along the banks of the Adour in search of a bit of cool air. Dax is also very lively (and tipsy!) when the 15 August festivities roll around!
The Scandibérique route leaves Dax via Saint-Paul-lès-Dax before reaching the Adour valley, heading towards the village of Saubusse.
CycloTranseurope offers a southern route.
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Itinerary Eurovelo3, recommended by CTE
Variant of the stage « Dax – Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq »
In the centre of Dax, follow the Adour river along the edge of Théodore Denis Park, then cross over to the right bank towards Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, which you reach via Avenue St-Vincent-de-Paul. In the centre of the town, take the D524 (Avenue de la Résistance then Avenue des Lacs) and follow it until you reach the outskirts of the town. Just after the town’s ring road, take Allée d’Ardy, which leads to the village of Mées via the D170. Avoid most of this departmental road to reach Angoumé before returning to the banks of the Adour at the valley of the Esté stream.
Follow the right bank of the river downstream towards Saubusse. The route continues smoothly along the Adour towards Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq.