At the foot of the Pyrenees, an equestrian property for sale in Pyrénées-Atlantiques can be a breeding farm on the Béarn hills, a sport or livery yard on the edge of Pau, a Basque farmhouse with meadows and barns, or a home with stables in the foothills or along the gaves, the local mountain rivers. This page lists stud farms for sale and other horse properties from private sellers, agents and notaires, with the grazing area, number of boxes, facilities and condition of the house. As local supply is limited, also browse equestrian property for sale throughout France.
Prices here hinge mostly on the house, markedly dearer than elsewhere in the region, especially towards the Basque coast. Heavy rainfall gives lush grass but also soils that need draining, which counts when valuing the fields. The sections below cover land and house prices, the character of Béarn and the Basque Country and the precautions to take before committing; for the overall method, follow our guide to buying an equestrian property in France.
Two public benchmarks help to place the price of an equestrian property: the value of land and pasture, which carries the acreage, and the price of country houses, which carries the buildings; asking prices of listings complete the picture.
The 90 farmland sales recorded in Pyrénées-Atlantiques in 2025 (DVF, vineyards excluded)* show a median of €7,931/ha; the average reached €8,512/ha and eight sales in ten closed between €5,000 and €11,950/ha. Over four years, the median changed by -2.7% compared with 2021. The 2025 SAFER scale values land and pasture sold with vacant possession in Pyrénées-Atlantiques at €7,880/ha (-2.5% over one year). By local farming area, values range from €6,040/ha (Coteaux basques) to €9,700/ha (Coteaux du Béarn). The median is €4,538/ha across the region and €5,307/ha for France as a whole.
The house, usually at the heart of a leisure property, costs €237,400 at the median in Pyrénées-Atlantiques: that is the 2025 country house price, or €2,095/m² across 1,557 sales in rural communes, compared with €170,000 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine and €189,200 nationally. For homes of over 300 m², common on larger estates, the regional median reaches €619,000 across 1,221 sales recorded from mid-2020 to the end of 2025.
On 24 September 2026, 3 equestrian properties were for sale in Pyrénées-Atlantiques on ma-propriete.fr. On the same date, the 73 equestrian listings in Nouvelle-Aquitaine showed a median asking price of €649,000, half of them between €458,500 and €847,500, with a median area of 8.2 hectares.
| 2025 benchmark | Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmland: DVF median | €7,931/ha* | €4,538/ha | €5,307/ha |
| Land and pasture with vacant possession: SAFER scale | €7,880/ha | €5,770/ha | €6,460/ha |
| Country house: median price | €237,400 | €170,000 | €189,200 |
| Country house: median price per m² | €2,095/m² | €1,657/m² | €1,830/m² |
Sources: 2025 DVF sales (French tax authority) processed by ma-propriete.fr, houses in rural communes; 2025 SAFER land value scale (Agreste, July 2026); homes over 300 m²: DVF mid-2020 to end-2025; asking prices of listings on 24 September 2026. * Indicative value (30 to 99 sales). Not published: fewer than 30 sales or area not covered.
Pyrénées-Atlantiques is one of the dearer departments in the region: farmland sells well above both the regional and national benchmarks. Oddly enough, the Basque hills (Coteaux basques) are the cheapest farming area and the Béarn hills (Coteaux du Béarn) the most expensive. Houses weigh heavily in the budget, clearly dearer than in Nouvelle-Aquitaine and France as a whole, and often account for a large share of an equestrian property's value. For more detail, see our farmland price observatory and try our land value tool.
In Béarn, around Pau and Orthez, the hills and the gave valleys offer well-watered grassland suited to breeding. A typical breeding property combines a Béarn-style house, fields enclosed by post-and-rail fencing or hedges, foaling boxes, an open barn for youngstock, a hay barn and sometimes a lunge pen or a gallop. Being close to Pau, with its racecourse and training centre, appeals to breeders and to those who prepare jump racing horses. A stud farm for sale in Pyrénées-Atlantiques is judged first on its soils, fencing and shelters.
In the Basque Country, breeding looks different: hillside farms with barns and steep meadows, sometimes linked to the pottok, the Basque pony partly raised free-ranging in the mountains. Before buying a breeding property, count the boxes fit for broodmares, check the water supply and see how the fields stand up in winter, since abundant grass comes with ground that soon becomes waterlogged.
Beyond breeding, the market includes livery yards around Pau, Bayonne and Biarritz with an indoor school, arena, horse walker and wash bay, serving sport and leisure riders alike. Riding centres and pony clubs to take over also appear, with their clubhouse and tack room, often catering for town or holiday clients. Some horse farms in the foothills suit mountain trekking, and homes with stables and paddocks can be found around Oloron-Sainte-Marie or Orthez. Equestrian gîtes make the most of the mountains and the long-distance trails that cross them.
Pau holds a special place in French racing and eventing: its racecourse stages a winter meeting of jump races, and its training centre hosts horses that come to spend the winter there. The Domaine de Sers is home to an international eventing competition, and the Haras national de Gelos stands on the edge of town. For a breeder, trainer or event rider, settling nearby cuts transport time and gives easy access to both the tracks and the competitions.
The rest of the department divides between Béarn with its gaves and foothills, the Basque Country with its hills and coast, and the mountains, where steep ground limits usable land. Pau, Bayonne and Biarritz have TGV stations, the A64 motorway links Bayonne with Pau and Toulouse, and the A63 heads north to Bordeaux. Pau and Biarritz airports complete the connections.
The high rainfall that grows the grass means checking drainage, winter paddocks and fencing. Along the gaves, consult the flood risk plan; in the mountains, factor the slopes into trailer access and field work. In coastal Basque communes, the loi Littoral tightly controls new building, and almost the whole department lies in a moderate or medium seismic zone, which may mean specific rules for building an indoor school. Around protected monuments, the Architecte des Bâtiments de France must be consulted, and the local plan (PLU) has to allow the project in a farming zone.
Check which fields belong to the seller and which are rented: only the owned ones are sold, and to keep using the others, the buyer must negotiate a fresh lease with each owner, who may decline. The lease in place cannot be transferred to the new occupier, unless it is a transferable lease (bail cessible), which is very rare, or in specific close-family situations. The SAFER can also pre-empt farmland put up for sale, and breeding or livery normally falls under the agricultural regime, with MSA registration depending on the size of the operation.
On ma-propriete.fr, properties from private sellers, rural agents and notaires can be screened by land area, boxes or indoor school. An e-mail alert tells you about each new listing in the department, where supply is scarce. New offers also appear on Facebook, in « Propriétés équestres à vendre - ma-propriete.fr », the group we run. To extend your search to Landes, Gironde or Lot-et-Garonne, see equestrian properties for sale in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Selling a stud farm, a livery business or a foothill farm? Place a listing with photos and a plan of the fields, describe the facilities, and set how precisely the location is shown, useful if the business is still trading. Rural property professionals can also advise you, and our land valuation study helps pin down the right price.
