A tourism property for sale in Pyrénées-Atlantiques benefits from two complementary markets: the ocean, along the Basque coast from Biarritz to Hendaye, and the mountains, from the Aspe and Ossau valleys to the Iraty forest. In between, the inland Basque Country and Béarn attract visitors with their villages, festivals, pelota, Irouléguy and Jurançon wines, spa towns and the Way of St James, which converges on Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port. Spain next door and the Béarn ski resorts stretch the season well beyond summer.
Local tourism real estate ranges from Basque houses and Béarn farms split into holiday lets to country houses, châteaux and character properties with strong hospitality potential, as well as coastal and valley hotels, village inns, campsites and chalet villages. This page is for investors, families looking to buy a business and settle here, and owners preparing to sell.
As of 25 September 2026, 4 tourism properties in Pyrénées-Atlantiques are listed on ma-propriete.fr (3 manor houses and châteaux, 1 gîte), with asking prices from €645,000 to €1,940,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Pyrénées-Atlantiques was €237,400 (average €254,839), or €2,095/m² of living space, for 121 m² on an average plot of 3,853 m², based on 1,557 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €132,000 and one in ten above €407,140. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €200,750 to €237,000 (+18.1%); over the last year the change is +3.0%. For comparison: €170,000 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €237,400 | €170,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €254,839 | €188,636 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €132,000 | €83,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €407,140 | €315,785 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €2,095/m² | €1,657/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 121 m² | 110 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 3,853 m² | 4,005 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 1,557 | 26,126 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €195,000 (tourist inland) to €430,000 (residential coastline). For a tourism business, coastal and tourist-inland municipalities are the relevant benchmark.
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential coastline * | €430,000 | €4,027/m² | +21.9% | 53 |
| Tourist inland (hinterland, mountains) | €195,000 | €1,867/m² | +15.8% | 341 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €241,120 | €2,095/m² | +8.4% | 5,556 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €199,500 | €1,769/m² | +8.4% | 3,464 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the department benchmark is a median of €1,010,400 over 2021-2025, with an average of €1,331,800, a P10–P90 range of €471,900 to €2,900,000 and 2,778 €/m² of living space, over 155 sales. These homes average 374 m² of living space on 12,255 m² of land. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyrénées-Atlantiques (2021-2025) | 155 | €1,010,400 | €1,331,800 | €471,900 – €2,900,000 | 2,778 |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine (2025) | 171 | €615,000 | €805,900 | €400,000 – €1,480,000 | 1,692 |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine (2021-2025) | 1,105 | €629,400 | €814,400 | €395,000 – €1,517,600 | 1,704 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €1,321,400 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
Sources: listings published on ma-propriete.fr on 25 September 2026 (asking prices, not sale prices); ma-propriete.fr observatories of country house prices in Pyrénées-Atlantiques and prestige property prices in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
Tourism property here comes at a price, especially near the ocean. Country houses sold for a median €237,400 in 2025, well above the regional benchmark, and large period homes in the department reach a median €1,010,400 over 2021-2025, much higher than the Nouvelle-Aquitaine benchmark for such homes. Supply leans towards this upper segment: manor houses and châteaux lead, followed by holiday-let complexes. Coastal municipalities are the tightest market; the tourist inland, from Soule to the Béarn valleys, remains more affordable and better suited to taking over an inn or a hikers' lodge.
On the coast, from Bayonne to Saint-Jean-de-Luz, hotels draw a large international clientele, but land is scarce and buildings expensive: sales often involve town-centre hotels or villas turned boutique hotels, valued as much for location as for trading. Inland, a Basque village inn with a restaurant and a few rooms remains a sought-after family business; in Béarn, spa-town and valley hotels serve hikers, pilgrims and skiers. A farm inn (ferme-auberge) serves its own lamb and Ossau-Iraty sheep's cheese. For a going concern, the sale covers building and business, or the business alone with a lease, valued on operating profit (EBITDA), rating and room condition. Nationwide offers are grouped under hotels on the market in France and inns looking for new owners.
Half-timbered Basque houses and Béarn farms lend themselves to several holiday lets: see gîtes for sale in Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Guest rooms with breakfast are listed under Basque and Béarn B&Bs.
Outdoor hospitality is well established on the Basque coast and along the mountain rivers; classified campsites and leisure parks are grouped regionally: campsite businesses in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. In the mountains, chalet villages and holiday centres host groups and families; cabins and lodges come under glamping sites for sale. A coastal tourist residence usually works by units sold to investors, with a commercial lease to an operator.
Châteaux and large Labourd properties host weddings and seminars: see event venues in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
A hotel sale combines the building, sold through a notary, and the business, transferred under its own formalities. As a public-access building (ERP), a hotel needs a favourable fire safety commission report; check the star rating (1 to 5, valid 5 years), the operating permit and the licence transfer at the town hall. Holiday lets fall under the Le Meur Act of 19 November 2024, which extends registration nationwide and strengthens the powers of local councils; in the Basque Country, a regulation of the Agglomeration also requires, in the towns of the coast and its immediate hinterland, a change-of-use authorisation with compensation to let a second home to holidaymakers: check the rules that apply with the town hall. The coastal law (loi Littoral) and mountain law (loi Montagne) apply; coastal erosion, flooding of the Nive and mountain rivers, and seismic risk, among the highest in mainland France in Béarn and the mountains but more moderate on the Basque coast, appear in the risk report. Outside mains drainage, a SPANC inspection applies.
The coast brings the strongest occupancy, including spring and autumn, at the highest entry price. Pau and the spa towns offer business travellers and spa guests; the valleys and inland Basque villages are more seasonal, driven by hiking, the pilgrim route and skiing.
Coastal nightly rates partly offset purchase costs; the outcome depends on off-season occupancy, staff costs and local rules on short-term lets. Obtain three years of accounts and model your scenario with the holiday rental simulator (in French).
Add the building value, compared with local sales of large period homes, the business value based on operating profit, purchase costs and works. An inland village inn requires a far smaller budget than a coastal hotel.
Continue with tourism properties across Nouvelle-Aquitaine, neighbouring Landes or Gironde. Be notified of new Basque and Béarn offers with an e-mail alert (in French); sellers can publish a listing here.
