France / Bayonne
Language Camp at the “Côte basque” – a true surfer’s paradise!
NEW RESIDENCE – Domaine Pignada
Save up to 228€ per week or 20% on self arranged journey until 21.12.2025!
No enrolment fees. No accommodation fees.
- English or French tuition included
- Full immersion with French students on site
- Enjoy one of France’s most popular holiday destinations
- Workshops, town walks and beach activities every day
- Excursions, full board and a local bus pass included
- Surf Course with professionals as a supplement
- Summer Camp 13-17 yrs.
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Location
To Bayonne city centre: 30 minutes by bus
To beach: 25minutes by bus -
Language Courses
French or English:
General Course (included) -
Travel period
04.07.2026 to 01.08.2026
Arrival and Departure on Saturdays only
Transfers available -
Already included
International activity programme
Excursions and a local bus pass
24/7 Supervision and Emergency Phone
Free WiFi in common areas in residence
Fruit’n’Fit Corner -
Accommodation
Residence en-suite rooms
Full board with packed lunch on trip days
this course is already booked out.
Improve your language skills with international students
- English and French tuition available
- Online placement test prior to your arrival
- Study in small classes (max. 16 students)
- Qualified teachers
- All materials provided
- Certificate at the end of the course and Graduation Ceremony
GENERAL FRENCH OR ENGLISH COURSE
already includedIncluded in the package is the General French or English Course (15 lessons a week), serving as a strong foundation for effective language communication. Running from Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 11:45 (including breaks), each morning session is aimed at specific language aspects: grammar mastery, reading and listening comprehension, and interactive speaking practice.
With a focus on enhancing your speaking and listening skills, we're dedicated to nurturing confident communication and breaking inhibitions.
Our offerings cater to Elementary (A1) through Advanced (C1) levels, with a minimum duration of 1 week.
Students can choose between French and English tuition.
The 14th of July is a French National Bank Holiday. Lessons do not take place on that day and will not be made up.
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After the lessons
- Bilingual French/English campus and activity programme
- Sports, beach activities, creativity and lifestyle workshops
- Free time to discover Bayonne on your own
- Professional surf course available as a supplement
- Half and full day excursions
Our friendly and helpful International Team with staff members from England, Germany, France, Spain, Slovenia or elsewhere will run a supervised bilingual activity programme in the afternoons & evenings, 7 days a week. In the afternoon you can choose between several age appropiate activities and in the evening you can take place in one of our amazing events.
OUR ACTIVITY & TRIP PROGRAMME
already included- Welcome & Farewell Meetings with Graduation Ceremony
- Beach activities (Volleyball, Football, Badminton, Frisbee)
- Workshops (Arts & Crafts, Health & Beauty, Food & Drinks, Dance, Henna Tattoos)
- Chill-out zone with table tennis, badminton and football tables
- Special Suplement: ROWING SESSION (1 x 2h lessons) can be booked on site only.
Visits: Aquarium, City of the Ocean and Chocolate museum (these ones we’ll swap one each week ). Additionally we have Bayonne Street art, Biarritz Lighthouse, Bayonne Rugby stadium, Bullfighting arenas (some of these visits may have an additional cost from 3€ to 20€).
- Half-day trip destinations : Sant-Jean-de-Luz, Hossegor and Hendaye
- Full day trip destinations: Bordeaux, San Sebastian, Arcachon and Dune du Pilat
Each trip consists of a guided tour of the area with some interesting background information and stops at the nicest photo locations. Our supervisors will not only tell you more about the city but also where the coolest shops and cafés are, because after the guided tour you will have some free time with your friends for shopping and discovering on your own! The amount of free time allowed depends on the students’ age. We reserve the right to organise excursions by public transport.
SURF COURSE (5 x 1,5 lessons)
available as a supplementThe Atlantic Coast of Southern France is a true surfer’s paradise. If you feel like getting in touch with your inner surfer, be sure to join the surf course at our partner school in Anglet.
The surf course includes five lessons with professional surf teachers per week (1.5 hours each) which take place in the afternoons. Equipment will be provided. Surf lesson times may vary depending on the weather, tide, and the size of the waves. Occasionally due to weather or water conditions surf could be not safe, so students will receive theoretical knowledge in surfing, paddling and first aid or the surf lesson can be cancelled or postponed.
Please bear in mind that booking this special may prevent you from joining other activities or a scheduled excursion. This special is not included in the activity programme but can be chosen at the time of booking as an upgrade.
Price: 189.00 € (per week)
Fêtes de Bayonne
already includedThe Fêtes de Bayonne is one of France’s most famous festivals, celebrated annually in the vibrant city of Bayonne in the Basque region. For five days, the city comes alive with festivities, as thousands of participants dress in traditional white outfits with red scarves. The festival features a joyful atmosphere with music, dancing, and traditional events such as bull races and parades. You’ll find the streets filled with stalls offering Basque delicacies like pintxos, and the evenings often end with impressive fireworks.
Please check their official website here.
Note: For safety reasons, we do not recommend that students attend the Fêtes de Bayonne in the evening hours after dinner.
Residence
- Live with international students in our residence in Bayonne
- Enjoy the French „joie de vivre“
- Full board with packed lunch for trips
NEW Modern Student Residence
Our Supervision Concept in Bayonne
Your safety and welfare are our top priority: there is one supervisor responsible for 15 students between 13 and 17 years. However, supervision groups during activities on or off campus will have different ratios of up to 25 students for 13-17 year olds depending on the situation.
Students in Bayonne will be free to experience and explore things with their friends on and off campus, but with daily checks from our supervisors to provide a good mix of supervision and personal freedom. Daily checks include: wake-up, breakfast, class check, assembly, programme check with sign-up lists, dinner, TTT and night check. Participation in the afternoon and evening activity programme is a mix of compulsory activities and voluntary ones. You will join some afternoon activities and evening events with the rest of the students (3-4 afternoons & evenings per week), to know each other, enjoy the international atmosphere and make new friends, and some days you can choose between taking part in the offered programme activities or exploring the town or relaxing in the residence or by the beach with your new friends. All students attend the offered excursions.
When the activities are not compulsory you can choose between taking part in the offered programme activities or exploring the town with your friends in pairs or bigger groups in the afternoon after informing our staff members and signing out. You must be back in the residence for dinner and if you sign out in the evening at 10:30 pm. (Depending of the public transport the return can be 11:00pm). Our supervisors reserve the right to limit these times when necessary.
The activity programme is bilingual (French and English). There are activities in French and English in the afternoons and bilingual activities in the evening. . During the excursions, there will be a bilingual guided tour.
You will be part of a TTT (Time to Talk) group of up to 20 students. All TTTs and assemblies are compulsory. In these meetings you can inform your supervisors about your plans for the rest of the day. The members of our team have been carefully selected for their responsible and caring attitude and for being fun-loving and outgoing. They are the people you can turn to at any time for assistance.
Bayonne
Discover the glamorous Côte Basque ideally located in South West France! What makes one destination more memorable than another? Of course, there’s the intrinsic beauty of a city, its buildings, its “must-sees”. And then there’s everything else, the more abstract, harder-to-quantify emotions. Commonly known as “charm”. Bayonne has that little je-ne-sais-quoi in the air that will make you want to come back. And one of the most important elements of Bayonne’s charm is its conviviality. By all accounts, Bayonne is a city with heart. Despite this slight chauvinism on the part of the locals, which is hard to deny, no one will close any doors on you; some people arrive in Bayonne, and after two years are more Bayonnais than Bayonnais. To do this, you need to understand the codes and respect them, and get involved in local life. There are over 1,500 associations in the city. The common denominator is the desire to do their bit: Bayonnais want to give back to the city what it has given them. Another possible explanation for Bayonne’s charm lies in its young population. Bayonne is a student town: since 1995, the university has been housed in the former Château Neuf barracks in Petit Bayonne, giving it a very special cachet. On Thursday evenings, the day of student parties, the bars of the “Petit” fill up with young people ready to burn off their 20s. Atmosphere guaranteed!How to get to Bayonne
We offer different options on how to get to Bayonne. Transfers are not included in the price. You can also choose an individual arrival and departure. We don’t offer any transfers from Bayonne train station. Please bear in mind to book a taxi on your own or take public transport.
Self-arranged journey
You can choose a Self-arranged Journey to our IP centre in Bayonne. This requires you to be accompanied by your parent/s or a Guardian to our centre at Domaine du Pignada in Bayonne and/or to be picked up from there on your departure. Please make sure to meet the requested arrival and departure times. You should arrive on Saturday between 14:00 and 18:00. On departure day, also Saturday, you should be picked up between 9:00 and 11:00.
Transfers from/to Biarritz airport
If you are flying into Biarritz airport, you will be picked up by recognised taxi companies. On the day of arrival, Saturday, our taxi driver will be waiting for you at the exit area of customers with a sign of your name. The driver will take you directly to our Bayonne Centre. Please book a flight arriving between 14:00 and 18:00.
On the day of departure, Saturday, our staff will make sure that you leave the centre or your host family on time. Our driver will take you to the airport and will drop you off. Check-in is not included. Please book a flight departing before 14.00h.
We also offer transfers from San Sebastian airport or San Sebastian train station.
Transfers from/to Biarritz train or bus station
If you are coming into Biarritz train or bus station, you will be picked up by recognised taxi companies. On the day of arrival, Saturday, our taxi driver will be waiting for you at the exit area of customers with a sign of your name. The driver will take you directly to our Bayonne Centre. Please book a train or bus arriving between 14:00 and 18:00.
On the day of departure, Saturday, our staff will make sure that you leave the centre or your host family on time. Our driver will take you to the station and will drop you off. Check-in is not included. Please book a train ot bus departing before 14.00h.