"Depot Anglais," for wines, groceries, and English provisions, &c.
English Club, Post and Telegraph Office.
For principal excursions refer to Chapter XIII.
BIDART.—The first Basque village, 3 miles from Biarritz on the direct route to Spain—railway station, Bidart-Guétary.
BIELLE.—A village in the Basses-Pyrénées, on the road to Eaux
Bonnes, in the Val d'Ossau, 18-1/4 miles from Pau. Inn, des Voyageurs.
BILHÈRES.—A village on the slopes of the Val d'Ossau, above
Bielle, in the Basses-Pyrénées—celebrated for the copper mines in the
vicinity. It lies in the direct track from the Val d'Ossau to the
Vallée d'Aspe.
BlLLÈRES.—A small village near Pau, in the Basses-Pyrénées on the road to the ancient town of Lescar: the locally well-known "Bois de Billères" take their name from it.
BIZANOS.—A village below Pau, on the Gave, in the
Basses-Pyrénées, on the direct road to Lourdes.
BOO-SILHEN.—A village and railway station on the line from Lourdes to Pierrefitte, in the Hautes-Pyrénées. There is the site of an ancient camp in the vicinity.
BOSOST.—A village in Spain (18 miles from Luchon by the
Portillon), under the shadow of the Eastern Pyrénées, in the valley of
Aran. This is a most pleasing excursion from Luchon, either on
horseback viâ the Portillon, or in a carriage viâ St. Béat. See Chapter
X. Inn, Fonda d'España.