Prison des eveques

Well worth the cisit

Went here recently and enjoyed the display as well as the locale which is a historic bishop’s house and prison. You can walk down to the basement and get a real feel for the place. It was used as ...

History of the Area

What an interesting site. While the language in San Jean is French many ot the exhibits have signs explaing what you are seeing in several languages including English. There are three levels to exp...

Interesting place to visit and literally cool.

Despite nearly all explanations only in French, this is an interesting place to visit. The Camino pilgrimage related materials are fairly self explanatory and worth looking at. The cellar is very coo...

Interesting display about the pilgrims on the Camino in an interesting building

If you like the feel of old buildings, this one is interesting, if not very big, with a huge cellar. Some information in English. The display describing the background to the pilgrims and their storie...

Escape the heat but only if you speak French

Summer temperatures away from the coast can easily reach the high 30s on a regular basis so if you are in Saint Jean Pied de Port with some time to kill a visit to the prison is a nice idea. Be warned...