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Tout d'abord, une précision de base : Nouvelle Aquitaine (dans le sud-ouest de la France) est le nom de la nouvelle région créée par la réforme territoriale entrée en vigueur le 1er janvier 2016. Les anciennes régions administratives Aquitaine, Poitou-Charentes et Limousin ont été fusionnées. Son centre administratif, ou plutôt sa préfecture et sa capitale, est Bordeaux. C'est aussi la septième plus grande ville de France avec environ 850 000 habitants.
La Nouvelle Aquitaine est divisée en 5 départements : Landes (40 - Mont-de-Marsan), Gironde (33 - Bordeaux), Dordogne (24 - Périgueux), Lot-et-Garonne (47 - Agen) et Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64 - Pau).
En raison de sa taille, l'Aquitaine est une région très variée. Le nord-ouest, qui comprend les départements de la Dordogne et du Lot-et-Garonne, est composé de collines douces avec de grandes surfaces de vignes dans les zones basses, ainsi que de zones forestières et agricoles dans le nord-est, plus vallonné.
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Dordogne-Périgord
Choisis une région vibrante et unique de la France.

Pays basque
Choisis l'angle le plus au sud-ouest de la France.

Aquitaine is a popular region for cycle tourism: two long-distance cycle routes, the Atlantic Cycle Route and the Atlantic-Mediterranean Cycle Route, cross the region. In Aquitaine, both run mostly on purpose-built, paved bike paths and are flat as they mostly follow the coast or rivers/canals.
The Dordogne region is famous for its rurality, its gentle valleys and villages that to outsiders seem to have fallen out of time. The area is also famous as one of the oldest known centers of human settlement in Europe, and many prehistoric sites are found around the area of Lascaux (remarkable caves, UNESCO World Heritage Site) and Les Eyzies. Within France, the Dordogne department is better known for its gastronomic specialties, truffles, foie gras, walnuts and other delicious delicacies, and is often referred to as "le Périgord".

The southern part of Aquitaine is composed of two distinct areas, the departments of les Landes (40) and the Pyrénées Atlantiques (64). Les Landes is the most forested area in Europe; a low-lying area with sandy soil, almost the entire department is covered with pine forests interspersed with small areas of heath and farmland. The forests are popular with nature lovers, hikers and hunters, and support a significant timber industry. Outside of the few towns and seaside resorts, the department of les Landes, known until the 19th century as an inhospitable wasteland, is one of the most sparsely populated areas in France. It is also a department where almost a quarter of all dwellings are second homes. Les Landes is part of the historic territory of Gascony.
Euskadi, the Basque Country is a region in the north of Spain and southwest of France, known for its green landscape, rugged coastline and rich culture. We travel to the Basque Country to discover the people, nature, art, history and of course the gastronomy of this unique area.
The first thing to know about the Basque Country is that it exists on both the French and Spanish sides. Our first journey begins in Bidart, a village between Biarritz and the border to Spain, in the Labourd region on the French side.
