Regina Experimental Biarritz

With a monumental 15-metre-high atrium, huge bay windows overlooking the sea, an Eiffel glass roof and numerous Art Deco details, Le Regina is an emblematic example of Belle Epoque architecture on the Basque coast. Its decor has been completely revamped by designer Dorothée Meilichzon, revisiting the luxury of seaside living in Biarritz. Several small lounges now welcome you under the large glass roof in a brightly lit space punctuated by dark greens and reds, blues and sandstone, ceramics and natural tones. Reinventing the score of a 1920s cocktail piano bar, sofas play on the shapes of the Itsasoan footbridge in Guéthary, creating numerous intimate spaces with hanging paper lamps by Ingo Maurer and Anthony Dickens.