«Of the various instruments of man, the most amazing is, without a doubt, the book. The others are extensions of his body. The microscope, the telescope, are extensions of his sight; the telephone is an extension of the voice; then we have the plow and the sword, extensions of his arm. But the book is something else: the book is an extension of memory and imagination”, Jorge Luis Borges.
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Hotel du Palais
Built from 1854 during the Second Empire during which Biarritz became the queen of the beaches and the beach of kings, the Hôtel du Palais was first the summer residence of the Empress Eugenie. Napoleon III, her husband, gave her this luxurious palace
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