Our Espelette chilli pepper products
Discovery visits with family or friends
Throughout the year, we invite you to visit our farm in Espelette. You will discover the different stages in the production of Espelette chilli peppers and enjoy a tasting of chilli peppers!
Guided tour and tasting in French
the guided tour is conducted in French, but English is also spoken at the shop reception.
The guided tour takes place in two parts:
🌿 Discovering the cultivation of Espelette pepper (about 30 minutes)
From our fields nestled in the heart of nature, the visit begins outdoors — the perfect opportunity to learn about the origin and history of this exceptional spice. You will then follow every stage of its cultivation and transformation, from seed to powder, including harvesting, stringing and drying. We will also explain the strict requirements of the Espelette Pepper PDO specifications, with anecdotes adapted to the season and the plant’s growth cycle.
🌶️ Guided tasting (about 25 minutes)
The visit to the farm begins or ends with a warm and gourmet moment: a tasting of our must-try products — sauces, condiments, sweet and savoury specialties — to awaken your taste buds crescendo. You will also discover recipe ideas to enhance your cooking with our Espelette pepper.
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Opening Hours – February, March & April
— Monday to Friday — Closed on weekends
Valid until Friday, April 3, 2026
(Closed Easter weekend, from Saturday April 4 to Monday April 6 inclusive)
MORNING
10:30 am*: Guided tour
AFTERNOON
2:30 pm*: Guided tour
Also open on weekends from Tuesday, April 7 until Sunday, October 25, 2026 inclusive.
In French
🌶️ New fun discovery trail in the heart of Espelette pepper! 🌿
Will you rise to the challenge?
Armed with your “Ramuntxo’s Games” quiz, set off on an adventure in the heart of the fields and let yourself be guided through the well-kept secrets of Espelette pepper!
An educational, tasty and fun walk, perfect for the whole family.
No reservation required.
Discovery tours for groups
Associations, seminars, team building, incoming agencies, schools... Put all your senses to work at l'Atelier!
We welcome and accompany your group on an immersive tour of the farm and processing area. We’ll tell you all about the history of Espelette chilli pepper and the different stages in its production. Afterwards, a tasting of our chilli products and other local delicacies will tantalise your taste buds. Espelette chilli pepper will hold no secrets for you!
For even more tasty tours, click here!
Gourmet tours and services for your events
Spice up your birthdays, seminars, hens and bachelor weekends, receptions...
For your special events in the Basque Country, we organise tailor-made services in a unique setting.
Take advantage of our various gourmet breaks. For the most discerning gourmets, extend your experience with our personalised participatory workshops.
It's all guaranteed to be fun and convivial!
BY BUS: Line 46 – TXIK TXAK network: check timetables: https://itineraires.txiktxak.fr/
BY CAR: Atelier du Piment – 625 Elizaldeko Bidea or 625 chemin d’Elizaldea – 64250 ESPELETTE
With the Waze app, follow this link: https://waze.com/ul/hezwyx4zk4
We are located:
20 minutes from Bayonne
25 minutes from Biarritz
35 minutes from Saint-Jean-de-Luz
BY BIKE: Bike racks are available in our parking area. You can rent bikes all along the coast and in Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle at https://noaadventure.com
Feel free to call us at +33 5 59 93 90 21 to find out the next tour times, or visit the “VISIT THE ATELIER” page on our website:
https://www.atelier-du-piment-espelette.fr/visites/
The Discovery Tour in French is free.
Rain is essential for our chillies and makes our Basque country so green! If it does rain, we'll be delighted to welcome you to the Atelier. We have no problem adapting our visits to the weather, as our greenhouses allow us to receive our visitors comfortably under cover. So don't hesitate!
The visit to the Espelette farm always ends with a tasting of chilli in all its forms: sauces, condiments, sweet and savoury flavours to awaken your taste buds to a crescendo.
Depending on the time of year you visit the Atelier du Piment, our tours change.
In fact, from Fébruary to April, when the land is at rest, we offer a commented video tracing the different stages in the production of PDO Espelette chilli peppers and their origins. These explanations will end with a tasting of chilli in all its forms: sauces, condiments, sweet and savoury flavours to awaken your taste buds to a crescendo!
From May onwards, we'll be delighted to welcome you and take you on a tour of the farm and the processing area. From the plot of land on the farm in Espelette, the guided tour gives you the chance to find out more about the history of the spice, and to understand the different stages involved in its production and processing. Our guides like to adapt their explanations according to the plant cycle of the chilli pepper. Depending on the time of year you visit us, you can discover our greenhouses where our "red gold" is drying, understand how our ovens work, or observe the chilli flowers or our beautiful carmine-red fruits as they grow before harvest.
For each month of the year, there's a key stage for you to comment on, before finishing with our tasting of home-made products.
Allow around 1 hour on our farm (discovery tour + tasting).
Nous disposons d’une place de parking réservée aux personnes à mobilité réduite (devant la boutique). Les visites débutent en bordure de parcelle et le chemin qui y mène est en caillou mais est relativement plat pour être « carrossable» (fauteuils, poussettes etc.).
Nos toilettes sont accessibles aux personnes en fauteuil roulant.
Yes, we have a large on-site car park.
Of course it is! It's very important to us to pass on our trade and know-how to future generations. Our tours (explanations + tasting) are suitable for all ages. Please allow an hour for your visit.
We have a parking space reserved for people with reduced mobility (in front of the shop). Visits start at the edge of the plot and the path leading to it is made of stones but is relatively flat so that it can be used by wheelchairs, pushchairs, etc.
Pets are welcome on the farm, provided they are kept on a lead.
Yes, on foot, the path is safe (pavements) and takes about 15 minutes.
If you park in the car park at the entrance to the village, a footpath (family trail) will take you directly to the Atelier du Piment.
We do not require reservations for visitors, only for groups of 10 or more. or for a private tour in English