From Pau it's just over 100km to Bayonne, St. Jean de Luz, etc. Those are definitely worth visiting though probably a bit risky weather-wise at this time of year.

I'm guessing also Pau is a good place to fly if you're going to ski on the French Pyrenees (or hiking in the summer).

So, in what may be my last act of "advising", I'll advise you to cut the jargon. -- My old PhD advisor, to me, 26/2/11