Category: seaside & lakefronts
Navettes maritimes: Arcachon to Cap Ferret
Continuing with our trip to the West, from the Alps to the Atlantic … From Arcachon, we took a ferry across the bay to Cap Ferret. Cap Ferret is a headland which takes the form of a spit, which separates the Atlantic Ocean from Arcachon Bay. Lots of people took their bike across as there…
Arcachon, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Arcachon was developed as a resort in the 19th century, and the promenade is populated with large hotels – some with a fancy façade but most are efficient modern constructions. The big hotels, the shopping streets behind them and the wide, sandy beaches in front are all part of the ville d’été (summer town), the district of Arcachon…
Eating Oysters in Port de Larros, Gujan-Mestras
While we were staying in Bordeaux-Medoc, we decided to go to the Atlantic coast and visit Arcachon (more about Arcachon in a later post). To avoid traffic on the main highway, we detoured according to our GPS and drove along D650. Since the landscape is flat, D650 is almost mathematically straight and run parallel to…
Grand Plage, Biarritz
Continuing with our Easter Alps to Atlantic trip … After Saint-Emilion, we headed south directly to Biarritz by-passing the city of Bordeaux (which we would later visit). The drive down A63 was easier, a lot less twists and turns, and the landscape is flat. This area, Landes is part of an estuary but looks a…