LEISURE AND ACTIVITIES.:
Hydrotherapy, golf, tennis, squash, horse-riding, paragliding, sailing deep-sea diving, canoeing and sea kayak, fishing, go-carts cycling, sea-fishing.... etcetera. In addition there are also cinemas, concerts, arts and folklore as well as a succession of festivities and events you are invited to join all year round. Over the years ARCACHON has perfected its very own art of holiday making.
SIGHTSEEING IN ARCACHON :
The Winter town “VILLE D HIVER” with its sumptuous nineteenth century mansions and villas
The “PARC MAURESQUE”and its arboretum with 60 tree rare species
The fishing harbour and the second largest marina on FRANCE’s ATLANTIC COAST
The Pereire-Beach with its seaside gardens, its seafront promenade and cycle tracks
The Seafarers Chapel, covered with dedications from grateful sailors who survived storms
The church “Notre Dame des Passes” affording a magnificient view across the Bay
The Belvedere : a metal tower overlooking the bay.
THE GREAT DUNE OF PYLA:
it is possible to visit the highest dune in Europe, the Great Dune of Pyla (or Pilat). This dune reaches a height of 107m. At this summit, the view is spectacular with the ocean coast, the inlet of the Bay, the large pine forest and, when the sky is very clear, the Pyrenees Range.
This Great Dune is constituted of fine sand which the siliceous grains have about the same size. Since about ten years, this area is also became a point of start to the lover of delta planes.
The Great Dune of Pyla is located on the “La Teste de Buch” district (Gironde) and it is a national listed landscape. (15 MINUTES FROM THE HOUSE BY CAR)