ARCACHON
Great seaside resort of the Basin, Arcachon posts its tradition
of happiness clearly. Toul along the year, through a succession
of festivals and demonstrations, it invites you to celebrate
with the privileges that it wove with the sea, as well as
the arts and the popular traditions. Marvelously placed on
the Basin, at the edge of a littoral where the lights take
nuances of an extreme delicacy, Arcachon declines in colors,
villas of dream, hotels with the feet in water and a broad
range of shops. With the passing of time, the city developed
a single art to practise the holidays.
TESTE DE BUCH
On bank of the Basin, Teste de Buch extends by its forest
massif on more than 10.000 ha, from the Dune of Pilat to the
Lake Cazaux, and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Basin, without
forgetting its picturesque island called "to the Birds"
and its Bench of Arguin, that is a classified natural reserve.
Teste de Buch joins together at the same time a preserved
natural environment and a single maritime and forest inheritance,
that is a reflection of a true art of living. This convivial
and authentic spiritis found in the oyster huts of the port
bordered with salt meadow lambs at the daily market in summer,
inTeste-Center. At the turning of a forest with varied essences,
the Lake of Cazaux allows the practice of many nautical activities
in full safety. The serene atmosphere of the places is an
invitation to discover the life of yesteryear through old
huts of conifer, among other things. Lastly, 27 km of uninterrupted
ocean beaches and punctuated with attractive terraces come
to supplement this diversity with of course, the large Dune
of Pilat offering a splendid panorama on the Basin and the
Atlantic Ocean.
GUJAN-MESTRAS
Capital of oyster farming, it is located between the vineyards
of South-west, the forest of Landesof Gascogne and the beaches
of the Basin of Arcachon. Gujan-Mestras, city with the seven
ports, is affirmed as a town of passion where the quality
of the life is the Master word. Admirably
combining the essential economic and tourist development with
the safeguarding of its traditions, in particular marine,
it knew to preserve its shipyards, its craft industries and
its oyster activities. While protecting its natural spaces,
it remains a ground of wellbeing where the human relations
are privileged. Here, all is conceived to satisfy the inhabitants
and the holiday makers with varied utility services:
house of the culture, cinema, general-purpose village hall,
skating rink, sporting complex, college of the trades of the
sea, young point...
TEICH
On banks of the Basin of Arcachon, in an exceptional natural
environment,
the village is ideally located to facilitate the discovery
of the "pignada", the forest of pines, the delta
of Eyre and the wet meadows, the rare sites which all contribute
to this so particular whole of landscapes of the Basin. In
full heart of the regional Natural reserve of Landesof Gascogne,
the commune shelters also the ornithological Park of Teich,
a remarkable reserve arranged for the reception and the observation
of the wild birds.
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without
forgetting its picturesque island called "to the Birds"
and its Bench of Arguin, that is a classified natural reserve.
Teste de Buch joins together at the same time a preserved
natural environment and a single maritime and forest inheritance,
that is a reflection of a true art of living. This convivial
and authentic spiritis found in the oyster huts of the port
bordered with salt meadow lambs at the daily market in summer,
inTeste-Center. At the turning of a forest with varied essences,
the Lake of Cazaux allows the practice of many nautical activities
in full safety. The serene atmosphere of the places is an
invitation to discover the life of yesteryear through old
huts of conifer, among other things. Lastly, 27 km of uninterrupted
ocean beaches and punctuated with attractive terraces come
to supplement this diversity with of course, the large Dune
of Pilat offering a splendid panorama on the Basin and the
Atlantic Ocean.
Admirably
combining the essential economic and tourist development with
the safeguarding of its traditions, in particular marine,
it knew to preserve its shipyards, its craft industries and
its oyster activities. While protecting its natural spaces,
it remains a ground of wellbeing where the human relations
are privileged. Here, all is conceived to satisfy the inhabitants
and the holiday makers with varied utility services:
the village is ideally located to facilitate the discovery
of the "pignada", the forest of pines, the delta
of Eyre and the wet meadows, the rare sites which all contribute
to this so particular whole of landscapes of the Basin. In
full heart of the regional Natural reserve of Landesof Gascogne,
the commune shelters also the ornithological Park of Teich,
a remarkable reserve arranged for the reception and the observation
of the wild birds. 
