The Top 9 Natural Monuments around Arcachon
Arcachon’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 9
beautiful natural monuments around Arcachon. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments around Arcachon. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: October 4, 2025
The Pilat dune is the highest in Europe. Despite its size, it is fragile. The climb is worth it! The bravest don't take the stairs: the sand will heat up …
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The resin worker’s hut is the starting point for many itineraries on foot to discover the Natural Reserve of the salt meadows of Arès and Lège-Cap Ferret.
The hut is …
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Superb place. Take a sea excursion to admire it from the basin
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One of the best places to experience the sunset: from the top of the tallest sand dune in Europe the view to the west is amazing. If you bring your …
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Attached to the town of Lège-Cap-Ferret, Lake Bénédicte is a remarkable natural site. Not far from the Prés Salés reserve, it includes a wide variety of waters (fresh, salty, brackish) within a limited area.
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You are on the tip of Cap Ferret opposite you can see Arcachon (a boat can take you there!)
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very beautiful nature reserve, with lots of vegetation and birds, near the oyster village
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Please note that the site is closed following the fires of summer 2022.
The lagoons of Gât Mort are remnants of the original moor, with many small circular bodies of …
The lagoons of Gât Mort are remnants of the original moor, with many small circular bodies of …
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It's worth walking just a few hundred meters further. There you have the dunes almost to yourself.
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