Arcachon

Elegant turn-of-the century bath town with some elegant villas claiming the beach access here

Art on the boardwalk

Arcachon, we spent 3 days there, 3 very pleasant days.
Out of season, the city is no longer the same: the grandparents are relieved of their grandchildren who they will find again the first weekend of the school year, we find ourselves in this in-between, a city that is running at a slow pace but has not yet locked itself in its winter shell.
The main part of the day is the walk along the beach, a coffee on the terrace of the Repetto brasserie, some shopping at the covered market of Arcachon, an aperitif at the Petit Louvre, the meal, my nap and we do it again by browsing the different shops of the small shopping streets; at the end of the walk, a few oysters at the Pitt to whet our appetites...
A desire for a longer walk? We get lost in the streets of the Quartier d'Hiver behind the Mauresque park to admire the typical seaside architecture of the French coast; or we push towards the jetty of the chapel passing by the Notre-Dame-d'Arcachon basilica...