Hotel des Dunes

This trail goes around Cap Ferret, from Horizon Beach, in the Gironde department. Stops along the way include the fishermen's quarter, the Mimbeau lagoon, and the Cap Ferret lighthouse. There are many ecosystems to explore, including grasslands, mud flats, the dune system, and pine forest.

This hike extends from Lège-Cap-Ferret to Cap Ferret. The route passes, among other things, by the Sentier de l'Abécédaire ending at "Z comme Zostère", at the level of the Pointe du Cap Ferret. This route is an interpretive trail that runs along the Cap Ferret dune system. Along the way, there are plenty of opportunities to read about the local flora and fauna of Cap Ferret.

This hike starts near the Bélisaire jetty in Cap Ferret, where the Arcachon - Cap Ferret sea shuttle is located. The route passes by Place Walter Reinhard, Pointe du Cap Ferret and the Phare du Cap Ferret, among others. The route continues along part of the coast bordering the Arcachon Basin Marine Nature Park.

This hike starts near the main pier of Cap-Ferret: the Bélisaire jetty. The route takes part of the Avenue de l'Océan and passes by the roundabout of the Côte d'Argent, the Plage de l'Horizon and the Rue des Bouvreuils, among others, before returning to the starting point. The Jetée Bélisaire pier connects Cap-Ferret to Arcachon and Andernos.

The popularity of sea bathing attracts here a “foreign colony” of highesses and celebrities, crowned heads, great families, men of letters and lyrical artists. The Pereire brothers, Emile and Isaac, owners of the train line linking Arcachon to Bordeaux, have a genius idea to make their train profitable: the construction of sanatoriums. Hydrotherapy appeared in 1923, with the discovery of the Sainte Anne des Abatilles spring. The Balades à Roulettes® (BR®) are short walks, quiet, with a...