Cote d'Argent Attractions

 
The Côte d'Argent ("Silver Coast") extends from the Gironde estuary in the north to beyond Bayonne on the Spanish frontier in the south before joining the Côte des Basques to the southwest.

The charm of this stretch of coast lies in its beautiful beaches of silvery sand, fringed by areas of woodland, a number of attractive lakes and dunes which reach a height of more than 100 m/330ft at Pyla. Along the coasts are numbers of seaside resorts like Soulac-sur-Mer, Arcachon and Mimizan.

For many centuries the masses of sand deposited on the coast at an annual rate of around 15 cu.

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Bird Island in Arcachon Bay.Arcachon
Old boat moored at Arcachon.Arcachon
People on a beach on the Côte d'Argent.Cote d'Argent
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