Ideally located just 15 minutes by car from the highest dune in Europe, the hotel Les Vagues is your ideal starting point for a day exploring the beauty and diversity of the natural environment of the Arcachon basin.
Between ocean and forest, the Dune du Pilat is 60 million m³ of sand and between 100 and 115 meters high, depending on the year.
Indeed, the Dune du Pilat is constantly moving and sculpted by the wind. Currently, the dune is 2.9km long, 616m wide and 110m high and has an asymmetrical shape with a gentle slope on the ocean side and a steep slope on the forest side.
Each year, more than 2 million visitors come to enjoy one of the most remarkable landscapes in France, which makes it one of the most visited sites in the country along with the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel.
The Dune du Pilat nevertheless remains an extremely fragile natural space, which is the subject of a preservation and enhancement program carried out by several public actors. Its classification under the law of May 1930 on natural monuments guarantees it strong protection at the national level.
The Grand site is also an excellent natural observatory and is made up of a very rich fauna. It is not uncommon to be able to observe, in autumn, the postnuptial migration of many passerines from northern Europe. Another remarkable spectacle to observe on the site, the majestic flight of the common cranes and their characteristic song.
You still have a lot to discover on this exceptional site which will amaze you for a day.
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