Arcachon Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
commune in Gironde, France
About Arcachon
Arcachon is a popular bathing location on the Atlantic coast 55 km (34 mi) south-west of Bordeaux in the Landes forest. Arcachon is known for the "Arcachonnaise", the local name for an Arcachon villa, which is the architectural style of many of the older houses built there. It is a type of Victorian architecture, and was criticized for generations, but is now considered to be charming and deeply human. The town of Arcachon was founded in 1857, when Emperor Napoleon III authorized its creation. It had been just a forest of pine trees, oaks and strawberry trees (arbutus), with no road links, and home - mostly when the weather was expected to be warm, and more in wood huts than in real houses - to fewer than 400 people, mostly fishermen and peasants. In earlier years, when some hygienists beg
Top Attractions in Arcachon
Explore the best things to see and do in Arcachon:
- ★Cap-Ferret lighthouse
- ★Casino d'Arcachon
- ★Domaine de Certes
- ★Dune du Pilat
- ★Golf d'Arcachon
- ★Hippodrome de la Teste
- ★L'Île aux Oiseaux
- ★Notre-Dame-des-Passes
Arcachon Travel Guide Sections
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