Landes

Landes is in south-western France, a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine with a long coastline on the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Landes is famous for its seaside resorts and natural spots.

Cities

  • 🌍 Mont-de-Marsan — sunny southwestern town, perfect for accessing the forest of Landes.
  • 🌍 Aire-sur-l'Adour — on the Way of St. James pilgrimage route
  • 🌍 Biscarrosse — a beach resort known for surfing
  • 🌍 Capbreton — a popular holiday destination for sailors, surfers, and beach-goers
  • 🌍 Dax — a spa destination, specialising in mud treatment for rheumatism and similar ailments
  • 🌍 Léon — popular for wind surfing and boating on the nearby lake
  • 🌍 Mimizan — surroundrd by pibe forests, and miles of sand beaches lashed by Atlantic storms
  • 🌍 Saint-Paul-lès-Dax — it's near a lake
  • 🌍 Saint-Sever — a privileged spa and holiday resort

Other destinations

Forest trails are perfect for bike rides and strolls

Understand

Landes is known for its large pine forest which is the raw material for a timber and resin industries in the region. The forest was planted in the early nineteenth century to prevent erosion of the region's sandy soil by the sea.

Tourist information

Get in

Get around

See

Do

  • Bicycle riding: there are many kilometers of flat trails through the pine forests
  • Sun-bathing, swimming: many beaches from crowded to isolated await you
  • Camping: Landes is a favorite camping destination with more than 100 campgrounds from 1-star to 4-star available
  • Surfing: Landes is home of some of the best surfing spots not only in Europe but the World. In September surfing Professionals meet in Hossegor for the Quik Pro France

Eat

Foie gras (goose or duck) was born in this department. The Landes is indeed the land of good food: Apéritif with floc de Gascogne (sweet wine with Armagnac), Landes salad (candied gizzards, corn, pine nuts, smoked duck breasts), candied duck legs or "Blonde d'Aquitaine" beef, Armagnac tourtière (apple puff pastries) and Armagnac pousse-café.

Drink

Stay safe

Be careful when you spend a night at the gas stations along the main freeway.

Go next

Routes through Landes
Bayonne/Biarritz ←  SW Autoroute des Landes NE  → Bordeaux


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