A HILL NEXT TO THE SEA: To Guyan Mestras, France, between bullfighting and cookies with pine nuts

A long stretch of white sandy beaches and full of wind, but also ponds and woods. The Landes begin right at Guyan Mestras, and I offer my welcome in my home town – Arcachon – to accompany you to the highest dune of Europe. We will Pylat, rising to a height of 114 meters, over a hill of sand two kilometers long. From the high ground we will be able to see the entire landscape of the Landes, a series of dunes and surrounded by a myriad of small towns. Biscarosse and Biscarosse Plage, Mimizan and Girons. A Labouheyre, we can go eat cookies with pine nuts (Biscuiterie Landaise), Biscarrosse we can visit the Museum of the Air Force, but in ponds and rivers of this region, which (if you like), we can fish for trout. http://www.gujanmestras.com/ 

If you have the opportunity to extend your holiday, do not forget our special bullfights (May to October), what we could see in Mont Marsan, or Dax. For our dinner, I would take you to the restaurant Assiette du Mareyeur (facing the sea, in the town of Arcachon), and then leave you to your hotel, a quiet place (Hotel Arc), where you can digest the duck, as well as all its various types of pâté. http://www.arc-hotel-sur-mer.com/en/intro.php#