Tag: Pilat
The images of the Pilat dune under the snow sublimated by a photographer created a buzz
The snow has changed the landscape on the Arcachon Basin. The photographer Jean-Philippe Bellon, passionate about the Basin, explains on his Facebook page that he could not resist the urge…
“Booking to visit the Dune du Pilat? It is not inconceivable”
A “jewel” of the coast to be preserved, but also a tourist windfall that the Arcachon basin (Gironde) could no longer do without. Welcoming the two million tourists a year…
How the Ardèche gorges, the island of Noirmoutier or the Dune du Pilat unite in the face of “overtourism”
“Overtourism”, “hypertourism”, “overtourism” or “tourismophobia”, etc Call it what you want, but the goal is to define the 80% of tourists who come to France each year to visit only…
The Pilat dune rises to 102.4 meters and has lost some height since 2021
The highest dune in Europe measures exactly 102.4 meters according to the last survey in May 2022. This highest point in the Dune of Pilatis 1.8 meters lower than in…
The Dune du Pilat reopens this Wednesday, two weeks after its closure
The landscape will no longer be the same as it was a fortnight ago for those who will climb this Wednesday on the crest of the Dune du Pilat. Closed…
Goodbye bungalows and aperitifs… Apocalyptic atmosphere in the campsites of Pilat
The firefighters thought they could save them, these poor campsites, backed by the Pilat dune, in La Teste-de-Buch (Gironde). But the flames got the better of them. “90% of the…
France: Heat records broken, forest fires rage around Dune de Pilat
heat wave Numerous new heat records in France – forest fires rage around Dune de Pilat 44 degrees Celsius was measured on this thermometer in Nantes, France on Monday ©…