The côte landaise

The department of Landes in the Aquitaine region, south of Bordeaux, was established in the French Revolution. It is partly constitutive of the "Landes de Gascogne" which it takes its name.

Of rural tradition, the Landes, the second largest department of France, borders of the departments of Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne, Gers and Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Its forest is the argest in Europe.

The natural assets of Landes have enabled the development of major economic sectors such as tourism – the surfboarding at international level - the spa - the timber industry with maritime pine, the main tree species used and the gastronomy with foie gras, duck, Armagnac, etc.

Since 1905 the Côte d'Argent, the name given by Maurice Martin, poet and journalist, refers to the Aquitaine coastal from Anglet in Soulac. This is the second longest coastline in french.

The côte landaise, which is the word most used to locate our charming environment is bathed in the west by the Atlantic Ocean and bordered by beautiful sand dunes.

Hossegor, Capbreton and Seignosse resorts are the most representative of the côte landaise.

There is on the côte landaise, some of the finest surf spots. The most famous competitions in the world are held each year.

Near to the Basque Country and Spain, the côte landaise and the Landes de Gascogne are places of fun, festivities, traditions and conviviality.