{"id":1262,"date":"2025-01-25T11:46:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T10:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tourisme-gironde.fr\/uncategorized\/the-gironde-a-great-seaside-destination\/"},"modified":"2022-10-26T15:25:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T13:25:32","slug":"the-gironde-a-great-seaside-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tourisme-gironde.fr\/en\/discover\/destinations-en\/the-gironde-a-great-seaside-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gironde : A great seaside destination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Water is omnipresent in the Gironde and is infinitely varied: ocean, estuary, lakes, rivers and streams make up an exceptional mosaic of environments and landscapes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

<\/a>The Gironde is the land of mixed waters: 126 km of beaches<\/strong>, the largest estuary in Europe<\/strong>, the two largest lakes in France<\/strong> suitable for family water sports activities, two rivers, the Garonne and the Dordogne, 400 km of rivers open to boaters, and a famous inland sea, the<\/a>Arcachon<\/a> Basin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Sailing along the water in Gironde is to embark on a cruise on the Estuary and its islands, to go to the Cordouan lighthouse<\/strong> in a speedboat, to discover the Arcachon Basin<\/strong> in a sea kayak, to meander in a canoe in the Landes de Gascogne Regional Natural Park.<\/p>\n\n

The department of Gironde is a place of intense maritime and river life, and also offers a wide range of nautical activities<\/strong>: surfing<\/strong> on the Atlantic waves, sailing on the coastal lakes and the Arcachon Basin, fishing in theEstuary and in the rivers<\/strong>, canoeing<\/strong> in the protected sites<\/a>. The choice is vast!<\/p>\n\n

To travel along the Gironde or to walk on its banks is to discover the history of the department and its people, and to discover a picturesque local heritage: “carrelets” along the estuary, oyster beds on the Bassin d’Arcachon, the work of nature with the largest ocean beaches in France…<\/p>\n