Arcachon, France Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

On summer weekends, the Bordelais escape en masse to ARCACHON , the oldest resort on the Côte d'Argent and a forty-minute train ride across flat, sandy forest from Bordeaux. The beaches of white sand are magnificent but can be crowded, and its central jetties, Thiers and Eyrac, are busy with boats going off on an array of cruises. The town itself is a sprawl of villas great and small, the most exclusive area being the ville d'hiver (winter town), whose wide shady streets are full of fanciful Second Empire mansions overlooking the seaside ville d'été (summer town). Well worth a wander, … more »