Landes Voyage Tips and guide

Landes is in south-western France, a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Cities

Map of Landes

43.890278-0.5005561 Mont-de-Marsan — sunny southwestern town, perfect for accessing the forest of Landes.
43.703056-0.2627782 Aire-sur-l'Adour
44.393056-1.1638893 Biscarrosse
43.641944-1.4322224 Capbreton
43.706944-1.0513895 Dax
43.876944-1.3030566 Léon
44.200833-1.2286117 Mimizan
43.725556-1.0527788 Saint-Paul-lès-Dax
43.756667-0.5741679 Saint-Sever

Other destinations

44.0936-1.316671 Contis lighthouse (Phare de Contis). (updated Nov 2019)
Sémaphore de Messanges. (updated Nov 2019)

Understand

Get in

Get around

See

Do

Bicycle riding: there are many kilometers of flat trails through the pine forests
Sun-bathing, swimming: many beaches from crowded to isolated await you
Camping: Landes is a favorite camping destination with more than 100 campgrounds from 1-star to 4-star available
Surfing: Landes is home of some of the best surfing spots not only in Europe but the World. In September surfing Professionals meet in Hossegor for the Quik Pro France

Eat

Drink

Stay safe

Be careful when you spend a night at the gas stations along the main freeway.

Go next

Routes through Landes

Bayonne/Biarritz ←

SW

NE

→ Bordeaux

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