Fires in Gironde: between unconsciousness and desolation, tourists take advantage of the Pilat dune

The panorama is always breathtaking: at our feet, the turquoise waters that encircle the Banc d'Arguin, on the border between the Arcachon basin (Gironde) and the ocean.

On the horizon, the tip of Cap Ferret.

And at our feet, the golden, burning sand of the highest sand dune in Europe.

Since the reopening to tourists of access to the Dune du Pilat on July 27 after two weeks of closure because of the fire, tourists have not been asked to come back en masse to immortalize on their smartphone one of the most beautiful natural sites of France.

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