SLOW TOURISM

It's choosing to build your tourist experience while having a positive impact

It's discovering and appreciating the essentials of our region while strolling

It is a state of mind that is based on balance:

  • Experience richer and more authentic tourism : by participating in meetings and activities that will awaken your senses to the discovery of natural spaces and cultural heritage.
  • Take the time to discover a destination : with chosen, personal times, promote slow rhythms, times of well-being, relaxation, rejuvenation, meditation or even breathing.
  • Promote soft mobility: for transit and on-site transport: public transport, carpooling, cycling or walking.
  • Practice a form of sustainable tourism: protection and reasoned enhancement of heritage by raising awareness of biodiversity, available resources, promotion of local products and use of environmentally friendly products.

Consume locally, in Taussat It means supporting regional products, village traders

Locaplage brings together all the ingredients for practicing slow tourism, its location in the heart of the Arcachon basin, 200 m from the beach, from the oyster port, 300 m from the village center, a proximity that you can discover on foot.

  • La Bricaillerie, full of treasures, everything for everyone, bike rental.
  • Le Proxi, butcher/delicatessen/delicatessen and ready meals
  • Relive it,tobacco/newsagent/coffee, but also takeaway pizza.  
  • Hair Playa Taussat, Cindy is as friendly as she is talented.  
  • Taussat Immobilier, the agency that offers you its expertise and experience  
  • The Pharmacie du Bassin ensures the management of your daily health.
  • La Poissonnerie, fish from the Arcachon auction, Rémy also does catering (sea).  
  • Oyster restaurants and tastings offer you wonderful culinary experiences that will leave your eyes and taste buds alert.
  • RestaurantOstalada: 05 56 60 97 21
  • Restaurant Le Platane : 05 56 60 58 98
  • Restaurant Le F des Fontaines : 05 57 70 23 43
  • Restaurant La To'pizza : 06 66 48 61 66
  • Restaurant Le Spot : 05 56 26 34 71
  • Maison Fraiche tasting: 05 56 82 24 79
  • Tasting Le Shed : 06 37 20 94 12

Switch to flâneur mode and let go.

Heritage, calm and authentic places

  • The Certes estate , part of which is located in the commune of Audenge, with its castle on the edge of a pond, a former fish farm but also an ornithological center - pre-care center for injured birds of the League for the Protection of Birds ( Aquitaine delegation).
  • Summer cultural season (classical music concerts, operas, theaters, literary walks, cultural cafes, etc.): A summer in Certes.
  • Possibility to participate in free guided tours with a naturalist guide from the Departmental Council, manager of the site. Information on 05 56 82 71 79.
  • The coastal path offers a breathtaking view of the Arcachon basin.
  • The beaches of Taussat and Cassy
  • The Notre-Dame de Lanton church dates from the 12th century. It is one of the oldest in the basin. It is located on the coastal route of the Way of Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle.
  • The Taussat chapel is decorated with stained glass windows by Raymond Mirande .
  • The town has an eco-museum , that of Gardarem, responsible for maintaining and promoting the traditions and customs of the Arcachon Basin, and the Gascon heritage (former oyster farmers, gem collectors, etc.)

Share, take the time to live, enjoy the places, meet great people there.

You will find a certain art of living there. Many advantages that can only seduce you.

Relaxation

Villa Balnéa welcomes you to a unique universe in harmony with the surrounding nature and offers you different areas of well-being, rest and relaxation.

  • Aqua sports Energize your body with the benefits of water sports.           
  • Beauty Institute Soothe your tensions with relaxation treatments, massages and beauty services
  • Balneotherapy Relax in the aquatic area thanks to the massage jets and jacuzzi.

Travel

BRING your bikes, or rent them at the Bricaillerie.

Bike rides, set off on a lovely, safe ride, accessible to all, through small ports with colourful huts; along large beaches; in the peace and quiet of bird reserves or pine forests.

Enjoy the scent of the pine trees, the fauna and flora as well as the many swimming spots in the calm waters of the Basin to cool off during a break.

Knowing how to enjoy the present moment: reading or relaxing on the beach, sitting on the warm sand, watching the tide come in, taking the time to do nothing !