The biggest dune in Europe - grows! Dune saw - the sandy desert of France is the highest dunes.

(Dune du Pilat), located near the town of Arcashon.

This is the highest dune in Europe, its constantly changing height is from 110 to 130 meters. From the satellite dune looks like this.

And this is a view of the entire three-kilometer dune from the quadcopter (from Wikipedia).

The dune of the beginning of about 4 thousand years ago is to form: under the influence of the Biscay Bay's storm winds, the sideways began to fit and gradually move towards nearby settlements.

Where did the sand taken from there? The weathered and water of the bay destroyed the mountain ranges of the central pyrenees, the stone turned into the sand, which rivers drove into the sea, and her tides (there are tides and flows), the sand was returned back. The wind from the bay of drowned the sand towards the sushi, there were forests on the path - the dune grew so.

At some point, Napoleon issued a decree on the dunes in abundance of forests landed - to protect the territories. And it was worth protecting that: the dune and it was advancing and occupied, in the thirties of the last century, she already managed to absorb the whole house, which was very imprudently built not far from her on the way of promotion.

The width of the dunes is about 600 meters, it has a long gently slope from the sea and a fairly steep slope (up to 30 degrees) from the side of the forest.

Here we arrived in the reserve, built with the leeward side of the dune.

The weather was cloudy, periodically rained heavy rain, but we still hoped to climb upstairs.

National Park before Dune. It has a cafe, some convenience, but the cafe, of course, does not work in winter, there are very few tourists in winter, the weather visits does not contribute. But in summer, there is a solid flow of tourists here, and for the year Dune visits about two million people.

That we have already come to the dune. See the center of the frame of the top of a covered tree? So, a few years ago, there was a cafe under this tree. You can imagine at what speed the dune comes.

The rise first is relatively gentle, then it becomes very cool and there you have to go no longer "in the forehead", and towards diagonally: so longer climb, but it is a little easier.

And the situation was, to say honestly, very unfavorable: on the dune, even with a lifting, a very strong wind blew, which threw in the face of the sand. And when we rose upstairs, there the wind was hurricane at all: he practically knocked down and pulled out a smartphone out of his hands: I backed him barely barely.

This is a forest view from the top of the dune.

And this is the form for which we rose upstairs - the Biscai Bay. Well at least one frame managed to do - there it also rained, the setting was somewhat extreme.

In the summer, here, of course, another thing. The wind is very mesmer, and for tourists it is also ladder in 260 steps. Tourists climb up the back of barefoot (sand will be born in any shoes) and then they walk there along the three-kilometer zone of the dune.

Very interesting place, glad that I visited. Well, I will try to somehow come in summer - there must be everything completely different.

I had only been on this. Also very interesting place, but here the dune is much more impressive.

The dream to visit Africa was born a long time ago from books and countless wildlife films, thanks to which I knew the name and habits of all the antelopes, feline and other inhabitants of the legendary endless savannes. At last, it was time when I had a company of like-minded people in the face of three of my friends, however, never another trip was worth it so much effort and doubts, wither Malaria, a sleepy disease, crime and a lot of other dangers that can climb the company for girls on Black continent. We managed to defeat all doubts and eliminate internal obstacles - we purchased air tickets, booked loggies and transfers, and exciting adventures already expected us ahead!
Arriving in Windhoek, we boot into a minibus, which soon stalled on the red primer in the midst of Savannah: the first time - before entering the goal of the Erridi Reserve, after which the driver was able to repair the car and start, then we drove into the Gate Errridi, and, not reaching 24 km To the lodge, the car stalled again. The driver was not able to start it this time, although it was jazzing all in red dust, lying under the bottom of this shabby fading. As a result, we were in the midst of the afternoon heat without an air conditioner waited for transportation from the lodge of hours 3. Finally, a local ranger was arrived on an ordinary jeep, and we hardly climbed into the cabin. By bouncing on Ughab and overlooking large red puddles, knocked out in the middle of the road, we felt like the heroines of the 19th century novels, the first studies of African expanses, who were missing European comfort for dangerous and dubious adventures. Here we first felt the flavor of the real wild Africa!
Despite the monstrous delay, we still fed some dinner, and most importantly we had time to the evening safari! The first African safari leaves the indelible impressions and is remembered for life, and I am glad that it happened in Ergri, where the Red Earth with picturesque meters and mountains form truly fantastic landscapes.

We were just delighted when the four of the seats were closed on the seats of our special huge jeep in high wheels, and the charming black driver began to show us the first animals: the flock of Imphal just moved, next to us, a green church was sitting on the tree, a miniature trighed in the bushes Antelope and graceful origins, the cheetahs rested near the shadows near the shadows.

We carefully peered into the surrounding landscape in search of animals and found all its new inhabitants. We woke up a real hunting excitement! At sunset, we were allowed to walk a little walk along the savannah (of course around the jeep), we watched the huge choppedra with an innumerable set of legs on the red earth. No less exciting was the return road to the Lodge: at dusk, the bushes seemed mysterious by the headlights, and we noticed some small chanterelle, trotting in front of us. Sometimes the driver directed the car directly to Bush, apparently cutting off one of him famous winding areas to bring us faster to dinner. Stars appeared in the sky. The abundance of insects was confirmed by how they were flowing in the lanterns in the evening and any light sources. Going from the street to our room, we could not avoid not to let inside the unreasonable guests: the mantoms, butterflies and other savannah residents, because they instantly reacted into light inside.
Even before sunrise, we left for the morning safari, which gave us many unexpected meetings: Graceful lymorroughs Rural Antelopes Bubals, Water Goats, Antelope Gnou, Aist Marabu, Ostrich.

Most of all, I love such days when everyone, let a very insignificant look at first glance, made intuitively, the step serves as a link in a logical chain of a unique, irresistible in the beauty of the flow of events, which previously appeared to unattainable Gresses, and even the phenomena of nature add up That the world appears in front of my eyes in all its pristine splendor. This fleeting and fragile beauty of the inexhaustible and generous on miracles of the world always causes me a feeling of deep happiness. And our second evening in Ergri was exactly the same.
We left for evening safari at 16:30. Already familiar to us Ranger, we recalled again about our dream to see Giraffes. It was worthwhile to leave us quite close to the lodge, as we noticed the lionitsa and lying on the road - it was unplanned luck.

Observing them, we continued to move towards the mountains. After a short search, the ranger suddenly stopped the jeep and showed us in lowland a long neck of giraffes, towering over acacia. Hooray!!! Our joy was not the limit, finally we found them! When we arrived at the giraffes very close, graceful animals switched the road and stopped at Acacia right next to us. There were three of them, and they posed us in the rays of the setting sun with such dignity, which is characteristic only by him.

Having in love with the giraffes, we went to track down inhabiting only in Namibia very rare mountain zebras Hartman, and here we also smiled good luck! True, striped horses began to run away from us in Bush, but our ranger generously agreed to pursue their off-road.

It was not possible to overtake the herd and did not succeed, but this reckless excitement allowed us to quickly raise the rhino for a waterproof. Careful and very rare beast, of course, instantly disappeared into Bush, but the impression of a meeting with him was the most bright and memorable safari.

As soon as the Sun disappeared behind the horizon, the clouds began to acquire bright scarlet shades.

From the game of the paint it was impossible to tear the eye, but we still started moving to the lodge, and suddenly the sophisticated silhouettes of giraffes saw on the right of the road right against the background of the flaming sunset: the spectacle that came down from the pages of National Geografic magazine.

As soon as morning, we sailed from the pier as two huge pelicans landed on the deck of our ship.

We observed the giant rootfish of the sea cattle, located on the beach of Cape Cape Cross, after which another guest was climbed to the ship - a black cormorant.

In the port, we were provided with a personal jeep high passability along with a pleasant driver in a cowboy hat. On the way, we stopped to admire the large colony of pink flamingos.

We realized all the hostility of this environment - without water it was impossible here for a long time - and at the same time they were delighted with the wild beauty of these places. The real adventures began when the driver decided to take us along the local American slide: the jeep, then under the singing of the sands slid down the steep slopes of the Dunes under his own weight, then with the root climbed up under the same corner. From this, we quickly smeared the head, but he did not go down on the rolled sand, until I was impassable as it should.
We saw the types of minibuses on which we furred the soil roads of Namibia, of course leave to desire the best. That's the next morning, the next copy of us also caused great concerns on steep risks on the way to Sosquesflaws - our bridgehead for the study of Namib - the most ancient desert in the world, the rovel of dinosaurs. We drove into the lodge through the mountains covered with a crushed desert. It was so hot here that only a few minutes spent in the sun were able to cause a sunshine. We met only two cars, and the driver asked the road from our Namibian. Finally, we arrived in Sosquesflaw Lodge - this oasis of civilization in the middle of the desert, the traveling of the traveler with air conditioning in hermetic premises of the reception and sightseeing bureaus, free water and boiling water in the same place, a small pool, pleasant houses in half stone, and half tarpaulin, well, and wild orins, followed by You can always observe from anywhere in the lodge. After a small rest, we went out to spend the sunset in the desert. We had dinner behind our open-air tables with candles, tasting local dishes and watching the stars - the evening turned out to be wonderful!
Early in the morning we sat down in Safari jeep and left for the gate of Sosquier to the opening of the Red Dunes Reserve. Dawn we met on the way, watching the rising balloon and the origins on the slopes of small sheeping grass of the first roadside dunes. From a high point below, a picturesque dune valley appeared to be illuminated by the first orange rays of the sun.

Namib's desert that translated from the language of Nama means "a place where there is nothing", stretches almost 2,000 kilometers along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and goes deep into the continent at a distance of 160 kilometers. Fantastic sand color is due to the increased content of iron in it.

At first, we swirled rapidly on the asphalt road past the dune number 45, for the steep row of which numerous tourists have already climbed, and then began to slowly wade through the Sziutamy sands to our main goal - the dead valley. Once there was an oasis formed by the waters of the river, but about 1000 years ago, the giant dunes blocked their influx. The dry climate of the valley provides the ideal preservation of trees died from drought. In a pair of kilometers from She, our walking began, during which we, of course, made an attempt to assign the highest dune named Big Deddy with a height of 325 meters, with which the best view of the desired valley was opened.

Unfortunately, we did not have enough strength to climb on the top of this dune: it turned out to be simply inaccessible physically, like Everest.

I think that we could climb if they began to do it before dawn, but it was no longer possible in the heat. I reached all of all on the row of her footigitations right along the virgin and rolled down to the far edge of the White Clay Valley at the moment when I realized that I had no enough water with me, and even if I climb, then I just don't have enough resources to Return trip. It was incredibly nice to feel a solid petrified clay under his feet instead of Szybuchi sand!

On the way back, suddenly, our jeep buried in the sand, and any movement of the wheels only led to the deterioration of the situation: they were driving even deeper.

We had to get out of the car to alleviate her weight and attempts by the driver to take something - next to the saving shadow of a volume crown of old acacia. It should be noted that the desert in places is still not lifeless: the groundwater still feeds the local edges, and trees with green leaves grow along the entire road road, like high grass kurtny, which serve as the food inhabitants.
Driving past drivers with tourists only climbed over our misfortune. Only one of them tried to push the car from the pit with us, but we did not work out. Finally came help, and our jeep pulled out some kind of good people with a cable. When we left for the asphalt, we blown out the fascinated wind of such a strength, as if we were under a huge hairdryer included at full capacity. The dunes became completely colorless and flat: they no longer caused that delight, which we felt in the morning, admiring them with fantastic colors and shadows. We arrived at the Lodge are probably the last of all tourists, terribly tired of the heat and adventures. I have dedicated the remaining part of the day on the photo chute on irresistible oreks and the most jumped antelope in the world of springs, grazing next to our houses.

All this was accompanied by a strong dusty storm. And on the day of departure at 5 am, the tarp walls of our house began to make noise from suddenly flushed a new dusty storm: I could not sleep, but we felt good.
Before leaving Namibia, we still managed to get acquainted with the new Bushmen family.

And we also managed to walk with a manual cheetah - they turn out to be easily tameed like dogs, with which in addition to the priesthood, their relatives relatives are related to the many features of physiology and behavior: non-huge claws, susceptibility to dog diseases, manner of hunting, so you can even meet the opinion that the cheetah is As if the intermediate link between the family of dog and feline. The peace-loving character of Chepada contributed to the fact that the inhabitants of many countries of Asia and Africa since ancient times began to use him as a trafficking animal on the hunt, continued this tradition and colonizers of Namibia. However, our big cat very quickly went there, where she was wondering, absolutely not paying attention to with difficulty having people sleeping behind her, who sometimes had to raise through the bushes so as not to lose her sight. She absolutely did not listen to Ranger, and only when I was tired myself, it failed to relax in dense bushes on the side. We have no fear of the cheetah with us - this is not a completely aggressive animal. And when I scratched our spotty cat behind the eye, she began to purring the same way as any other cat, only much louder.

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Looking at the sand tons on the French coast, it seems that this is a joke of some kind of wizard: take a piece of sugar and move it here, in the water area of \u200b\u200bthe Biscay Bay near Arcashon Bay, gently setting on the border of coniferous forests in sixty kilometers from Bordeaux.

In fact, its appearance in Europe Dune is obliged to natural processes. Namely, the Ler River, which diligently from the century in the century carried the grain of grain into the ocean and left them on shames, located directly opposite the current dunes. And the wind, in turn, also diligently attracted sand ashore, to the place where Dune grew from the year.

Another 150 years ago, her height was small - only about 35 meters. However, the sand offensive could not be stopped - today the dune adds on average 4 meters per year, and at the same time it moves from side to side, and its height, depending on the wind, changes from 80 to 107 meters.

In general, the large dune stretched almost 3 kilometers along the coast and another 500 meters deep into the coniferous forest, which, by the way, appeared here at the will of man - was planted in the middle of the 19th century as a measure of draining local swamp lands.

Let's look at her more ...

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Snow-white dune dune, or Pilat (La Dune du Pyla, Pilat), located in the throat of Arkashon Bay (Bassin-Arkashon) in the south-west of France, is considered the largest in Europe. It has a height of 108 meters, stretching along the coast of more than three kilometers. The width of the sand vegan is the order of half a kilometer. Surrounded by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the century-old pine forests dune saws, there are eight thousand years of history: the sandy hills were formed on the coast as a result of the interaction of strong winds, tides and tides. With each decade, the dune moves further deep into the continent, gradually crowding out forest thickets, roads and private houses; On average, moving five meters per year.

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Dune Pila is one of the most popular natural attractions of the French Aquitaine: For the convenience of numerous travelers, a staircase is installed here, which can be climbed to the top of the hill. In the windy weather, however, it brings the sand so much that climbing on the barhankha is still independently.
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In terms of its volume, these sandnotes occupy one of the first places in the world. The dune has a volume of about 60 million cubic meters. Its height - 107m, width - 500m, and length - almost 3000 m.

5-7 meters each year overcomes the dune, which is moving deep into the mainland. At the same time, water erosion corps the sand from the bay side. Some scientists believe that through time this unique phenomenon may disappear from the face of the Earth.
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How was this dune formed?

More than eight thousand years ago, the formation of sandy deposits began. The sand came to the land for three reasons:

· First, sea waters retreated from the shores;

· Secondly, strong winds contributed to the offensive of the desert;

· Thirdly, constant tides and fed barely bare the shore more and more.

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Sand has a dazzling white color. On the one hand, the water of the Atlantic Ocean is splashing. From the Sushi side right to it come with century old pine forests. Contrast is accomplished. It seems incredible that sand is located next to the forest. Especially bright, this border of sand and vegetation is visible from a bird's eye view.

The miniature desert in the south-west of France attracts those who want to see the incredible neighborhood of sand and coniferous forest. More than a million people comes to these edges to make sure that indeed in France there is a real desert. From the foot of the vehana to the top of it for the convenience of travelers, a special staircase was ladder, which will help to overcome a rather complicated rise. But during the time when strong winds blow, the staircase fully removes. Tourists can only rely on the fortress and endurance of their feet.

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The fantastic landscape opens for those who decided to explore an amazing place from paraglider or deltaplan. During the flight, the scale and greatness of sand formations are visible. Athletes who live in a nearby town are arranged competitions, finding out who can make the longest flight over the dune.

Inspect the beauty of an amazing dune best in the morning. Closer to the afternoon guests come from various countries. The surface is covered by human silhouettes, and a little fading untouched beauty of a small desert.

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Among the sights of France, the sand dune in Pile has a special value. A piece of desert in Europe reminds guests that everyone in this world is very closely intertwined. And the destruction or destruction of one site of the territory will certainly lead to the seizure of its other natural community.

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The best time to visit Dunes saw - up to ten in the morning, when you can still find loose parking spaces and relatively deserted landscapes of sandy hills and the picturesque Arcachon Bay. Tens of cars and buses come here, tens of cars and buses come here - and walks in the sands at this time are unlikely to be secluded. Every year more than one million guests are visited annually.

The throat of the Arcachon Bay is occupied by dozens of oyster farms, whose products go straight into local restaurants. Therefore, going down to watch the dunes dunes saw, bow to the time to visit the coastal cafes and tasting of French seafood.

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How to get

The dune saw is located 60 kilometers south-west of Bordeaux. If you are traveling by car, you can reach the Arcachon Bay in the A63 and A660 highways. When leaving Bordeaux, follow the A63. After about 24 kilometers on the junction, turn right on the A660 track. Continue on the motorway at about 20 kilometers before the Congress on the N250. After four kilometers, turn on the D259 road, following the pointers on Biscarrosse / Dune du Pyla.

Also get to Dune saw from the resort town of Arcashon (Arcachon), located 8 kilometers to the north. When leaving Arcachon towards the dunes, follow the signs for BD de La Côte d'Argent. Next, continue moving along the picturesque highway D218 passing along the bay. You can leave the car on a special free parking located on the northeastern dune tip.

Bus message connects Arcachon from Dune saw. Buses depart from morning to late evening from the city railway station. Time on the way is less than half an hour. In addition, there are many rolling offices in Arcachon, where you can rent bicycles for several hours, a day or a few days. Going on a pleasant bike trip along the bay, do not forget about the strong winds characteristic of the Atlantic coast.

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Unfortunately, to France, the Russian traveler is traditionally more difficult to get more difficult than, for example, to Italy or Spain. Little direct flights, a meager geography of flights (mainly Paris, Nice and Marseille), high average cost - about 15 thousand rubles. It is not surprising that for the sake of the sea, cultural events and gastronomy, the Russians instead of France choose Spain or Italy.

The situation has changed greatly this summer - the "Ural Airlines" launched two direct flights to France: to Bordeaux and Montpellier. At the same time, all summer and autumn airline pleases very nice tariffs. So, in the summer you could find tickets for autumn back and back to Bordeaux for 8-9 thousand rubles. We are in the editorial office of PRTBRT RADA that now France for travelers is becoming closer.

We tell why Aquitaine and Bordeaux can become an excellent direction for your autumn journey.

Bordeaux Airport is located in one of the largest regions of France - New Aquitaine. It includes several departments: Dordogne (Dordogne), Gironde, Landes (Landes), Lo-Garonne (Lot-et-Garonne) and Atlantic Pyrenees (Pyrénées-Atlantiques). This is one of the most picturesque regions of France: Pine forests, sand dunes, the coastline along the Atlantic Ocean extends (almost 300 kilometers), medieval cities and, of course, vineyards. In our material we will not touch the entire region - it is too big and interesting, and focus on the first acquaintance and circular travel with arrival in Bordeaux.

Bordeaund itself - French top city

Bordeaux is an excellent example of a modern French city. A cheerful historical center is adjacent to the modern embankment and the art quarter. Famous bordeaux houses (Échoppes bordelaises) and vintage vineyards are quietly getting along with modern architecture and a futuristic museum of wine (Cité du Vin). In such cities, you can sincerely be surprised at how easily public opinion comes by the French with snobs. Bordeaux is an ideal example of antis substitution and a modern view of the city with a huge history.

Historic center Bordeaux

Historic center Bordeaux

Especially affecting the absence of extra pita to historical buildings and the desire to create public spaces that the city needs it right now. So, opposite the port of the Moon, a huge "water mirror" appeared in the Exchange Palace and the Customs Museum. This is a whole area filled with water for several centimes. It gives an incredible effect of reflection, literally turning the landscape with legs on the head. Periodically, the fountain produces suspension from the water, creating the effect of fog and aqueous haze. It is not surprising that this is one of the most favorite places not only in city residents, but also tourists. Another excellent example of rethinking historical space is an arthow cinema and utopia cafe. The cinema took the space ancient church in the very center of the city. The interior was not particularly changed, so it is necessary to look here.

Water Mirror (Place de La Bourse)

Cinema and cafe Utopia

In Bordeaux, the amazing concentration of good museums. If suddenly you are in the city just a couple of days, we advise you to visit our main favorites: Museum of Wine Cité Du Vin, Museum of Contemporary Capc Art and, of course, cultural Betasom located on the former base of the Italian submarine.

The cost of the entrance ticket to the museum of wine is 20 euros. This price includes the venue of the museum, audio guide, and even a tasting of one wine to choose from on the observation platform of the museum.

Mostly tourists spend time on the left bank of Bordeaux. This is a great omission: on the right there is an important attraction point - the Darwin Art Quarter. Former military barracks in 2002 turned into a huge modern space with shops, a cafe, skate park, coworking and musical clubs. It is best to come here to a certain event or festival - on weekdays here is empty. For example, on September 6-8, there will be a big ecofestival with glimax.

Wine Museum (La Cité Du Vin)

Art Quarter Darwin

Biarritz - the surfing capital of Europe. And here is truly cool

Relaxed and sunny city, filled with equally pensioners and surfers. If we talk about the famous French bonvivator, then it is here that it is concentrated to the greatest extent. Biarritz completely deprived of pathoscope and gloss, which is so much on the French Riviera (yes, hello, Nice and Cannes). On the contrary, there are old villas and a luxurious casino, rather, serve as pretty decorations of local life. With a small size of the city in Biarritz, there is always something to do: walk along the beaches, ride a semi, drink wine at the lighthouse, dinner in a fishing cafe, visit the public swimming pool with a gorgeous ocean view.

Biarritz (Biarritz)

Biarritz (Biarritz)

If you have never tried to surf and confident that it is not for you, then Biarritz is a great place to get together with the forces and try this sport. This city is the Motherland of European Surfing. In 1956, the Hollywood Writer Peter Rutter arrived in Biarritz to shoot a movie. He noticed that at the local bay, the unique structure of the bottom, which allows to form the waves of the size of the size for surfing size. He regularly rode here on Seref, and then presented his board with local guys who became enthusiasts of this movement. In the people, they were even called the "Les Tontons Surfeurs". By the way, the most famous surf school on this coast was founded - Jo Moraiz - just one of these guys.

Biarritz (Biarritz)

Learn and know French wine

If you have long wanted to start at least a little understanding in French fault, then Bordeaux will be the perfect direction for you. The scale of production, traditions and culture of wine here will introduce into the thrill and stupor even those who are immersed in the wine culture seriously. Wine is the basis of the cultural code Bordeaux, which is read everywhere - from vintage chateau with huge vineyards to the ultramodern museum of wine. The museum, by the way, tells not only about the history of winemaking, but also about how and who makes wine in other countries now. The editors, for example, was pleasantly surprised how Georgia was widely in the museum.

In Bordeaux, there are many educational and entertainment activities related to wine: ranging from wine semi-maralphon and ending with serious courses dedicated to world winemaking. In Sité Du Vin, for example, a special tasting room was built, where you can not only try the Chilean or Georgian wine, but also to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the region itself: through the video sequence, specially recorded sounds and even smells. The Bordeux Wine Trip tourist site has a whole section with developed routes on vineyards. They can be visited even by bike!

Wine Museum (La Cité Du Vin)

Basic - not only in Spain. It is here that you can get acquainted with their amazing culture

Basis, perhaps, one of the most interesting and distinctive peoples living in Europe. Traditionally, the basks settled in the south of France and in the north of Spain, burning the steep slopes of Western Pyrenees. Isolation, to which some mountain peoples are prone, led to the fact that the basque culture remained original and unusual. What is only the famous Basque. It has no analogues in the world and does not adjoin any classical group of languages.

At the expense of radical views and a terrorist organization, this (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna) in the world is more persecuted precisely about the Spanish part of the Basque Country. But it was in the south-west of France that there are a large number of traditional villages and cities, in which you can plunge into the unusual culture of the Basque.

Basque Pelota

For a rustic flavor and traditional Basque architecture, go to small villages scattered throughout the southwest of France. So, half an hour from Biarritz is the picturesque village of Enoa (Ainhoa). She, by the way, is included in the list of the most beautiful villages of France. Enoa is famous for the fact that it was here that the Basque building is preserved as much as possible - the center of the village consists of traditional white-red houses.

Bayonne (Bayonne)

Enoa (Ainhoa)

Another village, in which it is necessary to call, - Espel (Espelette). It is here that the famous Espel red pepper produces. It is used in many traditional dishes of the region and, of course, sell for export. The burning of this pepper is not very high: it does not exceed 4 thousand units on the scale of the Skovylla. The best time to visit this place is the end of summer and autumn. Firstly, in the autumn of the house looks as colorful as possible - they are all hung with peppers that are dried in the sun. Secondly, in late October, the grand festival of pepper and the Basque culture is held here.

Espelette

See the biggest sandy dune in Europe

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I do not have a quadrocopter, so the first picture I had to borrow from the Internet, all other photos of mine. This miracle of nature is located in the south of France nearby Arcashon. It is called this sand dune - dune dune.

02. Dune saw very popular among tourists from around the world. Pay attention to the information plate. The air temperature at the time of our arrival was 34 degrees, and it is continuing to grow. Naturally it is in the shade, which is practically no there. The shadow in a small amount is available in the parking lot, as well as on the approaches to the dune.

03. Let's leave the car in the parking lot and start moving towards dunes dunes. I read on the Internet that it is impossible to climb the dune with dogs, but the reality is different. I saw there a few visitors with dogs, but I have not seen any prohibiting plates.

04. Before lifting, you can leave your shoes below, and you can not leave. It seems that some group of schoolchildren decided to go barefoot.

05. The dune is located on the shores of the Biscay Bay, from the side of the sushi her profile is rather steep.

06. You can of course climb on foot directly in the sand, but it seems to me a more convenient way to lift the top of the dune will be a lift on the stairs.

07. But you can walk down. Probably, these are the very schoolchildren who left their shoes below.

08. The height of the dune saw is approximately 130 meters. The rise in such heat on its top is not easy.

09. The dog after the lift breathing so hard that I was afraid that her heart break would happen, but everything cost.

10. Small rest after lifting and continue your way along the dune. Next there is also a small difference of heights, but it is already practically not felt after the tedious lift on the stairs.

11. On the left is the Biscay of the Atlantic Ocean Bay, on the right Arkashonsky. Ahead you can see the city of Cap Ferre. I recently told about visiting.

12. Youth on the dune a lot. It was mid-June. I do not know the french schoolchildren by this time the school year or not.

13. The length of the dunes of the saw is approximately 3 kilometers, but wishing to go through such a heat to the opposite edge of the dune very little.

14. The bulk of tourists hangs on the territory of the first five hundred meters. Someone sits on the sand, many are photographed or photograph the surrounding landscapes.

15. The descent to the water is more flat, than from the opposite side of the dune, but almost no one goes down to the ocean, because then you have to either rise up in the sand, or go the dune around the perimeter to get to the car left in the parking lot.