Landes: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Nature

Those wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Landes can then continue their search for accommodation. The Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne offers preserved areas that can be explored on foot, by bicycle, canoe or on horseback. Within the Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne and the Site Inscrit des Vallées de la Leyre, bivouacking, wild camping and fires are prohibited.

Trails

The Voies vertes in Landes are dedicated to hiking, mountain biking and horse riding; motorised traffic is prohibited there. They run along former railway lines and offer long, linear routes with gentle gradients.

Culture

The Musée des Forges presents the life and work of workers in Landes in the 19th century, iron-casting techniques and a collection of cast-iron objects. Dax combines Gallo-Roman and Art Deco heritage with guided cultural tours. In the wider region around Landes lies the Abbaye de Saint-Sever; the Archives départementales des Landes are also located in the wider region around Landes.

Traditional houses in Landes often feature half-timbering, wattle-and-daub infill and roofs with barrel tiles; they are often grouped in a forest clearing known as an Airial. The Maison de la céramique in Samadet presents a permanent exhibition with 165 contemporary works and offers creative workshops for children. The Écomusée de Marquèze reconstructs the way of life in the Grande Lande in the 19th century.

Water and Wellness

Landes has large freshwater lakes lined with sandy beaches and pine trees. Swimming, water sports and fishing are possible at the lakes. Canoeing is possible on the waterways, lakes and rivers of Landes, including on the Leyre through the Landes forest. The waters of Landes also offer sailing, stand-up paddleboarding, windsurfing, wakeboarding, water skiing, kitesurfing, jet skiing and sand yachting. Landes has 19 thermal spas spread across five spa towns.

Cuisine

The cuisine of Landes includes foie gras, duck breast, Armagnac, Landes asparagus and pastis.

Places

Other places in Landes: Arjuzanx, Aureilhan, Azur, Bias, Biscarrosse, Biscarrosse-Plage, Capbreton, Cassen, Cauna, Contis-Plage, Herm, Hontanx, Laluque, Léon, Linxe, Lit-Et-Mixe, Lucbardez-Et-Bargues, Mauvezin-D'armagnac, Messanges, Mezos, Mimizan, Mimizan-Plage, Moustey, Ondres, Onesse-Et-Laharie, Parentis-En-Born, Parleboscq, Peyrehorade, Pontenx-Les-Forges, Port-De-Lanne, Pouillon, Rimbez Et Baudiets, Saint-Gor, Saint-Julien-En-Born, Saint-Vincent-De-Paul, Sainte-Eulalie-En-Born, Saubion, Seignosse, Soustons, Tarnos, Tosse, Vielle-Saint-Girons, Vieux-Boucau-Les-Bains, Grenade Sur L'adour, Mano, Mugron, Sabres, Saint Martin De Seignanx, Taller, Orx, Maylis, Toulouzette, Saugnac-Et-Muret, Ossages, Bélus, Betbezer-D'armagnac, Mauries, Montgaillard, Uza, Dax, Magescq, Labenne-Océan, Saubrigues, Labrit, Sort-En-Chalosse, Saint-Paul-Lès-Dax, Saint-Paul-En-Born, Préchacq-Les-Bains, Mont-De-Marsan, Moliets-Et-Maa, Castets, Amou, Labenne, Castelnau-Chalosse, Hagetmau, Soorts-Hossegor, Tilh, Biarrotte, Lüe, Solférino, Roquefort, Gourbera, Josse, Saubusse, Brocas, Lesperon, Baigts, Saint-Cricq-Chalosse, Ygos-Saint-Saturnin, Montfort-En-Chalosse, Sore, Saint-Michel-Escalus, Saint-Étienne-D'orthe, Créon-D'armagnac, Sanguinet, Ousse-Suzan, Bascons, Morcenx, Beylongue, Villeneuve-De-Marsan, Cazères-Sur-L'adour, Misson, Ychoux, Saint-Julien-D'armagnac, Orist, Tartas, Saint-Vincent-De-Tyrosse, Narrosse, Saint-Pandelon, Pomarez, Saint-Geours-De-Maremne, Saint-André-De-Seignanx, Saint-Pierre-Du-Mont, Lévignacq, Liposthey, Angresse, Pontonx-Sur-L'adour, Commensacq, Doazit, Sorde-Lʼabbaye, Labastide-D'armagnac, Orthevielle, Marpaps, Aire-Sur-L'adour, Gastes, Saint-Avit, Habas, Caupenne, Saint-Jean-De-Marsacq, Labouheyre, Arengosse, Saugnac-Et-Cambran, Saint-Perdon, Gaujacq, Mimbaste, Luxey, Clermont, Bonnegarde, Lauret, Audignon, Le Frêche, Bas-Mauco, Garrosse, Hinx, Bénesse-Maremne, Luglon, Eugénie-Les-Bains, Lencouacq, Ozourt, Nassiet, Bénesse-Lès-Dax, Miramont-Sensacq, Heugas, Laglorieuse, Saint-Justin, Lacquy, Escource, Saint-Sever, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Loubouer, Trensacq, Peyre, Gabarret, Vielle-Soubiran, Coudures, Maillas, Estibeaux, Saint-Lon-les-Mines, Angoumé, Saint-Gein, Cauneille, Pey, Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse, Maurrin, Duhort-Bachen, Garein, Retjons, Audon, Oeyreluy, Brassempouy, Poyanne, Montsoué, Gamarde-les-Bains, Pimbo, Louer, Carcen-Ponson, Mées, Losse, Hastingues, Samadet, Vielle-Tursan, Labatut, Uchacq-et-Parentis, Pouydesseaux, Aurice, Bordères-et-Lamensans, Pécorade, Belhade, Arthez-d'Armagnac, Pissos, Bahus-Soubiran, Benquet, Monget, Serreslous-et-Arribans.

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