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Oyster cabins and moored pinasse boats at the port of L'Herbe on the Cap Ferret peninsula, the Dune du Pilat across the water

Cap Ferret and L'Herbe: Oyster Cabins, Villa Money, One Sandbar

A shifting sandbar where oyster farmers settled without permission and villa money came a century later. L'Herbe, the bay's most photographed village, sits in between.

Nov 9, 2026 · 6 min read · Bassin d'Arcachon