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Les Landes
Between traditions and delicacies. A little history of the Landes... Before the 19th century, La Lande was made up of extremely poor soils: sandy and soggy. Only pine developed in this region.
The population grew rye and millet, and raised sheep to fertilize the land. This is where comes the image of the Landes shepherd perched on his stilts, which allowed them to watch the herds, and to move quickly, dry, in the swamps.
Going back to the 21st century, La Chalosse is a vast territory a few kilometres from Hossegor and of great wealth. The Pays Adour Chalosse Tursan comprises 10 cantons (Aire-sur-l'Adour, Amou, Geaune, Granada-sur-l'Adour, Hagetmau, Montfort-en-Chalosse, Mugron, Saint-Sever, Tartas-Est and Tartas-Ouest) and covers more than 2,000 km². La Chalosse has a great gastronomic, heritage, natural and cultural wealth. Indeed, the southwest is famous for its generous cuisine and good wine, castles, abbeys, villages… and its many activities and activities such as golf, quad, hiking, swimming, ferias and Landes races.
A few kilometres from La Chalosse is Dax. The spa has 15 spas and 60,000 spa guests each year. Dax is also famous for its Ferias, it is a festive city. During these many bull shows are organized in the arenas such as the bullfight or the Landes cow races for example.
The territory of Les Landes
3 major tourist regions: The coast, Mont de Marsan and Armagnac which rhyme with festivals, traditions, good living. In the lower Armagnac you will discover the bastides. The country of Dax, Chalosse, Tursan, Adour, crossroads between the Béarn, the Basque Country and the Landes forest, lands of green hills and panoramas on the Pyrenees, farms of poultry, beef and agricultural production, lands of Landes racing, gastronomy, thermal baths, etc.
Must-see museums in the Landes
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L’Écomusée de Marquèze
The mission of the Marquèze Ecomuseum is to preserve, study and transmit the heritage of Grande Lande by reconstructing the living environment of its inhabitants in the 19th century.
Must-see museums in the Landes
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Le musée de Brassempouy
During the Upper Palaeolithic period, prehistoric men settled in the Pope’s Grotto. They gave up flint and bone tools, but also adornments and an exceptional series of 9 human figurines in mammoth ivory. The site proposes to discover these remains, presented in the House of the Lady.
Activities in the Landes
Protecting 52 ha of wetlands, the Nature Reserve is home to characteristic habitats of the Landes that can be reached by a paved path: swamp forest, bog, pond, stream, etc.
The marsh of Orx gathers a variety of environments where water is omnipresent: aquatic environments, grasslands more or less humid, mixed forests.
Located at the Pont de la Marquèze, in Josse, the nautical base offers the rental of electric boats without license for 5 to 7 people, to discover the banks of the Adour gently and without noise.
