Culture & heritage

Between the ocean and the Arcachon Bay, Cap Ferret has a richer history than you might think: from the first oyster farmers to the Second World War, all the way to the village festivals of L’Herbe and Claouey.

In L’Herbe, among the oyster huts, a chapel with Moorish arches surprises everyone who walks past: it is all that remains of the Villa Algérienne, built in the 19th century by Léon Lesca.

On the Place de l’Église, in the heart of Cap Ferret village, Notre-Dame-des-Flots is the church of the peninsula’s fishermen and families. Here is its history and what to look out for inside.