With impressive dimensions, it is almost 100 kms between Bordeaux and the mouth of the estuary.

The continual ebb and flow of the tides have created an environment of perpetual motion. Nature flourishes in all its wildness along its banks unspoiled by the hand of man.

Port de la maréchale: vessels awaiting the oncoming tide...
Close to the "Richard's Lighthouse" there are numerous "carrelets" or traditional fishing shacks clinging to the bank on their fragile supports.

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