Viewpoint · La Teste-de-Buch · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Dune of Pilat is a viewpoint in La Teste-de-Buch, Gironde. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. Within 490 m you'll find a water point and a public toilet.
Audio tour · Dune of Pilat
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You're standing at the Dune of Pilat, the tallest sand dune in Europe. It lies in La Teste-de-Buch, at the entrance to the Arcachon basin, on France's Atlantic coast. Have a look around. On one side there's the ocean, on the other the forest of the Landes de Gascogne.
Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.
The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies. No bench, bike pump or food stand within 1 km.
Yes: a water point at 60 m and a public toilet at 490 m.
When you stand at Dune of Pilat, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells the story of the place in about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.
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