Tourist Attractions & Monuments sur la Côte Aquitaine

After the victory square, which saw the obelisk and the turtles of Ivan Theimer, the Stalingrad Square also enriched itself with a beautiful monument in 2005. A blue lion made of composite materials by Xavier Veilhan. This work is 8 metres long and 6 metres high with a design toy, proudly standing at the end of the Pont de Pierre, on the right bank of the Garonne, overlooking Thiers Avenue, the Sainte-Marie church and the quays of Queyries.

Mainly composed of the Aiguillon district, a picturesque maritime district, the Ville d'Automne extends from the Deganne castle (Casino de la Plage) to the La Teste basin. It is typical with its low houses with red tile roofs and brightly colored shutters. Second marina of the west coast, the port of Arcachon is now a large complex. At the end of it, the work of the Arcachon artist Claude Bouscau, named the monument of the Perishes at sea, takes, depending on the angle of view, the shape of an anchor or a cross.

The SIBA is a joint union. It gather the Communauté d'Agglomération du Bassin d'Arcachon Sud (COBAS), representing the communes of Arcachon, Teste-de-Buch, Gujan-Mestras and Teich and the 6 communes of the northern basin: Biganos, Audenge, Lanton, Andernos-les-Bains, Arès and Lège-Cap Ferret. It also exercises its statutory competences within the Public Maritime Domain, which is made up of the Arcachon Basin, its shores and some of its ports. The main mission of this syndicate is the protection of the water quality of the Arcachon Basin. It develops skills in the fields of the environment, wastewater treatment, urban storm water management, hygiene, marine submersion risks, marine works and digital resources. It is also in charge of the tourist promotion of the basin in connection with the tourist offices, while carrying out studies and developing the offer. In 2017, it launched the shared territorial brand "Bassin d'Arcachon" (www.marque-bassin-arcachon.fr). The SIBA has even created the EAU'ditorium, an educational space to understand how wastewater treatment is part of the water quality protection system in the Basin. The website is very complete with a lot of practical information to make the most of your destination.