Gourmet products local specialties and wines Bassin d'Arcachon

There are some pleasant talents to follow and encourage. Gaëtan Cossoul's is particularly noteworthy. Specialties include Basque cakes, Landes pastis, chocolate fondant (Coq d'Or European gastronomic prize), vanilla flan... Le Bellis aims for quality (less sugar and bad fats). With his team, Gaëtan bakes bread from Label Rouge flours from the South-West of France. Baguettes, 100% rye pies... are just waiting to be tried! Everything is baked in the bakery. Yet another good reason to push open the door at Le Bellis. Smiling, welcoming team.

The Pub de la Brasserie Mira is one of those must-visit addresses for fun evenings on the Bassin. Mira, we already knew the name and even the beer of the brewery created by Jacques and Aurélien, two local children with a passion for hops. They conceived and created a first range of original beers, brewed with spring water from the Bassin and identified on the bottles by a chimera. Mira beers have never ceased to seduce connoisseurs, so it was only logical that the brewer-malters should follow through on their ambition by opening this pub.

A beautiful, well-stocked boutique, a few tables inside to devour a pastry on the go, a coffee or soup at lunchtime, a doggie bar outside, parking spaces right out front, a mouth-watering Instagram page... It didn't take long for Le Sentier de la Mie to supply some of the best addresses in the area, and all the locals who don't hesitate to order a birthday cake or a pièce montée either. And to top it all off, the shop assistants are all smiles!

The Poissonnerie de l'Aiguillon is an institution! Here, the key words are know-how, passion for the trade, freshness and exacting standards in the choice of products purchased daily from all the auctions along the coast. But above all, no farmed fish! Alongside our flagship products, oysters from the Basin, we also offer lobsters from Brittany and seafood platters. In addition, the chef prepares a number of ready-made dishes and offers grocery products.

In the heart of the Arcachon Basin, in the oyster-farming village of Le Canon, Cabane 171 welcomes you to an exceptional setting overlooking the Dune du Pilat, for a tasting of meaty oysters, shrimps or whelks, all washed down with a glass of white wine. The experience is almost unique. For the uninitiated, ask the team at Cabane 171 (one of the first to adopt the "tasting at the shack" concept), who will kindly answer any questions you may have. An unmissable stopover!

With its beautiful old-fashioned front showing beautiful country breads, the Londiche bakery gives the irresistible desire to return. By pushing the door, the return in the continuous time, you plunge into the atmosphere of a 1930s bakery with beautiful lights and antique furniture for decoration. A real pleasure for the eyes, before the pleasure of good bread. Here, everything is homemade and above all with passion, so no industrial products are used in manufacturing, here, you buy good... Pierre, the artisan baker, has been inducted as an "Ambassador of bread", which is a guarantee of quality. Enjoy ciabatta, a very soft Italian bread with olive oil as an ingredient, Norwegian cake-shaped cake topped with sesame and spelt seeds or bougnatte, a traditional baguette that recalls the Auvergne origins of the patron by its name. To this must be added pastries, homemade cakes (candied fruit and rum or lemon and poppy for example), honey financier, etc. Pastries only appear on weekends, except during the King's cake season when they are made all week long. Pierre and his wife Christine are fervent defenders of old-fashioned bread and organic products. It is an excellent address to remember and share without moderation.

At Benjamin Fournol we plunge into a delicious universe around chocolate, fruit and caramel, while preserving the original flavours with a minimum of sugar. Among its flagship creations: the very famous "Louvre", based on pears, dacquoise with nuts and caramel mousse. The pastries are made with AOC butter from Normandy, the baguettes are freshly baked all day long, the cannelés range from the most melting to the crunchiest without forgetting a rainbow of macaroons. Benjamin also sells fine wines, port and exceptional champagnes.

Here is an open-air market that takes place every Tuesday morning on Place de l'Etoile, as well as every Friday morning in front of the Post Office, you will find the best local products but also ready-to-wear, souvenirs, and local artists, a must for tourists! The covered market welcomes you all year round, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in the morning and every day during the summer season, to the delight of your pupils and taste buds! All the flavours of the Basin are on the market, oysters of course, but also a selection of local products: delicatessen, fruit and vegetables, fish... To live the experience to the full, do not forget to stop by the Bodeguita de la Plaza to discuss in a friendly atmosphere over a glass of wine and a plate of tapas.

Au Gré des Vins is all about a warm welcome and over 450 references, including Bordeaux, Languedoc and Champagne, not to mention spirits. But you'll also find them at La Bouteille à la Plage in Arès, as well as a grocery store selling local produce (cheeses, charcuterie, etc.), as the same owner is responsible for this. Philippe regularly organizes "discovery and tasting" workshops to introduce you to new products, as well as food and wine pairings.

Who is Yann Adingra? Artisan pastry chef, but also teacher in private vocational school, Yann Adingra was also best apprentice of France in 2016 and world champion of pastry Abylimpics in 2016. How about pushing open the doors of his lovely pastry shop? Hazelnut and caramel vacherin, mille-feuille, apple tartlet, vanilla flan, Bueno éclair, marshmallows, homemade sweets... The chef's specialty? It's the Andernoise (soft hazelnut cookie, hazelnut crunch, creaminess infused with organic coffee beans, coffee/hazelnut whipped cream).

Of course, these products do not come from our region, but the shop is so beautiful and colourful that one must stop there. La Belle-Iloise is a Breton cannery of seafood products prepared in the traditional way. For 3 generations, the Hilliet family has been committed to canning ultra-fresh products in Quiberon. We like the colourful tins which offer sardines, tuna and mackerel from different original recipes.

The Q Earth landed in Biganos this year. Opened since February, this new store was created at the initiative of a team of local producers concerned to continue to do their work in the rules of art, to maintain the quality of their product and to enable the consumer to access it directly. In the end, a colourful store in which beautiful fresh vegetables alongside breasts, candied, foie gras de duck, crémant of Bordeaux, jams, preserves and other regional specialities dénichées by passionate producers. A very pleasant shop, where the reception is warm and smiling and where you find good local products. It's a great place to shop and enjoy your shopping.

Historic centre of the Arcachon basin, the Teste-de-Buch naturally remains an important trading place. Find the indoor municipal market and the outdoor market. Conviviality, good products and a wide choice, especially in the summer period. You will even find textile articles, leather goods and shoes. The organic market is held on Friday mornings between 8 am and 1 pm and the farmers' market on Thursdays and Saturdays. Also think of the market of Cazaux, on Tuesday from 8.30 am to 1 pm, place du Général-de-Gaulle.

Fabio Iaconelli's grocery store is a charming, warm and welcoming business. It sells Italian products: fresh pasta, cold meats and cheeses. But that's not all! You can also enjoy them on the spot or at home, as Fabio and Armelle prepare tasty dishes using products from their own store. You'll also find wines, world beers and arranged rums. Fabio also organizes sensory tasting workshops and themed evenings. Sunday brunch.

A passionate oyster farmer based in the small port of La Barbotière in Gujan-Mestras and working in the traditional way, Frédéric Paillère, a former agricultural engineer and production consultant, collects the spat, raises his oysters, sells them retail, wholesale and ships them all over France. His oysters are soft and fleshy, a real pleasure for the taste buds of oyster lovers. You can find Frédéric Paillère and his good oysters every Sunday in Lacanau town.

The house of the glacier Ô Sorbet d'Amour is an institution which was created in 1935 on the basin of Arcachon. The first shop opened in Moulleau on the promenade of the pier. Since then, the brand has developed many addresses in Bordeaux, Gironde, and a few franchises in France, Portugal and Spain. The 80 gourmet recipes are still made in the traditional way: the milk is supplied by the last farm in the Arcachon basin and then transformed in an artisanal way with fruit and high quality ingredients in the La Teste laboratory, the ice creams and sorbets with a thousand and one flavours are often very original such as chocolate Espelette pepper, macadamia maple, lemon basil, blood orange, peanut croostie and even kiwi vegan apple with no added sugar. The nougatine-based iced desserts are also home-made, such as the famous Pinasse and its 30 scoops of ice cream for 15 people, the emblematic dessert of the Ô Sorbet d'Amour ice-cream parlour.