Biscarrosse Towns and Villages in Biscarrosse

Biscarrosse is made up of three entities: Biscarrosse Ville inland, Biscarrosse Lac, on the shores of Biscarrosse and Parentis lakes, and Biscarrosse Plage.
30 km south of Arcachon, Biscarrosse owes its name to Biskar, 'dune', it is indeed a place surrounded by sand dunes.
Pierre Latécoère, founder of Aérospatiale, set up his assembly and testing plant there between 1930 and 1956; a hydraviation museum to visit today retraces the heyday of aeronautics, the history of hydraviation, the birth of airlines ...
Biscarrosse is today a trendy seaside resort, a stopover for surfers, a resort for an entire region ("bisca" for those in the know) and for tens of thousands of summer visitors in the summer. Very beautiful beaches, big waves, shops and restaurants are the daily life of the resort's summer visitor, unless you prefer the relaxing calm of the lakes and forests, the Cazaux and Sanguinet ponds in the North, and Biscarrosse and Parentis in the South. ..