The terrace
Eighteen square metres of shaded wood, benches and cushions. Made for a long apéritif.
Holiday rental · Le Canon, Cap Ferret
Fifty metres
from the beach.
A wooden holiday house on the spit of the peninsula.
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Chapter 01
A wooden house,
to rent for summer.
A holiday rental for five: three bedrooms, two shower rooms with walk-in showers, and an 18 m² wooden terrace, shaded and lined with cushioned benches. The table moves from inside to out depending on the mood and the weather. To rent forty-five minutes from Bordeaux, fifty metres from the beach.
The beach,
fifty metres away.
Between the Arcachon bay and the ocean, out on the spit.
A brand-new
kitchen.
Oven, induction hob, extractor hood, dishwasher, integrated fridge and freezer. And the washing machine.
Everything is ready
All three beds are made before you arrive, and the towels are waiting in the cupboards.
The layout
Two floors,
three bedrooms.
Ground floor
The entrance, the living room with its fitted kitchen, a shower room with a walk-in shower and WC, and a cabin bedroom with a single bed.
Upstairs
Two large bedrooms, each with a double bed, and a bathroom with a walk-in shower and WC.
Outside
The 18 m² wooden terrace, shaded, with its benches and cushions. That is where meals happen.
At a glance
The essentials.
5
guests
3
bedrooms
3
beds
2
shower rooms
18 m2
of terrace
50 m
to the beach
Gallery
The house in photos,
room by room.
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Amenities
The amenities:
it’s all already here.
Bring a swimsuit, that’s it.
Brand-new kitchen
Oven, induction hob, hood, dishwasher, integrated fridge and freezer.
Washing machine
Built into the fitted kitchen.
18 m² terrace
Wooden, shaded, with benches and cushions.
A table that moves
It shifts from indoors to out depending on the weather.
Wi-Fi
Throughout the house.
Beds made up
All three beds are prepared before you arrive.
Towels provided
Bath towels stored in the cupboards.
Walk-in showers
In the bathroom and in the shower room alike.
Self check-in
Smart lock — let yourself in whenever suits you.
Beach 50 m away
Between the Arcachon bay and the ocean.
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Address
Where the house is,
in Le Canon.
13 Bis Rue de l’Océan
33950 Lège-Cap-Ferret
In Le Canon, fifty metres from the bay beach and forty-five minutes from Bordeaux. The village is small enough to cross on foot: once you arrive, the car can stay parked.
- The beach50 m
- Bordeaux45 min
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Chapter 02
Pick your rental
dates.
Choose an arrival, then a departure. Crossed-out nights are already booked. Sending a request is not a payment — I reply personally, usually within a few hours.
Available
Booked
Your stay
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Select your arrival date.
Booking request
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I answer personally, usually within a few hours.
Good to know
Frequently asked.
Two nights minimum, all year round. In high season the minimum can be longer depending on the period — the calendar tells you as soon as you pick your dates.
Check-in is self-service: the house has a smart lock, so you let yourself in whenever suits you, from 16:00 onwards. Check-out is before 11:00.
Not much. All three beds are made before you arrive and bath towels are waiting in the cupboards. The kitchen is fully fitted: oven, induction hob, dishwasher, washing machine, fridge and freezer.
Three bedrooms for five guests. Upstairs, two large bedrooms each with a double bed. On the ground floor, a cabin bedroom with a single bed.
Fifty metres. The house is on the spit of the peninsula, between the Arcachon bay and the ocean: calm water on one side, miles of ocean beach on the other.
Allow 45 minutes from Bordeaux. Once here, everything is easy on foot or by bike — the beach is fifty metres away.
You rent directly from the owner. The rate shown here is net, with no platform service fee. You deal with me directly, which makes special requests far easier to arrange.
Chapter 03
Le Canon,
Cap Ferret.
An oyster farmers’ village set on a spit of sand, between a bay and an ocean.
The village
A village
born of oysters.
Le Canon is one of the nine oyster-farming villages of Lège-Cap-Ferret. Like its neighbours, it was built in the 19th century on land the oyster farmers patiently reclaimed from the bay, one hut at a time.
Its name comes from a naval cannon found on the sand — a piece from the battery installed at the Pointe during the Revolution to deter English incursions into the bay. It still bears a Phrygian cap and the mark of Year VIII.
You still get around on foot here, between painted wooden façades, boats hauled up on dry land and stacks of lime-washed tiles used to catch oyster spat. The market and the oyster tastings are a few minutes from the house.
Milestones
Two centuries
of peninsula.
- Year VIII · 1799
The cannon
A battery is installed at the Pointe to keep English ships out of the bay. One of its cannons, found later on the sand, would give the village its name. It stands today beside the Maison des Arts.
- 1857
The forest
The law on draining and cultivating the Landes de Gascogne requires every commune to plant trees. Maritime pines hold the dunes in place: the pine wood still lining the peninsula road dates from that effort.
- 1859
The oyster beds
Napoleon III has oyster farming in the bay organised. The first concessions are granted to residents in 1859, and the imperial decree of 29 February 1860 sets the rules. The Cap Ferret villages have lived off oysters ever since.
- 1865
The Villa Algérienne
In the neighbouring village of L’Herbe, Léon Lesca builds a Moorish-inspired palace, followed by its chapel in 1885. The villa was demolished in 1965; the chapel still stands at the water’s edge.
- 1944
The lighthouse
On the night of 21–22 August 1944, German troops blow up the 1840 lighthouse. Rebuilt in 1947, it was inaugurated on 7 August 1949. Its 258 steps give the finest view over the bay and the ocean.
- 1972
The Banc d’Arguin
The sandbank closing the channel, facing the Dune du Pilat, is classified a national nature reserve on 4 August 1972. Terns and sandpipers stop over there; it can only be reached by boat.
The setting
Le Canon, between the bay
and the ocean.
The peninsula is only a few hundred metres wide: miles of ocean beach on one side, the calm water of the bay on the other, and pine forest in between. Boat trips, oyster tasting, the oyster port, seafront restaurants — Cap Ferret opens up both ways.
Bay side
Boats · Fishing · Stand-up paddle · Canoe and kayak · Organised boat trips · Jet ski
Ocean side
Beach · Surf · Deep-sea tuna fishing
Inland
Plenty of forest, with trails for walkers and hikers
Worth seeing nearby
The Cap Ferret lighthouse
258 steps, and the whole bay in a single glance at the top.
The Dune du Pilat
Europe’s tallest dune, right across the channel.
The Banc d’Arguin
A nature reserve since 1972, reachable only by boat.
The Île aux Oiseaux
And its two cabanes tchanquées, standing on stilts.
The chapel at L’Herbe
What remains of the Villa Algérienne, in the next village.
The oyster villages
Nine hamlets of huts along the bay, best seen by bike.