Cap Ferret by Condé Nast Traveller
“Cap Ferret is a long lick of land, like a lolling tongue, located on the coast about an hour's drive due west of Bordeaux. The road grows slower and lazier as you move further along it, and when it turns south into the peninsula, you know you've arrived. The cape is exposed on its western side to the Atlantic, while its eastern shore looks out on the Bassin d'Arcachon, a vast, shallow lagoon that is tailor-made for the business of ostréiculture. The cape supplies all of France with oysters, and so this is a working stretch of coastline. It is, in other words, a real place rather than a holiday resort.”
Read more about Cap Ferret in this Condé Nast Traveller article.