LA Grande Dune du Pyla is located in southwest France on the Atlantic coast, rises abruptly from the surrounding forest. With a height of 107 meters above sea level, this is the highest sand dunes in Europe is estimated to contain 60 million cubic meters of sand. Pyla sand dune is one of the beautiful places on earth to spend your vacation. Here, you can swim, play paragliding or just sit back enjoy the stunning views of the Bassin d’Arcachon, the bay below the sand dunes. In addition, there are also some places under the tent at the dunes, where you can access Payla with a large staircase. To climb, you need stamina to prime for quite time consuming.
The best time to visit La Grande Dune du Pyla is when summer vacation ends. Holidays in France long enough and when you visit these dunes around September, you must have the best time. Dune du Pyla standing in the hill area in the western part of the Aquitaine region. During the 18th century and the 19th, the area was planted with pine trees (pine pinaster) and is the largest pine forests in Europe. Sand dunes in this area can be categorized into four basic forms of parabola, crescent, round and foredune or the sand barrier along the coast.
Pyla dunes are part of the foredune and although it is the largest sand dunes, there are many other big hill in this area. Overall there are an estimated more than 1,500 larger hill with 10 meters high. Most are relatively stable as the anchor of the sand forest, but in the path of the beach, foredune is always moving in spite of great efforts to prevent sand moving inland. You might think that this geographical feature was standing high above the beach for thousands of years. But you would be wrong, because a lot of sand has been deposited in the last few centuries. In fact, at first a small mound Dune de la Grave form the basis for the Dune du Pyla.