- Largest sand dune in Europe is the great dune of Pyla
- Size of sand dune of Pyla is about 60,000,000 cubic meters
- It measures 1,640 feet (500 m) wide and 1.86 miles (3 km long), with the height ranging from 328 to 383.8 feet (100 to 117 m) above sea level
- The Dune of Pilat is also known as the Great Dune of Pyla
- It is located in the La Teste-de-Buch of the Arcachon Bay area
- At 60Km from Bordeaux, in the South of the Arcachon Bay, it is possible to visit the highest dune in Europe, the Great Dune of Pyla (or Pilat)
- This hight of dune of Pyla reaches upto a height of 107m
- At this summit, the view is spectacular with the ocean coast, the inlet of the Bay, the large pine forest and, when the sky is very clear, the Pyrenees Range
- This Great Dune is constituted of fine sand which the siliceous grains have about the same size
- Since about ten years, this area is also became a point of start to the lover of delta planes
- The Great Dune of Pyla is located on the “La Teste de Buch” district (Gironde) and it is a national listed landscape
- Since Europe has no deserts, you’d think the title of “Europe’s largest sand dune” would go to something that wasn’t particularly impressive. But you’d be wrong
