Les Cabanes Tchanquées

Among the fifty-three cabins on Bird Island are the famous Cabanes Tchanquées. Now a symbol of the basin, they owe their name to the Gascon "chancas" which means "mounted on stilts". The cabins n°51 and 53 were built in the fifties for recreational use. If you can get close to them, you will appreciate this moment when you can feel all the magic of the place: the unique environment, the smell of the sea, the mud under your feet and an unusual silence. You are alone, the crowd of tourists has disappeared.