The Ten Commandments of Cap-Ferret near Bordeaux (on the seaside)

From the movie The Little White Lies, everyone wants their vacation mates in "Cap Ferret".

Join the clan of authentic "Ferret capiens" is however not obvious. For a good start, here are ten fundamental not to pass for a Parisian completely lost on the Bordeaux seaside called "the Basin". 

1.You will have a friend who has a villa 

It is obvious that one does not want to look like a tourist but a Bordelais in a Decontract resort. When we go to Ferret (pronounced "Feyrey"), you are necessarily invited by an old friend anchored here for two or three generations. 



If there was one thing to remember, this would be it: we do not hang in the streets like that without doing anything; or worse, it is not  good to be grafted on an organized tour of the lighthouse.
Here we pass our days in villas called by their names, surrounded by friends who are successful in life. 

2.You never will slip a toe in a thong 

The "Ferret capien" is not particularly "sour", however, there are two or three things to observe in order not to frighten. And yes, the thong is part of this small phobia's summer. So we will buy this wand sneakers or barefoot if you wish to apply to highly prized oldies La Pointe club feet. If you do not want to attract cruel eyes, if the boys will wear beige shorts and panoply of sailor, the girls will remain natural, always with a little salt in the hair. 

To shop without missteps: 

Sweet Folly, The Forest residence. 

Tel. 05 56 60 41 36. 

Peninsula and Continents, 63, boulevard de la Plage. 

Tel. 05 56 60 43 01. 

3. You will SOO (Ship Of Others) 

Bordeaux old friend with whom we remain necessarily has a "pinasse", the typical craft corner. Once above, we sail with the wind toward the bottom of the basin ignoring cuckoos boat shuttle Pyla-Cap-Ferret. No question of a picnic on the "Banc d'Arguin" or "l'Ile aux Oiseaux" (a bit too light) on the back during the Leyre direction Gujan-Mestras and small oyster ports. Here we go down the first glass of white with fishermen and eel taste with parsley at Genevieve's. 

To rent a pinasse: 3B Voyages. Tel. Pierre Creuze 06 89 09 98 66 
 For lunch. Chez Geneviève, 62 rue du Port, 33980 Audenge. Tel. 
 26 May 56 81 05. 

4.You will drag the fishing village at cocktail hour 

When you are a true child of the peninsula, the return of beach and SOO are there. For dark tales of presence and authority, they must get strip talking loudly, before starting its omega-3 treatment with a dozen oysters from Arcachon. Then its trace elements are gently digested with a small cool white Bordeaux and a game of bowls. 

For an aperitif: Chez Greg , Escourre of Customs. / 
 La Cabane des Kikouyoux village of l'Herbe. 

5.You will say who will listen that you are an intimate with Benoit Bartherotte 

At The Ferret he is the bearded man who left his millions in safeguarding "44 hectares" (the very tip of Cape wild). His son is the singer Antonin of the band called the "Hangar" . Guillaume Canet and Marion Cotillard sleep at his place (most sublime wooden hut 
 of the coast) and all Ferret crowd dream to sway on his terrace. 

Note: we do not confuse Benoit Bartherotte 
 with the late great Michel, the wanderer who was changing children sidewalk, the other star of the peninsula. 

To rent the property Bartherotte: http://benoitbartherotte.com/ 

Note: Of course we do not confuse Benoit Bartherotte 
 with the great Michel 

6.You never will put a piece of your towel on the Main beach  (Plage Centrale)

Going the beach, this is already unbelievable (it is really necessary in the case of your time with the SOO is not possible), but going to the main Beach is just inexcusable. On the ocean side, the trendy skins tan behind their favorite "night  bar" on the beach such as the Sail Fish (unsupervised obviously); 

On the Basin side and they tan on the beach of the Vine. Most indigenous take on colors (never sunburn, sweet Jesus!) 

To the Dead Cow, a secret beach and reserved for self-proclaimed (beautiful) surfers, which is reached by crossing illegally the pines and the firewall forest. 

For an afternoon tea after the beach: The  well known waffles of Frédélian, 33, beach boulevard. 

The white dunes  Chez Pascal, 46, went to Grand Piquey.. 
 

7.Bernadette will be your new guru 

Your favorite dish is now her famous mussels with specific sausages. The view will just transcends you: that of the full moon rising behind the dune of Pyla from the terrace of the restaurant, Chez Hortense.

The thing that straightens you: the glass of Lillet in the middle of the false "bohemian bourgeois" and real people from Bordeaux  where you always have the latest gossip that end. 

But as you must book 82 days in advance to the place where is a day sitting Guillaume Canet, will also be hanging at La Cabane Edouard to swallow the best seafood platters around the corner, the Sail Fish with traditional in Prada or at the Wharf with the famous soccer players from the Girondins team. 

For dinner: Chez Hortense Avenue Semaphore. / The Sail Fish, 38, Geese street.. / The Wharfzazate port of the vine.. / La Cabane d'Edouard, port Claouey..  

8.You will not allow you "This is where in Lucine? "

As we burn our pair of thongs as soon as we spent Claouey, the bewildered head is avoided when we hear about Lucine, the lineage of the most historic fishermen in Ferret. It is in their Fish shop we are telling to the kids this famous legend about the "lulu" brothers who catch their fish with their bared hand and they are locally the schools of the fish instinct. About 10 meters of display, we can buy mullet, lobster, oysters reared at Banc d'Arguin ... And afterwards our purse is closed forever :)

Lucine, 5, Forest Street.  And every morning at Cap Ferret market.. 

9."You chalouperez" (sway)  at the Six 

But only after a few drinks at 44. Two addresses you will naturally blacklisted if you have not previously considered two basic rules. 

First: it never goes on-undermined because we are not in Saint-Tropez. Bermudas day also used in the evening, and the hair is salted, not brushes. 

Secondo: we do not order a cosmo because we do not want to be under covered Parisian the one who pays their own tour of beers, then the one who parasites others ; and we remember that "ferretcapiens" when they are on their owns, they like simple things. 

For night out or clubbing: the 44 The Avenue Semaphore/ the Six, 42, avenue de l'Ocean. 

10.You do not bring the lighthouse as a keychain 

Remember: "We do not want to be a tourist but look like a Bordelais in a casual resort. '" So we will never receive an apron which will say "I cook at Cap-Ferret." However, we will attend the gallery of Gilles Sarthou; because all true Bordeaux tans on a  Basin own a Sarthou in the marine area. Better than a keychain, certainly, but the assurance of seeing our admission (file) at the "Academy of Ferretcapiens" to go on the top of the top. 

Gilles Sarthou, 65, Beach Gallery. /
 Views Garden, 24, avenue du Bassin.. 

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