The easy elegance of Cap Ferret

'Elemental and otherworldly' destination is loved for its natural beauty

L'herbe village in top view in arcachon basin bay in southwest France at Cap ferret
A 12-mile-long, southward-pointing spit of land is the opposite of 'showy'
(Image credit: OceanProd / Getty Images)

It is often confused with its near-namesake, Cap Ferrat.

But though both are popular with "well-heeled" Parisians, Cap Ferret is a world apart from that "showy" headland on France's Côte d'Azur, said Johny Pitts in Condé Nast Traveller.

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