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64200 Lac Marion Biarritz, Euskal Herri, Pays Basque

Il s'agit d'un lac rétro-littoral associé à une zone humide à Saules; un boisement de Chênes pédonculés entoure le site. Le plan d'eau d'une superficie de 5 ha. Sa profondeur atteint 18 mètres.
Le pourtour du lac Marion a fait l'objet d'une opération de reconquête et de réhabilitation pour offrir un cadre naturel de détente aux habitants de Biarritz. Il s'agit désormais d'un "parc naturel" au cœur de la ville.

Source : http://www.conservatoire-du-littoral.fr/

Quelques photos du lac sur cette page : Quartier La Négresse-Notary-Polo

D'autres ici : lateulière

POur les pêcheurs : perches, carpes, calicobas, etc.

Dans la littérature :
The favourite of the short drives is known as the "Tour des Lacs." It embraces the prettiest country in the vicinity, and the whole distance is about six miles. We found it most pleasant to start, after lunch, from the Place de la Mairie, turning up the Rue Gambetta past the market and on to the "Falaises," where the sea-breeze blows fresh and free. Keeping to the right where the road forks, the "abattoir" was soon left behind and the Villa Marbella reached; we then curved round "Lac Chabiague," and ascending slightly between fields gay with the "fleur des frontières" [Footnote: A lovely blue flower, something like a gentian.] and the wild daphne, we dipped again slightly to the point where the road to St. Jean de Luz forks to the right. Bearing to the left between hedges overgrown with _sarsaparilla_, and entering a shady lane, a few minutes sufficed for us to reach the "Bois de Boulogne," where the road skirts the Lake Mouriscot , and passes beside many splendid clumps of the _Osmunda regalis_ fern. The lake is very deep and full of fish; but bathing is certainly not advisable, as there is a great quantity of reeds and weeds all round the water's edge. Leaving the pleasant woods, we emerged on to the Route Imperiale--the direct road from the Negresse station (on the main line to Spain) to Biarritz--and following it as far as the metals, we turned to the left up the Irun-Bayonne route. This, however, was not our road for long, as we took the first turning on the left-hand side up a pretty lane, which brought Lake Marion into full view. The other end of the lane joins the "Route Imperiale" again; which, leading in turn past the cemetery, the parish church, and the terminus of the "steam tram-line," enters the town near the International Bank.

Twixt France and Spain Author : E.Ernest Bilbrough

Edited by laspalles66 (03/28/06 05:55 AM)

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