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Marie, Cyril and their three children open the doors of their family campsite to you in the heart of the Landes. Nature, comfortable accommodation and quality services will enhance your stay at Camping l'Étang d'Ardy. Choose your holiday dates, select your accommodation and set off for the Landes!

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At the beginning in 1828
The old ironworks

Within the campsite, you will be able to see a blast furnace, almost 30 m high, a vestige of the steelmaking past of the place, formerly called "Les Forges d'Ardy". Established in 1828, this furnace operated with three refinery fires, a reverberatory furnace and four foundry cylinders. The activity ceased definitively in 1890.

This blast furnace still shows its mouthpieces and the scrap used for its consolidation. You will see the remains of the loading ramp that allowed you to pour into the mouth of the blast furnace: coal, ore and fluxes.

The three elements necessary for production were found locally: ore (in the form of garluche), charcoal (from Landes pine) and water to produce hydraulic energy (rivers converted into reservoirs). The campsite pond is indeed a reservoir with its waterfall which makes it a unique place. The alleys of century-old plane trees, located near the pond, bordered the old road which served the foundries (Ardy and Abbess sites).

Looking down, you will see stones of different sizes and blue, green or black colors, like precious stones. It is in fact slag, produced from the melting of the ore from which the iron was extracted, it was then used to backfill the aisles.

Higher up, while having a drink at the bar in the evening, you will discover the blast furnace differently thanks to its illuminations!

A new team Today

For two years, Marie, Cyril and their three children have taken over the management of the campsite. They are happy to welcome you to the heart of this exceptional site in the Landes. Strong values are at the center of our concerns such as sharing, good humor, family and the preservation of our heritage.

What is the future of camping? Our plans for the future

Originally from the Landes, Marie and Cyril wish to set up more and more actions and small gestures on a daily basis, to preserve their beautiful region. Eco-responsible approaches, in particular with the promotion of short circuits for their supply, are favoured.

We are all sensitive to the fact of respecting humans and nature. Everything at Camping l'Étang d'Ardy pursues this goal!