As blaze abates, tourists and locals slowly returns to France's Cap Ferret

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: Tourists return to Cap Ferret after the fires © France 24 01:18 Issued on: 04/08/2026 - 12:25 Life is returning to the Gironde in the southwest of France after more than ten days of wildfires. Travel to the area is slowly returning to the hotspot of Cap Ferret and local residents are also getting back to their homes. Businesses are hoping a busy August will help save the season, as police have given the go-ahead for several local campsites to reopen. Keywords for this article