Seminars and company events
La Co(o)rniche can host a meeting of up to 50 people, a reception of up to 150 guests, or an event for up to 300 guests when the whole hotel is privatized. It is a five-star hotel and restaurant on the flank of the Dune du Pyla, in Pyla-sur-Mer, in the commune of La Teste-de-Buch on the Bassin d'Arcachon.
For seminars and working meetings the hotel uses a modular lounge decorated by Philippe Starck. It seats up to 50 people in theater or classroom layout. The room has a large LCD screen, Wi-Fi and a Nespresso machine. Guests are welcomed with a buffet of hot drinks, fresh juices and soft drinks, served with pastries. Group meals are also possible in the restaurant: from 12 guests the team proposes a complete formula, and groups of up to 40 can choose their dishes on site.
Weddings and receptions
The Starck lounge and its private terrace, which faces the dune and the Banc d'Arguin, take seated dinners or cocktail receptions of up to 150 guests. Private concerts, a DJ and a dance floor can be arranged there.
For larger events the hotel offers total privatization. Hotel, restaurant, bar, lounge, terrace and staff are then reserved for your guests alone, with tailored formulas. The site gives 250 guests in a seated format and 300 in a cocktail format. The hotel presents this option for weddings and engagement parties as well as for other private events.
Rooms and capacities
Three formats are stated on the official site. The Starck lounge holds 50 people in theater or classroom layout. With its private terrace it holds up to 150 for a dinner or cocktail reception. Full privatization holds 250 seated or 300 standing. Group meals in the restaurant start at 12 guests.
Accommodation
The hotel has 29 rooms. The main house, in the neo-Basque style typical of the Bassin, opens onto a lobby kept intact, with dark wood and period frescoes. It has 10 double rooms and one Junior Suite. Above it, in the pines, the Cabanes hold 18 Junior Suites with views of the ocean, the Banc d'Arguin and the Cap Ferret.
One point to plan around: the outdoor bar is lively, and the hotel warns that rooms can be noisy when it is open, until 2:30 a.m. That means weekends and holidays in April, May, June, September and October, and every day in July and August.
Catering
The restaurant serves lunch from noon to 3 p.m. and dinner from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., by reservation. Its menu leads with seafood platters and changes with the market, with fresh local products. The outdoor bar, which extends the terrace close to the dune, serves tapas and seafood from noon to 2 a.m. without reservation, with a DJ in the evening.
History and setting
The hotel looks at the Banc d'Arguin, a sandbank that shifts with the tides and the seasons, from a terrace that overlooks the whole bay as far as the Cap Ferret. The Spa Ha(a)ïtza, 600 meters away, has four treatment rooms, a sauna, a Technogym fitness room and a hair salon. The hotel runs a private shuttle for its guests.
