Camping Les Jardins de Kergal

Best way to get about in the immediate surrounds? Bring a bike or hire on site for the 10-minute jaunt to the beach. Once at the coast, keep going along the sea-view bike path or board a little ferry to cross to the family-friendly sands of Bas-Pouldu (15 minutes). If you don’t fancy balancing a surfboard on your bike, it’s a 15-minute drive to the big waves of Kérou beach. If les enfants’ hols aren’t complete without chucking at some animals, take them off to meet the big birds at Saudrayes ostrich farm (five minutes’ drive) or the mixed menagerie at Pont Scorff Zoo (20 minutes). Animals don’t generally roam around Lorient (25 minutes) but it’s worth a visit anyway, particularly if you’re interested in seeing the sailing museum and the Keroman Submarine Base. Fancy seeing the handiwork of folk who lived in these parts many moons ago? Pile everyone in the car for the trip to Carnac (50 minutes) to see the ancient standing stones – if you need a real mission to tire the small sorts out, see if you can tick off all 3,000 of them.