Camping Penn-Enez

There are beaches all around this pretty peninsula – it’ll take you about five minutes to walk to the nearest, Plougouri, or 20 minutes to trot along the coast path to the larger swathe of Sainte-Marguerite beach. Keep going on that GR34 coast path and you’ve got around 1,800 kilometres ahead of you (don’t feel obliged to do the whole thing…) It’s off to Aberwrac’h, 10 minutes away, if you’re up for negotiating a sea kayak or paddleboard through the islands that run along the coast, or if you’d like to plunge into the deep on a scuba diving day. Boat trips to the Île Vierge lighthouse can be had from here too, or you can walk out to the old fort on Île Cézon at low tide. For a fab family day out, pack everyone into the car and drive for half an hour to reach Récré des 3 Cures amusement park (where there’s a mini farm as well as loads of rides and an indoor play area), or keep going to Brest (40 minutes) for the excellent Océanopolis aquarium and ocean discovery centre.