Camping Les Pins

To Pénestin first, the handsome peninsula town with a long length of coast and spectacular golden cliffs. The Mine d’Or beach is lifeguarded and popular with families, and is also a good paragliding place as well as the spot to see Pénestin cliffs turn gold as the sun sets: you'll very much need to bring your camera. This is famed mussel farming land too because of the clean water of the Vilaine river estuary; if you want to learn more about the business as well as sampling its wares, take a trip to the exhibits of the Maison de la Mytiliculture in the old lighthouse at the nearby fishing port of Tréhiguier. (French speakers can take an organised tour around the region's mussel beds courtesy of the local Association Mer et Nature.) Elsewhere within easy reach, have days out around Morbihan bay, Vannes, the medieval walled town of Guérande, and the watery expanse of the Brière Regional Natural Park. You could also have a hike along the GR 34 coastal path, following the shoreline for 15 kilometres, or go windsurfing at the popular spot of Pont Mahé bay.