Camping de la Tête Noire

There’s plenty of history in the area to get stuck into, with several châteaux within easy reach, like the Château de Valençay and its 53-hectare gardens (which include a deer park and a forest), and the world-famed Château de Chambord, constructed by King Francis I as a grandiose hunting lodge. Should you be travelling with tiddlers in tow, the 30-hectare ZooParc de Beauval in Saint-Aignan will be of particular interest, as it houses a menagerie of more than 5,000 critters including pandas, koalas, manatees, okapis, kangaroos, tigers and white lions. The park is so packed with stuff to see and do that it’s highly recommended you plan to spend a day here. When you want to get active, the Indre à Vélo cycle route stretches across more than 100 kilometres along the Indre valley, and is connected to the Loire à Vélo route at both ends. A pedal along this route comes highly recommended, as it’s peppered with highly photogenic villages and historic spots like the Azay-le-Rideau château, the keep at Montbazon and the Royal Citadel of Loches.