Camping de Sorel

It's well-known around here that the Oise area has some very good golfing spots indeed. Golf du Château d'Humières (15 minutes) is a particularly prized place to putt, but you might also like to visit the equally well-manicured grounds of the course at Château de Raray (40 minutes), roughly halfway between Camping de Sorel and Paris. Speaking of which, it's about 100 kilometres (or an hour and a quarter's drive) to the centre of the City of Love/Lights/Disneyland, putting fantastic theme parks, world-class art museums, Seine river cruises and dozens of France's finest monuments within your grasp. Just outside the orbit of the capital, Parc Astérix (40 minutes) will also prove popular with fans of rollercoasters, live shows and Gaullish comic book heroes. After action-packed days of stomping through cities and theme parks, it's reassuring to know that lower-key attractions await closer to base – carp fishing at the Domaine de Pimprez (30 minutes), surveying the military figurines on show at the Musée Antoine Vivenel (25 minutes) and calm country walks on the GR 123 route (10 minutes) are all options to bring your break back to cruising speed.