Camping L'Artaudois

In the mood for local jaunts? An excellent choice, particularly given how much is walkable in this neck of the woods. As well as open-air dips at Plage de la Garonne (20 minutes' walk), you can practise volleys at the local tennis club (20 minutes), show off your moves at the town's skate park (20 minutes) or head down to a nearby riding stables for sightseeing on four legs (15 minutes). Further afield, the port city of Toulon makes for fab family-friendly days out with its cable car (20 minutes' drive), zoo (30 minutes) and naval museum (25 minutes). Those of a historical bent may well want to linger around town to check out the Provence Landing Memorial (20 minutes), an impressive exhibit about the Second World War opened by Charles de Gaulle in 1964. In contrast, Hyères (20 minutes) is a classic Riviera resort town, with a gorgeous historic centre, pleasure port and hilltop castle where you sit back and take it all in. La Ciotat (45 minutes) is another must-see spot where there are crystalline calanques to swim in and some brilliant botanical gardens.