Camping Le Fort Espagnol

Had your fill of pool water (at least for the time being)? It’s a mere 10-minute car journey to get to the beach and sailing schools of La Trinité-sur-Mer, and there are plenty of other options nearby too if you’d like to keep the scenery ever-changing: try Carnac Plage (20 minutes) for family facilities, Saint-Pierre Lopérec (15 minutes) for sand dune scrambles, or Kerhilio (half an hour) for soft sands and activities including sand yachting and kitesurfing. You’re also well placed here for a bit of bimbling around nearby Breton towns – the half-timbered houses of Saint-Goustan (half an hour’s drive), perhaps, or the aquarium and butterfly garden in Vannes (25 minutes). Seafaring sorts will want to visit the sailing museum and World War II sub in Lorient (35 minutes); those who are more interested in seafood feasts may prefer the fish restaurants in Saint-Pierre-Quiberon (40 minutes) – best visited after working up an appetite strolling the Quiberon peninsula. One that history buffs won’t want to miss is Carnac (15 minutes), famed for its ancient granite megaliths dating all the way back to 4000BC. There’s an excellent Museum of Prehistory here too, and a little tourist train that can help you tour the site if you’re not up for the walk.