Camping La Combe d'Oyans

Thanks to its proximity to the Vercors Massif, the campsite is a handy base for walkers and bikers, who can explore the forested mountains, alpine pastures and deep river gorges of the Vercors Regional Natural Park (15 minutes’ drive). During expeditions by car, visit the sites of World War II atrocities, including the Vercors Resistance Memorial (an hour) and the emotive Cour et Mur des Fusillés in La Chapelle-en-Vercors (45 minutes). Check out the ornate brickwork and stunning Byzantine-style frescoes of Saint-Antoine-le-Grand Orthodox Monastery (35 minutes), or admire the dramatic cliffside cascades in the Garden of Petrifying Fountains (25 minutes). Water is also the star of the show at the Water Museum in medieval Pont-en-Royans (25 minutes), where you can taste more than 1,000 varieties of water at the bar, while another niche museum is found at Le Petit Monde des Santons (55 minutes), where hundreds of hand-carved wooden figures are laid out in traditional Provençal nativity scenes.