Les Chênes de Calviac

Sports for all sorts are all around, from hiking and cycling in the countryside around the site to more intrepid adventures such as hang gliding and paragliding. Saint Vincent le Paluel five minutes' drive away has tree climbing and zipwiring at La Forêt des Ecureuils or the squirrel forest. Medieval Sarlat is famed throughout France and beyond as a cultural centre and for its scenic old buildings: if this is your thing, the Benedictine abbey and cathedral should see you sorted, before a whizz up the bell tower elevator of the Manoir de Gisson for spectacular views of the town below. If castles are more your bag, Château des Milandes and Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle are both half an hour away; to interest the kids, Château de Puymartin complete with ghost is within 20 minutes. The Lascaux caves are half an hour's drive away.