Camping de Kérabus

Even if you don't dig ancient rocks, you should while bedding down here, as the whopping blocks of rock at Carnac make up the biggest collection of megalithic stones in the world: take that, Stonehenge. The 3,000 or so rocks dating from around 4,500 BC are one of Brittany’s most popular attractions – and like Stonehenge, no-one knows why they're there. Hear all about it at Carnac's most excellent Museum of Prehistory, a kilometre and a half from Camping de Kérabus. Carnac (or more accurately, Carnac-plage) is also famed for its five beaches, accessible by small paths and popular for fishing. The most popular family beach is the two-kilometre Grande Plage, with two kids' clubs as well as lifeguards in summer; elsewhere, make for St-Colomban for windsurfing and kitesurfing, or above the beaches to the coastal path along to La-Trinité-sur-Mer. Shellfish should be enthusiastically sampled in Carnac too: the town has dozens of oyster farmers plying their shelly goods around the Anse de Pô. Day trips of all sorts are easily had around this spectacular part of Brittany, such as to Auray (15 minutes' drive), the island of Saint-Cado and the Etel estuary (20 minutes); Quiberon and the Côte Sauvage (30 minutes); Vannes (30 minutes); Lorient (35 minutes) and the Gulf of Morbihan (50 minutes).