Vodatent at Camping Le Rotja

There’s some simply stunning scenery around Le Rotja – it is, after all, in the Catalan Pyrenees Regional Natural Park... If you don’t have the mountaineering skills to climb Le Canigou (the 2785-metre peak that looms in the distance), there are plenty of easier options nearby: hike or bike direct from the site or enlist the help of a donkey or a four-wheel drive to assist your passage. Another fab way to see some of your surrounds is to board the famed Yellow Train from Villefranche-de-Conflent for a viewsome ride up to Bolquère (the highest train station in all the land). And how about seeing what lies below ground? That you can do at the Canalettes caves just outside Villefranche-de-Conflent. The town itself is worth a wander too: the pink granite buildings make it a pretty place to poke about in, and the Vauban fortifications of Fort Libéria have earned it UNESCO World Heritage Site status. After you've roamed, take the 15-minute drive to Vernet-les-Bains to wallow in its luscious thermal waters.