Camping Le Plantaurel

Feeling adventurous? Take your holiday to soaring new heights with a flying lesson at the Aeroclub five minutes’ drive from Camping Le Plantaurel, or plunge below the surface to the prehistoric caves at Mas d’Azil, a 40-minute drive away in the Ariège Pyrenees Regional National Park. For more hair-raising adventures, stick around the national park for whitewater escapades on a raft or kayak, or take to the skies for a birds’ eye view from a paraglider. If you’d prefer to feel solid ground beneath your feet, the park is criss-crossed with waymarked trails you can explore on foot, by bike or on horseback. History buffs will want to make the trip to Toulouse, a 30-minute drive from Plantaurel, for a visit to the Place du Capitole palace and the natural history museum. Budding stargazers should set their sights on Cité de l’espace, where they can learn what it’s like to be an astronaut, see inside a spaceship and get up close with objects from space, all without having to leave planet Earth. Closer to home, call in to Cap Loisirs – an 10-minute drive from the site – where you can try blacklight miniature golf, get futuristic with laser tag, do your best William Tell impression at archery tag, or play it safe on the bowling lanes.