Camping La Tentation

Outdoorsy pursuits around the area include hiking, mountain bike rides and quad bike tours: ask the site's friendly team for their fave spots and routes. You might then want to head sand and seaward, so pack up the car and pile the kids in for a scenic 45-minute drive through the Caps et Marais d'Opale Natural Regional Park and Desvres forest to the seaside town of Boulogne-sur-Mer for its beach, port and fish market, aquarium and 19th-century castle and museum. Elsewhere around the region for tiddlers, take the kids to Dennlys Parc for fun on more than 30 attractions, including water-based bumper cars, carousels, big and small rollercoasters and funfair museum. Also within easy reach – around 45 minutes’ drive away toward the coast – is the excellent Laby Parc, for pedal karting, water zorbing, trampolining, ziplining and adventure playgrounds.