Camping Les Frênes - Val Mayenne

This is horsey land: opposite the site is L'isle Briand racecourse, where geegees have galloped since the 18th century. Race meets – over 90 of them – run these days from April to September. Less than a half a kilometre from Le Lion-d'Angers village, crossed by the Oudon river before it meets the Mayenne. From town, it's 21 kilometres to department capital Angers, one of the Loire Valley's (and France's) official towns of art and history, and 46 kilometres to historical Solesmes and its scenic caves of the Grotte de Rochefort and the Grotte à Margot. Bathtime? Entrammes Roman baths are 44 kilometres from the site and the old town of Laval within 53. If that doesn't get the kids jumping with excitement, try the Jardin des Kangourous kangaroo park, 20 kilometres west of Angers near Savennieres. For racing of an engined sort, Le Mans is about 100 kilometres away.