Camping La Condamine

Camping La Condamine’s setting on the edge of the High Alps makes it a tiptop stop to use as a base for outdoorsy pursuits, from clambering up via ferrata climbing routes to hurtling down the 18 or so kilometres of skiing trails around the hamlet and ski station of La Jarjatte, six kilometres away. Should you seek at any point a city-based day away from your countryside surrounds, Grenoble is just over an hour’s drive north. As well as touring its many museums of contemporary and classical art, something that you should most certainly squeeze into an itinerary here is a ride in one of its spherical 'bubble' cable cars, to float high above the city’s streets to the summit of La Bastille hill and its 18th-century fortress. For a longer but much recommended scenic drive, the Route Napoléon covers the road from Grenoble to Cannes: just follow the statues of the French Imperial Eagle.