Camping Lac de Cormoranche

City days are simple hereabouts: it’s just 15 minutes’ drive from the site to Mâcon, where guests can explore museums of archaeology and fine arts, visit a Byzantine cathedral, wander among shops, or catch a movie at the cinema. And if that’s not enough, a little over an hour’s travel will land guests in Lyon for strolls about the Old Town, botanical garden and zoo, and for tours about some spectacular murals. No need to go as far as Lyon for a zoo though, as the lions, tigers and boars of Touroparc Zoo – as well as its reptiles and birdlife, museums, and high-season waterpark – can be visited 15 minutes from base, and twitchers can get their feathered fill at Parc des Oiseaux (45 minutes). That’s not the only thing worth getting a fill of hereabouts either… Budding gourmands and vintners who fancy tickling taste buds can start gastronomic explores at the famed Georges Blanc Experience restaurant and wine cellar (20 minutes), before moving on to the Château de Pierreclos winery for tours and tastings. History buffs are well served round here too: it’s 25 minutes from base to the ethnographic Musée de la Bresse, 35 minutes to the Grottes d’Azé prehistoric cave system (and bear skeletons), and 40 minutes to Bourg-en-Bresse and its museums of apothecary and typewriting.