Camping Les Chambons

Hire a bike from the team and set off to explore the local Voie Verte or greenway, meandering for 22 kilometres along the old railway line from Le Blanc to La Châtre. You can walk the route too, or if you crave a longer hike, access the Val de Creuse path around 15 minutes' drive away in Baraize. A drive of half an hour or so south will land you at Éguzon (or Chambon) lake, covering 312 blue hectares in scenic setting with views to the Éguzon dam from the hillside above. There's swimming and fishing as well as shoreside walks here if you want to take things a little easy; if not, you can take canoes, rowing boats or pedalo boats out onto the water, or take things up a further notch with windsurfing or waterskiing. Wander around the medieval houses and handsome surrounds of Argenton-sur-Creuse for town time; from there, it's a 15-minute drive to the old walled town of Saint-Gaultier, or 30 minutes to the half-timbered houses and George Sand museum of La Châtre.