Camping le Floride et l'Embouchure

Once you're ready to head off site (in week two, probably), wander around local town Le Barcarès then drive the 11 kilometres or so to Fort de Salses, the 15th-century castle that once sat on the border between Catalonia and France. The fort is one of France's National Historical Monument; if old piles are your thing, you'll find plenty more within a short distance of here, from the Cathar mountain castles of Chateau Peyrepertuse and Chateau Queribus to the west, and the medieval centre and Arab quarter including the Palace of the Kings of Majorca in department capital Perpignan a few kilometres south. Also have a wander around Leucate, the beaut and colourful seaside town with lush views from its hilltop fort, and Collioure, with its castle and church set scenically against the beach and harbour.