Les Cabanes des Benauges

Having gazed out over the vineyards there on site it’s likely one may develop a thirst for a glass of wine or two. Red wine drinkers are well looked after around here, with Saint-Émilion around a 40-minute drive away and Bordeaux 50 minutes; if you like something a little sweeter, the vineyards of Sauternes are half an hour away for bottles of the famed dessert wine. If the mere sight of the grapes hasn’t brought forth a thirst (tsk), there are plenty of activities nearby to help you work up an appetite. Two golf courses are within a half-hour drive, as are several hiking trails and horse riding centres. There’s canoeing to be done on the Ciron river, and fishing and swimming a few minutes’ drive away at Lac de Laromet. A treetop adventure course and lake-crossing zipline are over here too if you want to spend even more time up in the branches. Back on firmer ground, get set for a grand tour of the local castles: 17th-century Château de Cadillac is a 10-minute drive away, and the châteaux of Villandraut and Roquetaillade are both around half an hour away. Also worth a look are the Broussey monastery, a short drive away, and the gorgeous Gothic collegiate church of Notre-Dame d’Uzeste.