Camping L'Olivier Anduze

Long lazy days are easily had within minutes of Camping L'Olivier Anduze, at the Gardon river under a kilometre away for long lazy swims under the blue Gard sky, and at the fishing lake within about 600 metres to cast off using kit hired from the campsite team. The site's local town of Anduze is at one end of the line of the Cévennes vintage steam railway, puffing over five viaducts on its way to Saint-Jean-du-Gard via the spectacular scenery of the Gardon; this one is a bit of a must. Anduze is also known for its pottery, so potter around the workshops back in town that are usually open to the inquisitive public. The vast Trabuc cave, the biggest in the Cévennes, are also a bit of a must, to see the biggest network of underground passages in the region, blue lakes, waterfalls and – get the camera and flash ready – a carpet of about 100,000 stalagmites all standing solemnly together. About 35 kilometres away is the Roman city and ancient amphitheatre of Nîmes, half an hour's drive from the huge Pont du Gard aqueduct built in Roman times to carry water 50 kilometres to the city from the spring at Uzès: again, these are very much musts… If you fancy days on the sands or in the city, the beaches of Le-Grau-du-Roi as well as the city of Montpellier are just over an hour's drive away.