Juliette Tentvakanties at Camping Le Domaine du Logis

There’s so much to do in this setting slap bang between Rennes and Saint-Malo that your best bet is to start close to home then work your way further afield. Three fine attractions are within 10 minutes’ drive: Cobac Parc amusement park (hurrah, say the kids) and the castles of Château de Combourg and Château de Bourbansais and zoo (possibly not a hurrah from the kids, but let them know there’s a zoo at the latter château and they’ll probably come along tamely enough). And then to the coast and Saint-Malo, home of rampart walks, a castle, a handsome Old Town and enough stretches of beach to tire out even energetic offspring. A more grownup time can be sorted at Mont Saint-Michel (50 minutes), a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most famed images in all of France. Heading inland, another castle is at Dinan (25 minutes), and a day must be had at Rennes, to see its medieval centre and cathedral, and to have a galette and a Breton cider in a café around Place Sainte- Anne.