Camping La Bonne Source

This part of the world is packed with pretty towns and villages to visit. Riverside Ségur-le-Château (half an hour’s drive), medieval Saint-Robert (45 minutes) and red-bricked Collonges-la-Rouge (50 minutes) are all good options if you’re after something small and traditional. Not small enough? Head to Les Petits Trains de Seilhac (25 minutes), where miniature trains chug round the model village. Bigger Brive-la-Gaillarde and Limoges are both 40 minutes away; the latter is famed for its porcelain production but also has an aquarium and underground tunnel tours for kids who aren’t enthralled by fine china. Châteaux, too, are in plentiful supply – Château Pompadour (20 minutes) is the closest, and home to lots of horsey events at the National Stud Farm, but you might also like to head a little further afield to visit Château de Bonneval (half an hour) and Château de Jumilhac (50 minutes). Getting back to nature, there are lots of walks to be had in the Millevaches en Limousin regional nature park and Périgord-Limousin regional nature park (both 45 minutes), canoe trips on the Vézère river (20 minutes) and freshwater swims at Lac de Pontcharal (15 minutes).