Camping Au Bois de Calais

As you may imagine from a site in a natural park, there are lots of outdoorsy things to occupy your time with around this varied terrain of moorlands, forests, meadows and woodlands, with lots of trails for hikers and cyclists: pick up leaflets at the local tourist office to find a route that tickles your fancy. A popular place to walk is at Gimel-les-Cascades, 15 minutes’ drive away, where you can visit the ruined Château de la Roche-Haute and walk to the series of waterfalls. For watersports, it’s a half-hour drive to Marcillac-la-Croisille, where you can hire canoes, kayaks, sailing boats and pedaloes. Or you can continue down to the Dordogne river, 45 minutes away, for canoe trips past the river’s cliffs and castles. A 20-minute drive from the site is the President Jacques Chirac museum, which collects together all sorts of gifts the president was given during his tenure, along with other memorabilia. Looking somewhat further back in time, there’s a Middle Ages discovery centre in Égletons, 25 minutes away, and medieval towns and villages such as Meyssac and Brive-la-Gaillarde, both a 45-minute drive away.