Camping Emeraude

The site team recommendations include the seaside resorts of Dinard and Saint-Malo, the golf course a kilometre, and tramping as far as one can manage on the splendid GR 34, running for a full 2,000 kilometres along the Brittany coast from Ille-et-Vilaine to Morbihan through Finistère and the Côtes-d'Armor. Also trek along to Dinan (30 minutes’ drive), a scenically set hillside town home to medieval buildings, old city walls, a 19th-century theatre and the 14th-century Château de Dinan; if you’re around in late July, Dinan's Fête des Remparts is hugely recommended too. You could also have a day of watersports at Saint-Cast-le-Guildo (30 minutes), or venture a bit further to splendid Cap Fréhel or Fort la Latte (both 45 minutes) or stunning Mont St Michel an hour from the site. If you’re having a day in Rennes (also much recommended), make it a Saturday to coincide with the city market where swathes of stalls set up in Place Sainte-Anne: this is the lively part of town if you want to stick around into the evening too.