Camping Le Terrados

To the gorges first: the famed Gorges du Tarn are among the deepest in Europe and reckoned by the Camping Le Terrados team to be among the most scenic spots in all of France. Canoe or kayak on their waters, hike or mountain bike their surface, scale up them on a rocky adventure or – pour le brave – leap off a platform on a bungee rope into a gorge far far below. Lying between the Tarn gorges and the highest part of the Gard in Mont Aigoual, the gorges and river of the Abime de Bramabiau or Bramabiau abyss are another famed regional spot for activities and yet more splendid scenery, reachable within about 25 kilometres of Le Terrados. Guided tours are available along its vast underground river. More days of a rocky nature can be sorted at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Grotte du Dargilan, the pink cave making up a kilometre of passages and caverns filled with stalactites, stalagmites, stony columns and rushing waterfalls. If you reach them, leave some time to sit out on the stone benches of the terrace afterwards, for splendid scenes of the Black Causse edge of the Jonte gorges. And if you're off village rambling (another tiptop holiday choice around these parts), try days at highly handsome locales like Montbrun, Castelbouc, Sainte Enimie and Florac, with its seventeenth century castle and teeny narrow streets.