Camping 46 Rainettes

There’s plenty near 46 Rainettes to keep history buffs occupied: a host of museums are within 20 minutes' drive, as are the medieval gardens at Jardin du Barry. Take a step back in time with a 25-minute drive to 13th-century Château de Bonaguil or 15th-century Château de Lantis, then dive below ground to see the cave paintings at Grottes Préhistoriques de Cougnac, 35 minutes away. Dinosaur enthusiasts will be doing their best Jeff Goldblum here: at Pterosaur Beach a 20-minute drive away, there's an active paleontological dig at a site where the footprints of hundreds of dinosaurs have been uncovered. After that, plod along to Luzech to visit the Ichnospace, a museum of footprints and fossils from the Jurassic era. If kids have somehow not been entertained by caves or dinosaurs, there are a number of theme parks reasonably close by that should get them back on side. At Pirate Park in Penne d’Agenais (45 minutes), younger kids can try to solve the pirate’s riddles to find the hidden treasure or, if you’re up for a slightly longer drive, head to Walibi theme park and waterpark in Agen, an hour and a half from the site, for something a little more high-octane.