Camping Ushuaïa Villages Les Belles Rives

As tempting as it may be simply to gaze out over the river for days on end, it’s worth hauling yourselves up for an outing or few, such are the excellent attractions around this part of the world. If you’d like to keep things properly rural, there’s plenty of scope nearby for hikes, bike rides and canoe outings in scenic surrounds (canoe hire can be sorted 10 minutes’ drive away). Urban wanders tend to be equally easy on the eye around here too, especially if you set off for Sarlat-La-Caneda (25 minutes’ drive) – a place packed with listed buildings from medieval days. Pretty riverside villages like Domme (35 minutes) and clifftop ones like Rocamadour (45 minutes) are very much worthy of outings too. It would, of course, be wrong to visit the Dordogne without dropping into at least one of its castles – take your pick from the frescoed chapel of Château de Beynac, the exhibits of weaponry at Castelnaud-La-Chapelle and the showbiz history of Milandes (or ideally, visit all three – they’re all fab and pretty close together, 40 minutes’ drive away). Below surface is worth an explore too: the caves at Cougnac (25 minutes) and Lascaux (45 minutes) are treasure troves of prehistoric paintings. Too much old stuff for the young ones? Steer them over to Quercyland amusement park (10 minutes) or Monkey Forest animal park (40 minutes).