Camping La Grivelière

If you're on holiday with kids, checking out the tree climbing, zorbing and trampolining of the Oasis adventure park (10 kilometres away) will likely be an early stop, along with a sweet day at the Cité du Chocolat Valrhona or a guided donkey ride day at Flachères, both about 30 kilometres from the site. A fably different option is the Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval within 10 kilometres, a 'palace' made up of stones and rocks collected by a French postman over 33 years. (Joseph Ferdinand Cheval picked up an oddly-shaped rock on his postal route one day, became a tad fascinated by collecting similar stones, and started building them into a palace structure that ended up 23 metres high and crammed with pillars, buttresses and stone animals. It's a bit of a must.) Around the region, see the shoemaking town and International Shoe Museum at Romans-sur-Isère (20 kilometres), which displays hundreds of pairs of shoes made throughout centuries from around the world: yes, you can buy shoes galore in town too. You could also take a look at the colourful laser show of the Grotte de Choranche or have a peaceful time pottering around the Erik Borja Zen Garden, both 25 kilometres from the site. Within 40 kilometres, go to meet the 900+ strong menagerie at the Safari de Peaugres, the biggest animal park in the Rhône-Alpes, or venture to the Vercors Regional Natural Park, for days hiking, climbing and canyoning among its spectacular landscapes.