Camping Du Pont de Bourgogne

Camping Pont de Bourgogne is a 15-minute walk to the town centre of Chalon-sur-Saône, a medieval riverside town with piles of fine old buildings around its main square and tiny side streets. Venture forth here on a Friday or Sunday if you can, to pick up tasty local treats at the busy market in the main square, then retreat for refreshments and people watching at one of the square's cafés. Within less than 10 minutes' walk is the sports centre of Chalon-sur-Saône, spacious and modern with 14 bowling lanes; a public pool area with a new 600m² pool with waves and waterslides, two recently renovated 50-metre and 25-metre pools, and a new wellness area with whirlpool, hammam and a fitness cardio training space. For day trips, take yourself along to Tournus for a look at its 17th-century hospital with accompanying apothecary, one of the oldest in France and sure to fascinate the kids, and at the famed Saint Philibert Abbey, the only surviving set of 12th-century monastic buildings of this sort in Europe. For a quieter time, the sand dunes and peat bogs of the Truchere-Ratenelle nature reserve are just outside town. An 18-hole golf course is within a kilometre of the site, next to a marina, a football pitch, volleyball courts and a large playground.