Camping Les Genêts

There’s lots to visit around this cracking coastal and countryside locale, the first of which should surely be the Phare d'Eckmühl, one of the tallest lighthouses in the world. If you’re partial to your poisson, next should be the vast ‘fishing city’ of Haliotika, to learn what it’s like to be a fisherman with a peek behind the scenes at one of France’s biggest fish auctions. Active sorts should head to Pointe de la Torche, one of the fabbest of Finistère spots for watersports at the southern end of the wild Bay of Audierne, and those who wish to stick to dry land can easily access horse riding, walks and cycling trails in the immediate vicinity. Delve into l’histoire of the Finistère region at Penmarch’s prehistory museum with a wander around exhibits of more than 3,000 archaeological artefacts, or head to the Breton market town of Pont l'Abbé to potter around its museum of costume and furniture.