Camping La Tour du Stock

The beach by the site is likely to be your first port of call – especially in summer, when it’s boosted by canoe, kayak and pedalo rentals and a waterslide for kids to splash down. If it’s not the weather for outdoor swims, head off instead to the Aqua Mundo waterpark (25 minutes’ drive). Another attraction that’s likely to feature on most schedules is the Parc animalier de Sainte-Croix (15 minutes), where you can wander along raised walkways to peer down at all sorts of animals (including lemurs, gibbons and bears) living in semi-natural habitats. There are plenty of ways to get a culture fix too: visit ancient Château du Haut-Barr (45 minutes), check out Musée Lalique (50 minutes) or take a sombre walk around the former concentration camp at Struthof (an hour). For a big city day out, it’ll take about an hour to drive to either Nancy or Strasbourg. Or, if you’ve not got the kids with you on holiday, perhaps you’d like to take a tour of the Alsace wineries – there are several within an hour’s drive.