Camping Le Tropicana

This part of Vendée is a treasure trove of theme parks, water parks and amusement parks to keep you busy during your hols: Beau Land Park’s fairground rides are only five minutes’ drive from Camping le Tropicana, as is Atlantic Toboggan waterpark, and Explora Parc’s treetop adventures is 15 minutes away. If that hasn’t given you your fill, make your way to Noirmoutier – 40 minutes from site – for the Océanile waterpark, then stick around for the l’Île aux Papillions (butterfly gardens), the aquarium, the château and tons of beaches. Stay out in nature with trips to Écomusée du Daviaud for the history of the marshes around le Tropicana, then to the environmental awareness site at Biotopia, the wind sculptures at Vent Garden, and the Jardin des Olfacties, a botanical garden that specialises in smells. Keep the kids on side at Vendée Miniature – where they can explore a typical village of the region as giants – and at the Planète Sauvage safari park, then give yourself one final treat with an excursion to the Logis de la Chabotterie manor house, all well within an hour of le Tropicana.