Camping Le Capdeville

This is a fabulous area for outdoor activities, with lots of walking and bike trails winding through the surrounding scenery. You may like to go walking or mountain biking in the shade of the nearby forest or pick up cycle trails from just outside the site to the beach (or the coastal cycle path). Speaking of the beach, Carcans Plage is about 10 minutes’ drive away, and an excellent spot for family days of swimming and playing in the sand or some time out surfing the waves; there are surf schools for those whose technique needs a little help. More watersports, plus fishing, an adventure park and lake beaches, are at Lac d’Hourtin-Carcans. Those with a taste for wine may well have spotted that the Médoc Regional Natural Park is also a winemaking hotspot – you may like to visit some of the wineries clustered around Pauillac (half an hour’s drive) or head to Bordeaux (an hour) to learn more about winemaking at the Cité du Vin. There’s plenty more to see in the city though – including the Miroir d’Eau, the medieval Grosse Cloche and the Musée d’Aquitaine.