Camping Les Franquettes

The Médoc peninsula setting of Camping les Franquettes is five kilometres from the Atlantic Ocean and its sandy beaches. Fab food, wines, forests, lakes and the biggest river estuary in Europe are all close by. To thoroughly investigate the local cuisine and vino, the team recommends visiting one of the small local markets, at Montalivet or Vendays every morning; Saint-Vivien de Medoc on Wednesday mornings; Lesparre on Tuesday and Saturday mornings and the first Friday of each month; Grayan on Saturday mornings and Gurp on Tuesday mornings. Also recommended is the cycling of the Gironde region, covering a full 500 or so kilometres of paths and 435 kilometres of trails and bike lanes around towns. The department also has a couple of thousand kilometres of hiking trails, much of which are good for mountain biking. Les Franquettes's local town of Grayan-et-l'Hopital is eight kilometres from the seaside resort of Soulac-sur-Mer, a top surfing destination around this part of the Atlantic. If you're still yearning for bike rides, the town is the start of a 130-kilometre cycle route that runs all the way south to Cap Ferret.