Camping La Salendrinque

For a taste of the region, get up early and head to local markets at Anduze (20 minutes' drive) or Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort (15 minutes) to try local delicacies like Pélardon cheese, chestnuts, sweet Cévennes onions or fine and fruity wines. For more universally-recognised flavours, you're also about an hour's drive from the Haribo Museum, just south of the city of Uzès. For fans of flora and plant life, endless excursions can be planned from Camping La Salendrinque – Anduze's unusual bamboo forest is a quarter of an hour away, but you could just as easily seek out solace among the zen surrounds of Le Jardin des Sambucs (45 minutes) or in Montpellier's handsome and historic botanical gardens (an hour), one of the oldest in Europe. The Roman city of Nîmes (an hour) is also worth visiting for its combination of ancient ruins and well-tended public parks. If it's natural beauty you're after, the hills and valleys of the surrounding Cévennes National Park will sort you out nicely. The views are particularly attractive from vantage points like the Château de Portes (an hour) and Cirque de Navacelles (an hour and 10 minutes).