Camping Klein Canada

Bike rides aren't too far from your Canadian-themed base: this the Netherlands after all… The site is set in De Maasduinen National Park, crisscrossed by cycling and mountain biking as well as hiking trails around its varied terrain of forest, sand dunes, woodland and the longest stretch of river dunes in the country. If you're more of a nature spotter or birdwatcher, peer from the park hides to try and see critters including badgers, foxes, snakes and over 100 species of birds. (Courtesy of the local farmers, you should also see sheep, goats and Scottish Galloway cattle.) Across the border into Germany, Cologne and Dusseldorf are about an hour's drive away. If you're having a German day or two, also make time for Kevelaer, the most-visited Catholic pilgrimage site in north-western Europe, and historic Xanten, home of a medieval town centre, many watersports lakes and the Archaeological Park, one of the biggest archaeological open-air museums in the world. Shopping? Till ringing – and nightlife – can be had at Limburg, Maastricht and Venlo; there's also an outlet shopping centre in Roermond. Family days? Visit Toverland, BillyBird Park Hemelrijk or Wunderland Kalkar.