| The Corkscrew Museum, Ménerbes | | | | festivities taking place frequently throughout the |
| France is known for being the centre of the | | | | year, your camping holiday in France is bound to |
| wine-producing world; however, were it not for | | | | coincide with some literary festival. Easter is the |
| the humble corkscrew then few of us could even | | | | busiest time with tourists coming from around the |
| attempt to open a bottle of the delectable French | | | | world to experience the annual book festival. |
| plonk. The trusty corkscrew is worthy of praise | | | | A Postman's Palace |
| and Yves Rousset-Rouard has duly noted this | | | | Ferdinand Cheval was a French postman who |
| fact and opened a museum to celebrate the | | | | spent 33 years of his life building himself a palace. |
| invention of this trusty device. The museum is a | | | | The palace known as La Palais Ideal is located in |
| must-visit whilst camping in France and features | | | | Hauterives in the Drome region of France and is |
| over 1,500 different corkscrews. After you've | | | | known as an exceptional example of naïve |
| swotted up on how to open a bottle of wine, pop | | | | art architecture. Cheval was inspired to build the |
| next door, to the Domaine de la Cituadelle, for | | | | palace after tripping over a stone. He returned to |
| their free wine tasting sessions. | | | | the same spot the next day and started collecting |
| The Biggest Neck in Europe | | | | stones for the next 33 years during his early |
| Having the biggest neck in Europe is certainly | | | | morning delivery round. The palace is a mixture of |
| something to boast about, but when you discover | | | | styles with inspirations from the Bible to Hindu |
| Europe's largest neck was actually a former | | | | mythology and it simply must be visited whilst on |
| volcanic vent, things get even more interesting. | | | | a camping holiday in France. |
| Whilst on a camping holiday in France you must | | | | The Highest Sand Dune in Europe |
| visit the village of Sceautres, in the | | | | Vast rolling sand dunes bring to mind images of |
| Ardèche region, which boasts this | | | | camel trekking, haggling in Arabian bazaars, jeep |
| accomplishment. The volcanic neck is 8 million | | | | safaris and ....France? A camping holiday in France |
| years old and offers a stunning example of what | | | | may not be the first thing that springs to mind |
| happens when molten lava and water mix. | | | | when sand dunes are mentioned. However, the |
| The Book Capital of the World | | | | largest sand dune in Europe is not housed in the |
| Whilst on a French camping holiday you don't | | | | Canary Islands but rather in the Gironde region of |
| expect to encounter the book capital of the | | | | France. The Dune du Pilat is situated at the |
| world, but the attractive village of | | | | entrance of the bay of Arcachon and stands at |
| Bécherel, located in Brittany boasts this | | | | 105 meters tall; it was declared a national heritage |
| accolade. Numerous bookstores line the streets of | | | | site in 1978. |
| the pretty granite village and with book related | | | | |