At short distance from our terrain you can find plenty cultural, natural and culinairy entertainment.
The immediate surroundings offer less possibilities for children.
In the large cities within a one hour driving radius (e.g. Aix en Provence, Avignon, Arles and Marseille) you can find a lot of cultural sights.
There are several lavender routes that offer the possibility to visit a lavender distillery and several wine routes that offer the possibility to visit a château (wine cellar) or participate in a wine tasting session.
The Mediterranean with its beaches, the Calanques (creeks) near Cassis, the old harbour of Marseille, the lake of St. Croix and the Gorges du Verdon (a huge canyon) are some of the more popular daytrips.
The Mediterranean is about a five quarters drive from the camping and has more than enough places to visit the beach or to enjoy yourself on a terrace.
The Montagne de Lure and the Luberon as a whole offer many cycling routes and cols to climb.
Shopping
- St. Martin de Castillon has a small, cosey village shop.
- Apt, Forcalquier and Manosque have supermarkets.
- The larger places have their shopping streets.
- Céreste (or any other small village) has several small shops.
- Provencal markets are held in most of the villages and towns.
- Alongside the road, on a farm or with a winegrower.
In Apt you can find 'E. LeClerc', 'Intermarché' and 'Attac' hypermarkets. Also Aldi en ED.
'Hyper-U' and 'Auchan' you find in Manosque.
In these hypermarkets you can buy vitually anything and you can help yourself so you don't have to ask difficult questions in French.
Because of the air conditioning in these shops shopping isn't a punishment.
All hypermarkets are open all day long until 20:00.
In the shopping streets of Apt you will find nice shops. Take special notice of the butchers (boucherie) where you can buy the most wonderful catering meals. Just heat them on the camping, add a nice salad and bread and you will have a fantastic dinner! At the Provencal bakeries (boulangerie-pâtisserie) you can also find the most delicious "ready for use" snacks; cooking will be a piece of cake.Céreste has two small supermarkets, a butcher shop, two bakeries, a wine shop and a pharmacy.
The shops in the villages are open from eight in the morning until noon and from half past three until eight in the evening.Most bakeries open even earlier in the morning (07:00).
On the magnificent Provencal markets you can buy all kinds of things. Cold cuts, cheese, vegetables and fruit, fresh fish, bread, biological products, etcetera. But also: grilled chicken, pizza, paëlla and other ready to use products. Every market is a spectacle of colors: Provencal fabrics, pottery and products for tourists.
Every Saturday one of the largest markets of the Provence is held in Apt.
Other markets: Forcalquier on Monday.
Market hours are between 8:00 and 12:00.
