Camping Les Portes du Morvan

These lands are made for pedalling, with over 200 kilometres of Voies Vertes cycle routes in the Saône-et-Loire area. Details of the trails, guided walks and a weekly kids' club are all at the tourist information centre in Issy l'Évêque. Horse riding, hiking and – but of course – Burgundy vineyards are easy to access from here too: ask the Portes du Morvan team to point you in the right direction. About 10 kilometres to the north, the Morvan Regional Natural Park covers lakes, woodland and farmland over all four departments of Burgundy. It has several hiking trails to tackle, including the GRP Tour du Morvan, covering 220 kilometres making up 30 walks; the GR 13, bisecting the park for 140 kilometres north to south; the Bibracte-Alesia, 120 kilometres of trail from Celtic Bibracte to Alesia, and – an easy one, phew – the six-and-a-half kilometre path of the Tour des Remparts. The Tour des Ramparts is around the ramparts of Bibracte, about 30 kilometres from the site on a wooded summit in the Morvan hills. This was one of the most vital hillforts of Gaul and an important Celtic stronghold before Caesar and his lot arrived during the Gallic Wars: go and see the tale of it all at Bibracte's Museum of Celtic Civilization.