France - camping holiday, different areas - Help needed!
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Hi All,
Myself and partner, 2 kids ages 14 and 12 are off on a camping holiday to France this July. We need some advice and help on areas and things to do, etc. Looking to drive about 5 to 6 hours south from Dunkirk. Looking for things like water activities, some hill walking, sight seeing, etc, etc. Also any recommendations on campsites, ones with swimming pools, some facilities like a bar, food etc would be great. Maybe near a town or village?
Any help much appreciated!
Myself and partner, 2 kids ages 14 and 12 are off on a camping holiday to France this July. We need some advice and help on areas and things to do, etc. Looking to drive about 5 to 6 hours south from Dunkirk. Looking for things like water activities, some hill walking, sight seeing, etc, etc. Also any recommendations on campsites, ones with swimming pools, some facilities like a bar, food etc would be great. Maybe near a town or village?
Any help much appreciated!
If you want a good chance of sunshine head for the Loire or further south.
Dordogne is nice but like little Britain.
Don't get sucked in to the Yelloh site thing.It's essentially a marketing group that the campsite owners pay into for a shared ideal and a shared data base.
Keycamp and Eurocamp are owned by Holiday breaks,Canvas are another as are Vacansoleil.If you find a site contact them direct,they will nearley always have their own accomadation for a lot less money.
Dordogne is nice but like little Britain.
Don't get sucked in to the Yelloh site thing.It's essentially a marketing group that the campsite owners pay into for a shared ideal and a shared data base.
Keycamp and Eurocamp are owned by Holiday breaks,Canvas are another as are Vacansoleil.If you find a site contact them direct,they will nearley always have their own accomadation for a lot less money.
smifffymoto said:
Don't get sucked in to the Yelloh site thing.It's essentially a marketing group that the campsite owners pay into for a shared ideal and a shared data base.
Keycamp and Eurocamp are owned by Holiday breaks,Canvas are another as are Vacansoleil.If you find a site contact them direct,they will nearley always have their own accomadation for a lot less money.
Wasn't sure how that relationship worked, we stayed in a couple of yelloh sites last summer, on checking the local sites own tariffs there were indeed a bit cheaper than the keycamp brochure price, but by the time sorting your own ferries was dialled into the equation and comapared to the package price there was naff all in it really.Keycamp and Eurocamp are owned by Holiday breaks,Canvas are another as are Vacansoleil.If you find a site contact them direct,they will nearley always have their own accomadation for a lot less money.
Interested in this as the search facility is down.
We are going camping again this year and we're deciding between a week in Scotland and risking the rain or going to France and hopefully getting more guaranteed weather. Never been other than a quick break with the School to Normandy so no idea of where to go. Just a quick search shows the Loire & Ardeche popular for tourists.
We are going camping again this year and we're deciding between a week in Scotland and risking the rain or going to France and hopefully getting more guaranteed weather. Never been other than a quick break with the School to Normandy so no idea of where to go. Just a quick search shows the Loire & Ardeche popular for tourists.
We have a house near here: http://www.lacdesvarennes.com/
It's an unspoilt part of France - that the French holiday in, and not many Brits. You've got a river, lake, beach right on your doorstep. There's a large forest just to the north and plenty of quiet lanes everywhere for walks/cycling.
40 mins north, and you're in the Le Mans area, 40 mins to the South and you're in the Loire valley - with all the chateaux, vineyards and touristy stuff.
It's an unspoilt part of France - that the French holiday in, and not many Brits. You've got a river, lake, beach right on your doorstep. There's a large forest just to the north and plenty of quiet lanes everywhere for walks/cycling.
40 mins north, and you're in the Le Mans area, 40 mins to the South and you're in the Loire valley - with all the chateaux, vineyards and touristy stuff.
Have a look at the Le castels chain of camp sites http://www.camping-castels.co.uk/
We have stayed at several always been really clean and well maintained with good facilities. The last one we went to was in the Loire valley near a placed called Saumur.
We have stayed at several always been really clean and well maintained with good facilities. The last one we went to was in the Loire valley near a placed called Saumur.
this place is good
owned by an English couple who live there
http://www.chezrenard.com/
about an hour from Parc du Futuroscope.
they have plenty of land so if you dont want their B&B they may let you camp
owned by an English couple who live there
http://www.chezrenard.com/
about an hour from Parc du Futuroscope.
they have plenty of land so if you dont want their B&B they may let you camp
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