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Feb 18th, 2019, 09:56 | #41 |
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Look out for signs indicating 'camping municipal' nearly every town of any size has one on the outskirts, lower prices, less glitzy, used by the French (and Germans) well maintained and usually in a nice spot.
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Feb 18th, 2019, 11:41 | #43 |
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If you are going to Brittany as I did last year, you will find there are no toll roads in Brittany itself so I used the A routes a lot when visiting places in Brittany. The motorway route from Calais down to Brittany is pretty straight forward and didn't cost that much in tolls and because of the cruising ability I saved a lot on fuel this way. (managed 43mpg in my XC90 at 70mph using cruise with assist a lot of the time).
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But let's say.. From Ile d'Oleron south, along the coast, preferably close to the coast, but an hours drive from it won't be the end of the world. Then the second part is the south coast. Wifey says close to Cannes, I say "I'm not made of money". Again, all that coast is being considered, maybe even 2 hours drive from water. What I'm trying to do is to agree several worlds to cooperate. Daughter being a " water-monkey" will want biggest pools/aquaparks possible, ON SITE. I'm like cat- aversion to water, sunbathing.. But (far from being a priority) if I could go out at low tide and try to fetch some clams all by myself.. Wifey wants "famous" places. Not considering lashes that it would give to my wallet And most of all - access to local produce. Seafood, wines, pastries, cheeses.. Says it all, really.. And maybe explains why if it wasn't for night noises, we'd happily go to St Palaus again. Anyway- I'm shuffling trough Vacansoleil, some look promising. Any advice, idea, still welcomed
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Feb 18th, 2019, 13:03 | #45 |
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Try looking around Sete, wonderful beach, lots to keep the kids amused, wonderful fish restaurants, not TOO expensive. Easy motorway access. If you stayed at somewhere like Claremont de herault it's only half an hour away, plus all the amenities of a large town. Anywhere Provencal is a nightmare in season although you could look at the stretch of coast between Cassis and Toulon. Cassis is lovely and La Ciotat's nice, slightly inland you could stay at Aubagne although it all becomes horribly busy late July and August.
Southwest coast? Either Arcachon or Biarritz. |
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Feb 18th, 2019, 16:26 | #46 |
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I've lost track a little of who is going and when but if it is in August then avoid the South of France entirely. If not August then look up Prairies de la Mer, Port Grimaud. Brilliant spot and an ideal base to see the whole coastline. We had a few holidays there end of May / beginning of June and driving around was a doddle.
If you don't want to go as far down then the Dordorgne is stunning, Sarlat wonderful. Likely to be chocca in August but then you can take that as read for all nice place in France in August. I had two great holidays in Sarlat, also had my most embarassing ever alcohol incident there so I have slightly mixed feelings in the end. One day I will return and atone. I worked in the offices at Eurocamp many years ago and the rule of thumb was that campsites got worse the further south you went, don't forget they are tenants on a site, they don't control it. Prairies is an exception to that rule but it is worth bearing in mind in terms of expectations. Things may well have changed of course, it was a good few years ago after all.
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Feb 18th, 2019, 16:47 | #47 |
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If you go to the Dordogne I can recommend the campsite at grolejac, just south of the river. Good facilities including a lake with a beach. Take the wife for a canoe trip down the River Dordogne, she'll love you forever.
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Feb 22nd, 2019, 00:05 | #48 | |
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Taking the ferry from Plymouth to Roscoff. Avoiding Calais altogether. With this route, it's a short drive to the Eurocamp site we are going to. |
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Mar 22nd, 2019, 20:28 | #49 |
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We are booked on a ferry from Zeebrugge to Hull on Sat. 13th April. If the 12th is the leaving date then it should be entertaining.
It's a shame no one appears to have looked at the calendar and realised the 12th is one week before Easter, the first major holiday since Christmas. Interesting times indeed.
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