Looking to go in august with the wife and little one (9 year old)

 

Any places that people would recommend??

 

Ideally want to camp somewhere near paris the first night and do the euro disney thing then go further south :)

 

Any suggestions welcome ;)

 

Mike

Mate my misses has looked into this as we were going end of may but car probs permitting we are now going end of august,but a nice little off the beaton track b and b may only cost you a few quid more,although paris i'd say sleep in the car lol

Not camped near paris Mike, but further South Canet Plage and Vias have nice sites. We went with Eurocamp, but depends what you're after really. Are you taking your own tent?

 

Steve :)

Not camped near paris Mike, but further South Canet Plage and Vias have nice sites. We went with Eurocamp, but depends what you're after really. Are you taking your own tent?

 

Steve :)

 

yeh looking to take all my own stuff :)

yeh looking to take all my own stuff :)

I'm sure that both of the above sites catered for bring your own tent or caravan. You may need to book through the site directly though..

We went to St Jean De Monts last year. Its in the Vendee region. We went for 16 nights took our own gear. We booked it through the cavavan and camping club and got a really good deal. The area is very nice with loads of camp sites and sandy beaches. And the weather was great.

drive down to larochelle or ile de re and stop in nantes on the way down and make sure you drive through lemans on your way.............ive been on many many holidays and nothing but nothing compares to ile de re been going for the last 2 years and if i dont go to cuba and iceland this year then its where ill be going again for certain

 

camping in the middle of vinyards is quality

Been camping all over France Italy and Spain. Are you Lugging all your own gear or going with Keycamps (who are the best) Canvas (second best) ot Eurocamp (third best). If so Fountenblur is the best site for Paris and Disney Land. Other than that it a case of what kind of holiday you want.

 

If its adventure, kyaking, horse riding, climbimg, walking, Caving or Fishing then there are many different places each with its own attractions.

 

If its a foody and wine type holiday? then why are you taking the kids

 

If its beach and sun then I'd recomend the Langudoc region as it is not as turistic, has fabulas beaches and exellent sites buy the beaches, Best red wine region (my preferance), The med is as good as you'll get any where in france, The French holiday there, So not expensive like Cote du sur (San Tropay and all that *****cks, £12 for a 7" pizza no thanks), Because the French vaconce there, the food is good and there's still tons of Medieval towns and cities to have a nosey around.

 

Britany and Normandy are beautiful and have fantastic coast line + lots of good sea food and doggy Cider but the Atlantic can be a bit much if the kids are small + it you get rain there there's little else to do but eat and get pissed.

 

Beauritz is much like Nomandy ,but with better weather and the bit inbetween on that coast is flat and windswept.

 

having had years of doing this with my kids I'd always go to a static tent sight like Keycamps rather than drag all my own camping gear. For what you save money wise it just isn't worth it, but what you gain in comfort and easy of moving from one place to an other is worth the little extra every time.

 

PS I don't work for the travel industry.