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wouldn't be able to advise specifics, but we have just moved onto Kampa and we were amazed how cool it was on this humbled british weathered weekend!!!!   but with the sky light it was so airy, the blackout pods were wonderful and kept the pods VERY cool, the doors and windows all had the 'no see through' mesh and it also has vents around the corners of the tent.

we were suprised how cool it was compared to my sisters next to us, my hubby has a condition that he can't sit in the sun, but has always found them too stuffy to sit in, but this was lovely!

Quote: Originally posted by piupiutoo on 11/7/2011

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Please can anyone recommend a tent, suitable for a small family of 4, that offers a good degree of ventilation.
We are desperate - and going to the south of France in 3 weeks!!
many thanks
kate

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Have a look at some of the bigger Decathlon tents. They've got a few designs suitable for warmer weather. Go for something without a sewn in groundsheet so that if you need more low ventlation you can peg up the sides a bit.

my suggestion is take your money with you and buy a tent locally to where you're going. There's so very few tents here with ventilation front and back because tents here are designed to keep you out of drafts and inclement weather - whereas you need that through draft!

We have a Kampa Filey Classic polycotton tent and have noticed a big difference in the temperature inside the tent.  It was much cooler in the hot weather than our polyester tents are.

The bedroom pods can either have the doors closed so you can't see in or you can unzip the curtain and have a complete mesh door.

The two side windows have mesh panels at the top for ventilation and you can also unzip these two large windows and have them completely open.

There are also two small mesh panels on the front of the tent which will hopefully help keep the air circulating.

There is a panel on the back of the tent where the bedrooms are that you can zip open to let air into the bedrooms (the guy ropes hold it open).  It actually has two zips and if you undo the second zip you can roll the material up just leaving a mesh panel.

And not forgetting the side door which also has a full mesh panel.

At those temperatures you are going to struggle anyway.  Have you thought of rigging up some form of tarp sunshade over the tent to keep the day temperature down.  Stops the tent from being 'preheated'.

In my humble experience a through flow of air is pretty essential but even the netting slows that down significantly.