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Subject Topic: faourite beach site on French west coast
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09/6/2017 at 8:07pm
 Location: Surrey
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If you can't find a beach site, why not try a river beach? Tarn/Millau, Ardeche, Dordogne, Lot. I wish we had discovered riverside areas. Years ago when our children were young - often more scenic, interesting and easier to get a pitch in high season.

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09/6/2017 at 8:40pm
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Quote: Originally posted by lizzie on 09/6/2017
If you can't find a beach site, why not try a river beach? Tarn/Millau, Ardeche, Dordogne, Lot. I wish we had discovered riverside areas. Years ago when our children were young - often more scenic, interesting and easier to get a pitch in high season.



I'd agree with you Lizzie. Our first camping holiday in France was split between Le Paradis at St Leon sur Vezere, and a second week at a beachside site on the west coast. We enjoyed our first week much more, and so did our small son - and it set the tone for many more riverside holidays. Our second year was an inland site at Val de Cantobre, followed by a beach holiday at Camping de la Baie at Cavalaire on the Mediterranean where the water was so much more toddler friendly. Though it was more crowded around the Med than the west coast beaches, we've never been back to the west coast since, which tells you something.

My sons enjoyed their holidays, in the Ardeche, the Tarn, the Dourbie, the Verdon, and other river valleys so much that as adults, now with children, they sometimes go back to the same sort of sites we visited when they were small many years ago. They still like the west coast, but for the wild waves and surfing.......... and don't take their children there yet!


12/6/2017 at 10:16am
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Quote: Originally posted by Suzac on 08/6/2017
Had a look around Ideal Camping site this afternoon. Very nice. Pitches are a decent size not hedged but delineated with trees. Nice swimming pool with slides for the kids. Site is very tidy modern toilets good shop and bar. Some camping pitches have no electric and don't think any are serviced with water or drainage.
By coincidence we had a walk along Nauzan Plage (which mini camper was referring to)this morning. We decided that this is our favourite beach. No traffic nice couple of restaurants. Don't know the site he was referring to though.

As Warbis says though if you can avoid the main French holidays much more space available.
The Royan area is lovely though. We have been coming for 27 years !!!




Thank you so much for looking round the site, Suzac, we have booked to go there and managed to get 2 electric pitches with just 1 tent between us! We are unable to go outside main hols this year due to other commitments so feel lucky to have found somewhere.

We stayed in The Cevennes last year which is why we all decided to go to the coast this year. There is so much choice in France, it is hard to choose!

Thank you all for your help.
Now to find somewhere to stop on the way down.....




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