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This is a good site   http://www.campingqualite.com/index.html

as is the  http://www.campingfrance.com/index.jsp?lg=uk although may be a little too comprehensive.

....likewise the reviews on this site itself

..and Alan Rogers website features a lot of reviews. Or just wait for Val to post something - a priceless mine of information on things French.

Johnny Hamster

We liked St Avit Loisirs near Le Bugue. A bit off the beaten track but a lovely site with a fab pool complex.

Susie

We nearly always use Camping Cheques now, or an ACSI card, so our choices are usually from sites which accept one or the other.  Last year we stayed at Domaine de la Faurie, (Camping Cheques) which is just outside the real Dordogne area, on the border with the Lot.  We liked it a lot - big pitches, very friendly management and staff, and lovely old buildings housing all the facilities.  The gardens between pitches were lovely, with fruit trees (labelled so you know what they are) and specimen plants (labelled again).  The site is small (only around 70 pitches) and there is a variety of pitches, some terraced and open, but with some shade, others in the woodland, and very tranquil.  There's a small bar, and a restaurant, a pool with great views, and walks directly from the site - all things which we enjoy. 

We've also stayed at Le Paradis, which we liked very much, though it is some time ago now, and at Moulin du Roch - where we're thinking of going back this year, because it's central to most of what we want to visit (again) in the main Dordogne area.  We've also been to Les Hauts de Rautebout, Acqua Viva and La Paille Baisse (again some years ago) and  I can recommend them all, though I suppose things may have changed since we were there.   I must say all the websites look much the same as when we've been.  All had clean sanitary blocks (important to me) and we enjoyed the bar/restaurants in all of them.  I must say we had exceptional weather, too, which I suppose helps.

Just remembered we've also been to Moulin du Perie, (Lot but sometimes described as Dordogne) - enjoyed it, but thought the 'Gourmet evening meal' left something to be desired, and Le Moulinal at Biron, which we loved - though this was when our sons were quite small and enjoyed the frogs hatching from the lake.  There's another site, near St Cybranet, and I'm damned if I can remember the name - it used to be a Eurocamp site, and was nicely situated just by the River Ceou - but the pool there was extremely cold, and I got a dreadful rash so I don't think I'd recommend that one either.   

I have to say we've enjoyed most of the sites we've stayed on in France, and haven't had any of the horror stories sometimes relayed on here.  Our worst site was Maisons Lafitte near Paris, just after the 'BIG storm', when the site was very muddy and the facilities struggling to cope - so we probably wouldn't go back there, but I think that's the only other site that I'd not want to re-visit.

Just writing all this makes me realise just how many sites we've actually visited over the years (28 years in France, twice a year for most of that time - covers a lot of sites).

We've stayed at La Palombiere just outside Sarlat,and have also visited Les Grottes de Roffey and Les Peneyrals. All 3 had god facilities and would not be too overun with children at the end of June.

If we ever returned to this area I would definitely tryparticular site very highly last year...hopefully they'll be along soon with some more info.

Love everything about the Dordogne, but especially the food, the scenery and the river. Never thought I'd say that, as I'm such a beach lover, but the river provided so much entertainment for my family. Will return one day I hope.

We are to St Avit Loisirs near Le Bugue, have heard it is a good site,  cant wait to get there.