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Making choce for overnights (or 2 nights) on way down and up from St Malo and back to Caen ending up in middle at Les Criques de Porteil in June.

1) Chateau de Poinsouze

2) Camping de Peyrelade

3) Les Bois du Bardelot

Thanks

Hi Bridie,

 can highly recommend Poinsouze. We stayed in a rented mobile there about 5 years ago. Its in the middle of no where (my OH calls it the site in a field in the middle of France). The pitches are large, unusually for France there arent any hedges seperating the pitches so it has an open aspect. It has a large lake on site and great pool which is next to the chateau a couple of minutes walk frm the pitches. The sanitary facilities are the cleanest I have ever seen on a campsite.

We have driven past Peyrelade (hoping to go back to the area but stay at nearby Les Peupliers) the pool can be seen from the road so I dont know if the pitches would experience road noise. The whole area is stunning and a visit to Peyrelade castle is a must.

Cant help with Les Bois du Bardelot but I think ValA has stayed there so will be able to help you later.

Hi we stayed at Les Bois du Bardelot for 7 nights - lovely site, very spacious, lake, outdoor and indoor pools, evening entertainment - takeaway - no village etc within walking distance but Gien is only 5 mins drive or you could bike.

We've been several times to Bois du Bardelet - and I agree with all the above comments but would add that it's got a restaurant with good views over the lake, and there are plenty of organised activities for youngsters - though in June it won't be a noisy site - in fact may be quite quiet.  There are some very spacious pitches at one end of the site - and there's an indoor 'play-pool' for the little ones.  Twice we've tried the take-away - and aren't willing to risk a third but that's the only downside.

Supermarkets in Gien, with plenty going on and lots of riverside restaurants.  The site accepts Camping Cheques, so possibly a cheaper price than normal site tariff?

We've only seen Peyrelade from the road and the river - it's in a fairly steep bit of the Tarn valley - and may suffer from short hours of sunshine (but that's only speculation) - it's nicely situated, with a large river beach.