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Camping Le Ragis on the Vendee - ideal for your age children, VERY french, pool complex with kids pool etc 5 mins from large town with supermarkets etc and less than 20 mins from several beaches.

check out the reviews, you wont be dissapointed

dave

when are you thnking of going? i will be there for the whole of the school holidays - you will catch me doing the balloons for the kids on sunday afternoon (face painting and balloon animals are free as is the kids clown show on sunday evening - though the show might be a little late for your young ones)

a couple of days per week the owner, joseph, takes all the kids for a free tractor/donkey cart ride around the site - the pitches around 130 ish are near to a new small play area and new toilets, those pitches tend to be a lot bigger than normal, but there isnt a lot of shade if gets very hot. there isnt a bar on site so it doesnt get rowdy but they use the barn for evening fun and the noise (or what noise there is!!) wont carry that far. we are a lot closer to the barn but to be honest we dont hear much, just the odd 'boom boom' when they have a disco - which is normally someone playing cd's - yes it really is that home grown/basic!!

pitches with lots of shade are round the 197 - 202 - most of the french take pop up gazebos and eat and live outside all day, so have their own portable shade!! charcoal bbq's are allowed, perhaps even compulsory LOL

they have just opened up another camping field, but it doesnt have any facilities on it, behind pitches 181 - 173, so i would suggest not taking a pitch there if they offer it, unles they have built some since october!

english tv is easily found away from the trees with a domestic dish if you cant live without it LOL

i am sure there are lots of similar (very) french sites around but to me the beauty is that its a family site run by a very nice family!

we have a static there so if you need any info just ask, ps i dont have any ' financial interest' in the site - just trying to offer an honest opinion and information!

hi jo,, those dates are pretty busy as its coming towards the end of the holiday period for france and the site will be pretty full, so i suggest you book early if you are going to le ragis.

re shaded pitch, quietest part?? ermmm, i reckon around 197 - 202 area, check it on the site plan. when booking ask for Laetitia (owners daughter- she speaks perfect english or even Eric, her husband, though i am not sure if he works there all year yet?) and explain to them, they will know which pitches would suit you best. i spoke to quite a few english and irish people with young children throughout the summer last year and most stayed at the top end, around pitch 130 or so and loved it because the new play area there tends to be only used by the younger children and the toilet block is only a year or so old, but shade is limited, thats why most french take a pop up gazebo. if i can offer any advice i would suggest one as essential wherever you end up in france! as for being near the playground, i think there are around 3 or 4 on the site - check out the plan on their website - but as with all sites the pool area and around the pool where the main playground is can be busy well into the evening - evening noise from the barn honestly shouldnt be a problem - youre more likely to be woken by Chocolate the donkey who the kids will love - he can be a noisy donkey LOL

if you plan to arrive on a saturday the roads from nantes to challans will be a bit busier then normal, but no great problem (unlike st jeans de monts!) and it gives you chance to enjoy the sunday free aperitifs and as i said in previous post, the kids get free balloons and face painting! just dont ask me for any complicated balloon animals LOL !

hope that helps, or just ping me a message for any more specific info

dave