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PersonDenny67
22/3/2011 at 9:31pm
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Hi all,Wife and I taking our first camping trip to France for two weeks in june.Would like to visit the Normandy beaches museums etc.Anyone reccomend a really nice quiet site not too expensive and away from the maddening crowd,done the camping thing with the kids now all flown the nest (sheer bliss) now it's our turn.


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Personvwstarbug
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Hope someone answers you cos that's exactly what we want to do next year

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Personbbwales
23/3/2011 at 10:40am
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Hi,

We stayed at a site in Creully, 8.5 miles from Bayeux, 6.6 miles from Arromanches-les-Bains (Gold Beach).

The site is quiet and a short walk from the village where there are a few nice resaurants, a small super market. You have the option of staying on a marked out plot or parking up on a field. The facilities are very good and clean. No pool which I suspect keeps families away. There is also no shop on the site, however you can order your bread and it is then available at reception the following morning.

There are plenty of facilities in Bayeux as well as a very good museum which is purely representing the D Day landings. There is also the largest British War Graves Cemetary for the D Day landings.

Arromanches has the remnants of the Mullberry harbour as well as a couple of museums. On the headland is a 360 degree cinema showing films of the landings and the progress of the invasion.

We only stayed for 2 nights but do intend to go back as I thoughly enjoyed the site and the history.

As you drive through this area of France you will see many smaller cemetaries depicting various battles etc.

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Bob

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PersonNee-Naw Nee-Naw
23/3/2011 at 10:45am
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Take a look at Le Picard. It is small, very quiet and in a good position to be able to visit the area you want.


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Person664DaveS
23/3/2011 at 11:40am
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The municipal at Falaise is pretty good similar at Bayeux, although its been a while since we went.

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We stayed here in 2008 :

Chateau Martragny

We cycled everywhere, the beaches, Pegasus Bridge, Bayeux, Caen so nothing can have been too far away ! I think the only time we used the car was to go to the supermarket just outside Bayeux.

The campsite was lovely - nice and quiet in early September. A nice big pool too. 

We were tenting then in a SunCamp Sprint XL I think ? (forgotten the name of it)

 



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Personlizex
23/3/2011 at 9:11pm
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Quote: Originally posted by 664DaveS on 23/3/2011
The municipal at Falaise is pretty good similar at Bayeux, although its been a while since we went.

Yes, the Municipal at Falaise is excellent. Plus we found some newsreel footage on Youtube of the Nazis trying to blast the castle from pretty much exactly where our pitch was! The site is a short walk to the town centre has a library tv room, free wifi and a bread delivery.

Liz


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PersonWebmaster
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shirl250, just a reminder, when posting details of a camp site, please ensure you link to their UKCampsite.co.uk listing, not direct to their website, to enable reviews etc to be read or left.

I've edited your link now, so if you could leave a review when you get 5 minutes, would be much appreciated by all!

Many thanks

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PersonThe 2 Tops
27/3/2011 at 1:57pm
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Quote: Originally posted by shirl250 on 23/3/2011

We stayed here in 2008 :

Chateau Martragny

The campsite was lovely - nice and quiet in early September. A nice big pool too. 

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We stayed here for several days at the end of our holiday last year. We left about 30th June, and the site was getting busy.  The pool is a strange one;  shallows at either end, and deep in the middle section. Might be a bit daunting for a weak swimmer.

Bertie.



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