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Hi,

We are looking to take our caravan to France for the very first time

Have found a site which seems quite reasonable-  Camping Parc de la Cote Sauvage in La Palmyre, but can't seem to find any reviews for it. Has anyone been and can recommend? or of course recommend any other great campsites with a good surfing beach- not really wanting to travel down to Biarritz etc

Thanks very muchly

Nicky

We had 4 or 5 holidays there in the late 80's to mid-90's. It is very popular, and one we like to revisit just for a look-see even now.

I don't think you can rely on our impression, but back then it was well run, toilets cleaned several times a day by students, nice take -away, shop and pool.  The sandy pitches were set fairly randomly amongst the trees and sand dunes, so no straight lines and regimentation. Lots of crickets and glow-worms in the trees at night. You could not book, but if you turned up and it was full, they had an overflow area where you could wait for the departers to leave the next morning and move on to the one you chose. We only needed that once.

Best of all was the walk to the beach, past all those trying to park up for the day with a feeling of superiority! However, there is plenty of new beach parking created in the area now, as well as a cycle path all the way to La Palmyre and north past the Atlantic beaches. You can also walk to the lighthouse, and walk up the many stairs for a fantastic view over the countryside. 

The beach is well lifeguarded during the day, but the sea needs to be respected, someone drowned there one evening when we were there.

Hi,

Even though we had a fabulous sunny 2 weeks in Cornwall I'm just bumping this post as still interested to know if anyone visited this site over the summer.

Thanks

Nicky

Thats really helpful Diane.

Thank you

Nicky

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