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This site was good

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Indigo Royat is a site we've visited, and like but I wouldn't put it on the same level as Le Paradis, I don't think.  

I'd suggest L'Ardechois in the Ardeche (Rhone Alpes), alongside a beautiful river, good pools, immaculate and modern sanitary block, bar/restaurant with some lovely 'low key' activities, both during the day for families and for children, and a children's 'show' at the end of the week, some wild scenery, and wildlife, walking distance to the village, plenty of other lovely places to visit including the Gorges de l'Ardeche, and then river swimming in many lovely places along the Ardeche and at La Beaume.

It might be, perhaps traffic might be more of a problem than it is in the Dordogne, as sites (and sights) are more concentrated along a shorter section of river.  We used to do high season when our children were younger, but that's a long time ago now.

Gorges du Tarn is equally as good  for scenery/everything else, but probably quieter in terms of traffic, and there are several sites I'd recommend in that area, including Les Peupliers at Riviere sur Tarn, and Les Rivages at Millau.  However, recently someone surprised me by stating that they thought Les Peupliers was 'Bijou' and cramped - not something we've ever found - and I think everyone I've recommended it to has enjoyed their stay there.  The pool is small, but the great river access more than makes up for the size of the pool and if anything the scenery of the Gorges du Tarn/Jonte and Dourbie are even more spectacular than the Ardeche. Another area we've visited a lot. 

I've also read good reports about Le Caussanel which is in the Aveyron, and lakeside, but with good pool and slides.

Quieter, perhaps, is the Drome area, on the 'eastern' side of the Rhone Valley, a much more French area I think, and perhaps someone might recommend a site there.

Yep the Ardeche is a lovely region, so much so we had our fortnight campings in July at Domaine de Gil during 2009, 2010 and 2012 very pleasant 4 Star campsite at the quiet end of the Southern Ardeche, in fact we were the only token Brits on the campsite which is mostly visited by the Dutch.

Only 80 pitch's of which 40 are for tourers, but quite a good size campsite all the same, with a river side pebble beach and only a 1 mile walk from the Spa town of Val les Baines.