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21/10/2013 at 6:26pm
Location: West country
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Congratulations!!
We like all areas of France! they all have something unique to offer.
I would be looking for a really child friendly site, rather than a specific area.
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21/10/2013 at 7:47pm
Location: Seasonal Pitch
Outfit: Swift Oakmere 2008
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We go to the Loire Valley every year as our caravan is sited there. The weather is 90% warm and sunny. Some rain but not enough to spoil a day let alone our holiday and we have never yet had any windy weather. There is loads for us to do and see but we are child free so can't help with the doing stuff with kids and if yours like the beach are a long way from the sea but there are lots of lakes with man made beaches, pedalos etc. We go the last 2 weeks in August when it is quieter but still enough tourism going on to give it a buzz.
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21/10/2013 at 8:39pm
Location: Chateau du Wirral
Outfit: VW T4 and quechua base second
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We've been to Brittany numerous times and peak season the weather is usually good, particularly in the south east. Carnac is lovely, but actually so is the Loire so you're onto a winner wherever ou go.
Camping Les Druids is less commercial than others in the Carnac area. La Plage is right on the beach as is La Baie, both at La Trinite Sur Mer just up the road from Carnac. Again they arent the big holiday park types. Check on the site review pages via the link above. There are loads of options. I'm pretty sure we'll be around this area for the last week of our August trip. We love to pitch up here, final stop before the ferry from Caen. I've no idea where we'll be first stop.
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Aug.......somewhere else in France
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Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!
21/10/2013 at 9:26pm
Location: None Entered
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Brittany is very like North Wales with added pancakes. The Loire is where some of the most expensive wines come from (and it takes sun to make the grapes do their thing). The Loire has big castles. Wales, umm... I mean Brittany has windswept beaches. Your mum must have just been unlucky.
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22/10/2013 at 9:55am
Location: Pocklington near york
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go to the tarn area.millau some lovelystes around there and a lovely town with markets,river etc.
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22/10/2013 at 9:59am
Location: Seasonal Pitch
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Local to our caravan there are leisure lakes at Rille and Breille Les Pins. Both have a café in season, picnic tables and some water activities. These little leisure areas can be found in the summer season at most villages with a sizeable lake. The biggest in the region is Lac de Moncontour which is a good way south of the Loire but has a great man made beach and lots of water based activities as well as nature and exercise trails. If you Google "Base de loisirs Loire" you should come up with lots of ideas.
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22/10/2013 at 8:33pm
Location: Perigord Noir
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When the OP refers to Pays de la Loire I think that they're referring to the area most of us would call the Vendee rather than the Loire valley and chateaux.
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22/10/2013 at 10:15pm
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Carnac is really lovely and we went there with a 5 4 and a 3 month old and have been several times since.
The area is lovely, with beautiful golden beaches and coves, weather generally good especially around the Gulf of Morbihan. Lovely towns, nice places to eat, nice markets and generally not to touristy.
Highly recommend Les Menhirs in carnac, le grande metarie, or Kervillor at Trinite sur mer.
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