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Subject Topic: Dordogne - Summer 2014 Post Reply Post New Topic
PersonFidsey
29/12/2013 at 5:50pm
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Would really love some advice. I have already started looking into our summer holiday for 2014. We have a caravan and 2 kids (7&5) and trying to work out what would be a suitable site for us in the Dordogne. We like quite a lively site which is well maintained, with reasonable sized pitches. We would also like to do a bit of cycling so somewhere that is flat would be perfect. Any thoughts?? Many thanks, Sarah


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PersonKittiwake
29/12/2013 at 6:59pm
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We have kids of a similar age and loved Moulin de Pauliac.
Lovely well maintained site and enough going on in the bar/restaurant to keep families happy. Great pools with slides my 6 year old could use independently. The river Ceou runs through the site for messing about on the river.
About 500m from the site is a voie verte for cycling - it's not traffic free but very very quiet and allows you to cycle in both directions along the river Ceou, including to where it meets the Dordogne at Castelnaud.
We left our campervan parked up for a week and cycled everyday.
Likely to be going back in 2014 for the cycling and the quality of the site.
Have a look at my review - covers most things.


PersonKittiwake
29/12/2013 at 7:01pm
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Actually my review isn't posted for some reason but the most recent reviewer sums it up perfectly.


Personcariad94
29/12/2013 at 7:37pm
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Hi Kittiwake, Moulin de Paulhiac is currently top of my list for summer 2014, glad to read such a positive report of it! Do you have any idea when booking starts?  Still seems to be 2013 prices on their website when I looked


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PersonKittiwake
30/12/2013 at 8:56am
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We only booked a couple of weeks before we left - in July. There were always a few free pitches dotted around when we were there, even in peak season.
The other sites we are going to - one starts taking bookings from Jan the other not until they open in Easter. Seems to vary quite a lot.


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Personnewbie73
30/12/2013 at 11:44am
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Hi Kittiwake - we are also considering Le Moulin De Paulhiac (end Aug). Can you tell me how deep the river was when you were there in July? Is it more of a steam or deep enough for primary age kids to wade in and muck about on inflatables? Also, were the showers hot enough? Also considering Maisonneuve and Le Perpetuum but thought might be more English speaking kids at Moulin De Paulhiac due to Eurocamp presence

Thanks and roll on the summer


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30/12/2013 at 3:23pm
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"thought might be more English speaking kids at Moulin De Paulhiac due to Eurocamp presence"

That was exactly my thinking, newbie73!

Kittiwake, thanks for the reply, Will maybe email them to see when booking opens, reassuring to know that its unlikely to book up though.


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PersonKelper
30/12/2013 at 4:03pm
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Being a four star ... it isn't cheap.
We found this one whilst cycling the bike route from Castelnaud.
Thought it looked good, and noted it for future reference ... it's slightly off the hurly-burly of the main Sarlat route ... the cycling area is very child friendly.
Check it out on Google earth, too.


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30/12/2013 at 9:09pm
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River was variable in depth from paddling to proper swimming and yes great for inflatables (crocodiles mainly!).
Showers were fine as I remember.
We picked the site as we thought it would have a few English kids around, & we found for us it was the perfect balance of enough English kids to play with but still a very mixed nationality site.
We generally prefer very french sites but our boys do like a few kids to play with as they have got older. As the Eurocamp presence is quite small it wasn't overwhelming.
Cycled passed Maisonneuve which looked nice but not as nice as Paulihac in my opinion. The next one along the river Ceou was Bel Ombrage which we cycled past. Looked nice too.

We had come from the Atlantic coast Kelper so didn't feel too bad compared to the coastal sites!


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31/12/2013 at 12:52pm
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I can recommend Le Paradis on the River Verzere. It's a bit away from the Dordogne itself (about a 20 minute drive) but that just means quieter roads and river (which you can still canoe down and swim in).

However, cycling is not great in the Dordogne IMO - there are very few off-road routes. If cycling is very important for you, I would recommend the Black Forest in Germany - almost every single road has a dedicated cycle path alongside it, with lots of other off-road trails all over.

Problem with the Black Forest is that you'll see very few English people...so I'm not helping, am I?

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PersonTethersEnd
31/12/2013 at 1:18pm
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Too hot for cycling IMO

but there are paths



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PersonKittiwake
31/12/2013 at 2:25pm
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The first day we went out cycling we saw no one which was a surprise to us in cycling mad France - then we realised they are not stupid enough to go out cycling at 3pm on melting tarmac in August!
Many more cyclists around if you get off & out by 10.

Ile D'Oleron & Landes both great for miles and miles of flattish cycle routes suitable for families...


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31/12/2013 at 4:38pm
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Much of the 'veloroute' is not very child friendly (IMHO) ... try cycling the Beynac section in summer .... continuous traffic.
Yes, there are great cycling routes all over France (flat and family friendly) ... but the Dordogne isn't packed with them.
I suppose you need to decide how important the cycling is to your hol ... as I mentioned (above) ... the Castelnaud cycle path is flat, traffic free, and interesting ... but for more than a couple of trips???
Another great are for cycling and boating is the Marais Poitevin (Venise Verte).
Cheque for routes here



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