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27/10/2016 at 2:28pm
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Next year we take delivery of our new caravan and of course we want to get the best use out of it.
We have spent the last four years in the Vendee and as much as it's nice when the sun shines, it can be very variable.
So I am after somewhere warmer for summer 2017 - I love the dordogne but it may be a bit far for our two week trip - bearing in mind out new caravan is 8ft wide and 8m long - I would rather a slightly shorter tow!
So the must haves:
Good swimming pool
Good weather
Bar (with entertainment)
Healthy number of british children (my kids are 12 & 10 and one trip to a site with no british kids resulted in a very isolated holiday)
Preferably with a good cycle network nearby
Would love to hear your views on sites
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27/10/2016 at 2:48pm
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But your post ends by saying you have already booked into La Garangeoire.
If you want to change to go to the Dordogne then you might need to think of a different ferry crossing. From Caen to the Dordogne is actually shorter than from Calais to the Vendee .
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27/10/2016 at 2:48pm
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Have a look at the Eurocamp brochure/site (and similar companies) as the sites they use will have excellent facilities for youngsters. Then you can book independently.
I assume that you are talking about the summer school holidays. When our children were that age we found the Vendee fine, but if you want to go a little further, try the Dordogne. Otherwise the best guaranteed weather is to be found further south. We love the Languedoc Rousillon area and there are some really good sites on the Med coast, but it will mean travelling further I'm afraid.
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27/10/2016 at 3:30pm
Location: Surrey
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Whoops, shows how often I update my profile.
We cross at Calais as we pay for the crossing with tesco vouchers. We did the dordogne in one drive a few years ago which killed us. The only site we know in that region is Lestaubiere, which I love but is predominantly dutch - fine for adults but the kids had issues communicating.
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27/10/2016 at 7:59pm
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We also use the tunnel and have gone to the Dordogne and this yr to the Ardeche. When going to Dordogne, we stopped of in Loire for a few days and then down to Sarlat. Did it with one overnighter on way back.
This yr took 2 overnighters to get to the Ardeche and one on way back.
We treat the overnighters as part of hols and stop at places we want to see e.g. last yr we used the overnight stop to visit Arromanche and Bayeux tapestries.
Can recommend the Ardeche, we loved it so much we're going back next yr! Glorious weather and absolutely stunning scenery did help!
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28/10/2016 at 4:32pm
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If you don't want to go down as far as the Dordogne but further than the Vendee then the Charente Maritime area would probably be a compromise. Plenty of nice sites and places to visit from Isle D'Oleron down to Meschers. Great variety of beaches from the wild Cote Savage down through La Palmyra to the small bays around Palais sur Mer, Nauzan Plage, Pontiac and the long beaches at Royan and St Georges de Didonne at the estuary of the Gironde river. We've been going to the are for 25 years and never tire of it.
Locals always reckon they have their own micro climate because of the position in the Bay of Biscay and the effect of the Gironde estuary. But then they all say that!!
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28/10/2016 at 7:26pm
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Lac d'orient is a lovely site.
You could have a look at the Castelles sites, a tad expensive sometimes but in our experience you get what is advertised.
Apart from at Ty Nadan, an outfit your size wouldn't be able to get onto the site, let alone safely pitched without getting scratched to hell and back. The first you'd know of the shallow pitches, narrow entrance and overgrown triffids on the campsite's roads would be when you got there.
We're still trying to polish out the scratches on our van from this summer :(
The Loire always seems to be sunny, I'lle d'offard in Samour is a nice site, lots to do for the kids and a short stroll into town
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01/11/2016 at 12:47pm
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Thanks for the advice, we've seen a few that we like. As for the journey, we may cross to Caen, however it is likely we'll do an overnight on the way down and an overnight on the way back
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01/11/2016 at 1:27pm
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i use Plymouth roscoff but will be staying again near roscoff on the first and last night and another stop to break up the return journey from the vendee. my wife and kids 4 and 7 didnt enjoy the driving last summer particularly on the return which took 8h.
the ferry times make the roscoff overnights necessary. late arriving and early departing. at least the tunnel offers flexibility. but the benefit of the caravan is you can stop on the way.
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01/11/2016 at 2:32pm
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I think we may be booking onto La Domaine de la paille basse. Reviews look good, would appreciate other people's thoughts
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26/11/2016 at 7:09am
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Logis du Breuil near Royan ticks all of your boxes, but no entertainment.
We had excellent weather. Loads of British kids
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26/11/2016 at 8:11am
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If you can travel from Plymouth, I guess you are in Wales, then I can only endorse Frannyvan. Logis de Breuil is a wonderful site.
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26/11/2016 at 8:57am
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Quote: Originally posted by thewelshman on 01/11/2016
I think we may be booking onto La Domaine de la paille basse. Reviews look good, would appreciate other people's thoughts
We have not been to this site so admit I speak from ignorance, but, I do wonder if it might be difficult with a 8m van in tow? Reviews elsewhere mention very narrow entrance and steep approach. It looks a lovely position but a bit of a drive from anywhere.
I think the reviews of it on here are all people who were in tents.
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Quote: Originally posted by Baileyjake on 01/11/2016
i use Plymouth roscoff but will be staying again near roscoff on the first and last night and another stop to break up the return journey from the vendee. my wife and kids 4 and 7 didnt enjoy the driving last summer particularly on the return which took 8h.
the ferry times make the roscoff overnights necessary. late arriving and early departing. at least the tunnel offers flexibility. but the benefit of the caravan is you can stop on the way.
Living only 30 minutes away we use Plymouth/Roscoff a lot, although we do sometimes take the morning sailing either way, most sailings are overnight from Plymouth arriving 08:00 Roscoff giving you all day to get some miles under your belt. Again, from Roscoff most sailings are in the afternoon arriving in Plymouth around 21:00 or so, so a 4/5 hour drive to the port is very possible.
But hey, no issues with staying in or around Roscoff......It is lovely 👍
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