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via mobile 24/6/2021 at 8:42am
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As keen, old school under canvas, campers (we have had our Cabanon Elody for twenty years and it was secondhand when we got it) we would like to keep going to France as long as we can. With the progress of the years we have been camping closer and closer to the 'block sanitaire' for those inevitable night time perambulations. We have noted with interest earlier posts referring to French campsites with private bathrooms on pitch. These sound like they could cut down our nocturnal mileage. That string of posts, in 2017, had the really good list of sites from Val A. We usually frequent smaller, quiet sites and have never actually seen these private bathrooms in situ. Does anyone in this readership have experience of these either from hiring one themselves or observing them on a site you have used. We would like to know if they are regular plumbed in facilities. Do they have heated water? It is possible to imagine getting mains water and electricity to isolated plots, most sites have water and power reasonably close to pitches but more difficult to imagine mains drainage for toilets. Can they really have flushing loos? If they are not, for want of a better description, 'proper bathrooms' we could provide our own overnight solution in the tent. Are there potential problems we have not thought of?
Grateful thanks for any practical information you have.



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24/6/2021 at 8:55am
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A number of years ago I remember noticing one or two at La Citadelle at Loches, but I don't know anything about how they worked - sorry!

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24/6/2021 at 12:10pm
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I have frequently used them at Villiers Charlemagne,they have a seperate building on each pitch with shower,wash basin and toilet in one half and in the other separate half they have a Fridge a sink with draining board and storage cupboards with a large hot water boiler.
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24/6/2021 at 2:16pm
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We tried the private bathroom idea at Camping la Nautique at Narbonne - flush toilet, washbasin, shower and hot water in a clean cubicle right beside the pitch. Actually it was a block of four private cubicles together, centrally placed in a group of four pitches. A nice idea and most reviews are favourable, but frankly it was a cramped, old fashioned cubicle and the shower with a flimsy plastic curtain flooded the floor, so not a luxury experience by any means. Functional and practical is the best I can call it.

But spend half an hour on Google and you will many more campsites across France offering similar or better facilities.




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via mobile 24/6/2021 at 5:48pm
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Not in France but we have used pitches with private facilities in the Netherlands. Flushing toilet, washbasin and shower. Even had underfloor heating. On the outside of the building and under cover was a washing up sink. All had hot and cold water. We found them very good, especially as there was a wide shelf for toilet bags and towels which kept them out of the tent where space was limited.

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24/6/2021 at 6:23pm
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Site in Caceres Spain also has an individual block with a shower,toilet and hand basin per pitch, lovely site, very large swimming pool and a reasonable restaurant.
Bus stop outside takes you into the centre of the town.

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via mobile 24/6/2021 at 10:17pm
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Hi,
We have the one private bathroom booked at Le soliel des bastides at Cahuzac sur Vere late July. We stayed there last year & used it then; great shower with washbasin & toilet. & plenty of hot water. Well worth the extra money in covid times. And then we also have the same at Les Sablons, shower, toilet, hand basin plus washing up sink & fridge freezer. Each unit has its own water heater
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25/6/2021 at 7:23am
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Now that we are both just over the 60 line, we fully understand the OP’s conundrum and our solution was to add a full en-suite to our Cabanon tent complete with hot+cold running water using two 25lt water containers one for clean water delivery and the other for waste (grey) water collection.

We discard the two 25lt containers when we leave the campsite, as I have collected a number of them back home for free from a local car wash operation.

We replaced our tiny Thetford Porta Potti, with the larger Lidl equivalent also by Thetford, which gives a little more height if you know what I mean !.

I posted under equipment “Vanity Unit” a number of years ago, with photos of the build etc.


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25/6/2021 at 3:14pm
 Location: Perigord Noir
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We're currently staying in a mobile home on Camping Interlude on the Ile de Re (we've lived in France for the last 3 years).

Noticed that a large number of the camping pitches have been fitted with their own block including toilet, shower, sink and fridge.

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25/6/2021 at 3:33pm
 Location: L ancashire
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Hi Francais. We to have had a similar set up and it has served us well. You and Mrs Francais are still a young pair of campers and may you keep going for many years to come. We are twelve to fifteen years ahead of you down our camping journey and are looking for little ways to make ourselves more comfortable. These private bathrooms by the pitch seem worth giving a try and if medical advice [re-Covid] allows next year, we will try one out. All we will need then will be a way to get up from an airbed without undue strain.
It seems from the answers we have seen so far that these facilities are on mains drainage, which is good, and that there are quite a few sites that have them. Camping under canvas is such a pleasurable holiday it seems a shame not to carry on as long as possible.


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Yep Stillnowiser, I get that and I hope you find a campsite with private facilities that ticks all your box’s, and keep us posted with the outcome.

I hope we can continue into our 70’s and beyond just like you, and if the tent gets to much, we will look into having a small touring caravan stored close to our favourite campsite.


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28/6/2021 at 4:39pm
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Here are some from a list I prepared some time ago. It may not be totally up to date, but will help you find a lot to search through

Site Name, Star rating and location
Airotel Chateau du Chigny 4* Luzy - Nievre
Armour Heol 3*Piriac sur Mer – Southern Brittany.  
Aux Pommiers 4*, Beauvoir - Basse Normande
Blue Bayou. 4*  Valras Plage – Occitanie.  
Bois de Bardelet 4* Poilly-Lez-Gien - Loiret
Brouquere Camping   Camping a la ferme Gondrin – Gers  
Cap sur Les Dunes 4* Torreilles Plage – Occitanie
Champs Blancs 4*Agde – Occitanie  
Chateau de Chigy 4* Tazilly – Burgundy 
Chateau de Galinee 5*, St Cast le Guido - Cotes d'Armor
Chateau du Boisson – Castels 4*Boisson – Gard  
Chateau le Verdoyer 4* - Champs Romain - Dordogne
Club de Vacances Duravel 4* Duravel – Midi Pyrenees/ Lot  
Club L’Europe 4*  Barcares – Occitanie  
De L’Ecutot 3* St Pair sur Mer - Manche
De Penboch 4* Arradon - Morbihan
Des Vallees 3* St Breiuc - Cotes D'Armor
Domaine de Massereau 5*Sommieres - Gard
Domaine du Banel 3* Matton et Clemency - Ardenne  
Domaine le Dragonnier, 5* Vias - Herault
Haliotis 3* Pontorson - Basse Normande
Holiday Marina 4* Port Grimaud – Riviera
Interlude 5*, Le Bois Plage de Re - Ile de Re
L'Anse du Brick 4* Maupertus-sur-Mer - Normandy
L’Etang D’Ardy 3* St Paul les Dax – Landes 
L'Oree du Bois 4*  Les Mathes – Poitou Charente  
La Garangeoire 5*, St Julien de Landes -Vendee
La Nautique 3*Narbonne – Occitanie  
La Pinede 4*Les Mathes – Poitou Charente  
La Yole 5*, Valras Plage - Herault
Lac de la Liez 5*, Peignes, Langres - Haute Marne
Le Col Vert, 4* Vielle St Girons - Landes
Le Cormoran 5* Ravenoville - Normandy
Le Dauphin 4* Argeles sur Mer – Occitanie
Le Floride et L’Embouchure 3* Barcares – Occitanie 
Le Neptune 4* Grau d'Agde - Occitanie
Le Soliel des Bastides 3*, Cahuzac-sur-Včre
Le Plein Air des Chenes 4* Clapliers - Herault
Les Bles D’Or 3*    St Cast Le Guido – Brittany.  
Les Bousigues 3*Barcares – Occitanie 
Les Cerisiers du Jaur, 4*, St Pons de Thomieres - Herault
Les Coudelets, 4*, Pradons - Ardeche
Les Jardins de Tivoli at Grau du Roi - Gard, Occitanie
Les Merilles 3* Doucier – Jura
Les Peupliers 4* Couhe - Vienne
Les Pins Parasols 4* Frejus - Var, Cote d'Azur
Les Valades 4* Coux-et-Bigaroque - Dordogne, Aquitaine
Logis de Breuil 4* Saint Augustin, Charente
Marmotel 4* Saint-Geniez D’Olt – Aveyron, Occitanie
Mas de Pierredon 4* Sanary sur Mer – Var
Mimosas 3* Portiragnes Plage - Herault, Occitanie
Residence-Campeur 4*  St Aygulf - Var
Riviera d'Azur 5*, Saint Aygulf - Var
Sunelia L'Atlantique 4* Fouesnant - Finistere


Spain
L'Amfora, St Pere Pescador - Catalonia

Holland
Camping den Molinhoeve 4525 LW Retranchement
Terspegelt 5*, Eersel

You can also use the Eurocamping website https://www.eurocampings.co.uk/ and the advanced search facility to find sites with private bathrooms.



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