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Topic: Erquy and Pleneuf Val Andre

Ironned

20/5/2024 at 3:28pm
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Appreciate that most people on here use campsites, but wonder if anyone has any experience of the Aire Parks at Erquy or Pleneuf Val André in Northern Brittany ?
Both used to be municipals and don't seem to have changed much from the photos I've seen.
However, they both look closer to the respective towns than other campsites in the area, particularly interested in what they are like for walking to restaurants etc , one pedestrian and one electric wheelchair !

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Val A

20/5/2024 at 9:23pm
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Municipal sites are almost always near to the town - to attract visitors to stay as close to the shops and restaurants as possible. They hoped those visitors would shop and eat locally and add to the local economy. I don't know either of those sites, but you could use google maps to 'walk' the route from the site to the town centre. Wheelchairs of any sort may struggle in a lot of parts of France (even in Paris for the Olympics) as most French towns are not at all disabled friendly.

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We had a holiday cottage just inland at StAlban so didn’t pay much attention to campsites or Aires. I think that in your situation with a motorhome you just have to drive round and look to see where you can park and how far it is to walk.

By tne beach at Caroual on the south side of Erquy the car park was full of motorhomes. Its just a routine square tarmac car park and the mayor may have put up height barriers by now, but when we were there the motorhomes were squeezed in half a metre about. Not a pretty place to stay but they wanted to be by the beach.

Dahouet is a pretty little port. You maybe able to park for an hour or two on the north side of the harbour if you get there early.

Erquy isn’t flat and if you are thinking of the former La Guen campsite (now an aire) it’s a good mile from the centre.

The Pléneuf part of Pléneuf Val Andre is a nice little town about two miles inland. There’s a car park behind the shops but pretty full on market day of course. I don’t remember tne seafront side of Val Andre at all.

On tne way out to Cap Frehel there is a good parking lot at Pleherel Plage..

All those are possible daytime parking places which might help you. But sites and Aires will be a problem if you want to walk from them without driving.

MrWez

21/5/2024 at 4:36pm
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We used the aire at Carouel which is near Erquy for a stopover on the way to St Malo. The walk along the coastal path and roads was, as already been said, not flat.

The aire itself was fairly uninspiring, it would probably be nicer on a sunny day (where isn't).

AFAIK, Erquy doesn't allow motorhomes into the town during high season so depending on where you're going, parking in town may not be an option either.

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