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15/3/2006 at 9:57pm
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We're off camping in the Vendee in August

We will be stopping over for 1 night near Calais, staying in the Vendee for 7 nights, and then stopping over near Calais for another 2 nights.

We've booked the site in Vendee, but haven't booked the site near Calais.

Any recommendations? (Apart from F1 hotels etc).

We need to be at most 2 hours away from Calais so Picardie would be fine.

Thanks in anticipation

H


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15/3/2006 at 10:23pm
 Location: Wellingborough
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Chateau du Gandspette near St Omer (Eperlques) we haved stayed three times now.

We luv it andit is only 21 miles fromcalais but if you wannabe a little further away the site at Amiens is lovely and the tow n itself is well worth a visit with the restaurants along the Somme, and the Cathedral in Amiens is beautiful.

Also there is La Bien Assise 11 miles fromCalais , have heardgood reports but have never stayed there.

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15/3/2006 at 11:49pm
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We've stayed at La Bien Assise which is a nice site with a good restaurant.


16/3/2006 at 7:56am
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Same here La Bien Assise at Guines is ideal for Calais and only 20 minutes from the tunnel/ferry. Nice quite site with good facilities most people on there are going overnights either coming or going and they are geared up for that. The restaurant was fine and a good shop. Showers etc are good ( apart from the french kids having a water bomb fight! which was soon stopped!) Would definately use it again.

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16/3/2006 at 8:42am
 Location: Poole Nantwich Cheshire
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We booked Chateau du Gandspette, then cancelled cos all our friends were staying at La Bien Assise.  We stayed with them (twice now) and it was very nice.

Chateau du Gandspette charged our credit card in full, despite cancelling two months before the booking. Oh well.

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16/3/2006 at 9:17am
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I would agrre with the post recommending Grandspette.

We stayed there last year after getting the 6pm ferry, and we're doing the same this year.

It's a nice quiet site, and has all the amenities you need for a stop-over.



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16/3/2006 at 10:38am
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Knew I would get the right info here! Thank you very much for the advice received.


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17/3/2006 at 10:02am
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We recced La Bien Assise while staying at Chateau du Gandspette.

Liked the site but management had been a bit tardy in emptying the refuse areas and on the hot day that we visited it was all a bit "whifty".

That put us off a bit. Preferred Gandspette anyway.

Vic


17/3/2006 at 4:30pm
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If you want cheap sites without booking-& you are going A16-A28 toward Rouen--go off at J26 A16 Le Touquet-after a couple of miles you will come into Etaples-drive strait thru town & there is a camping municipal on left-signposted thru town-45mins from Calais--or carry on toward Rouen-2hrs from Calais J8 A28 Neufchatel-en-Bray drive into town campsite signposted--

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17/3/2006 at 4:37pm
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 Yes, I have to agree with Vic, over the years we have used both sites and IMHO Gandspette is much the better site,the Loo blocks are much better,aswell as the general atmosphere. I have found La Bien Assise to suffer from heavy usage during high season and it had a transit camp feel about it. 


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17/3/2006 at 5:18pm
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Billy, have you stayed in the sites in Etaples and Neufchatel en Bray? What are they like? Do you have to book or can you just turn up? We'll be travelling on 30th July and need a site on the way to Rouen - so they sound ok.

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17/3/2006 at 5:19pm
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Forgot to add, it'll be about 6pm by the time we get there.

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18/3/2006 at 10:11am
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Hi Dotty--used both sites in last couple of yrs--Etaples is just a basic municipal-showers/toilets ok--about £5 p.n for campervan+2 very big-cant see it ever bein full--Neufchatel-we stopped end of last July-this is privately owned site very clean-£11 p.n--very crowded with overnight stoppers(Saturday) but people still arriving at 9pm & getting in--you could book but owners spoke no English--

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