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average_runner

amor3 wrote: »

Yes, going back this year for the 4th time. Best siblu site there is. Kids love it. Best pitches would be in the circles, if you have a map of the site. Very spacious, with mostly private pitches.

Its a very good site but after visiting la carabasse, les charmettes lacks a big pool for kids age 6-10 to play comfortably. Les charmettes weather is unpredictable thats why we went south.

mickydcork

Any recommendations for a good family friendly campsite in the Loire?
Thinking somewhere near Saumur maybe?

Seth Brundle

Domaine de la Brèche in Saumur is supposed to be great. We're staying there as a stopover this year.

https://www.eurocamp.ie/campsites/loire/lr013-domaine-de-la-breche/ataglance.html

Further east, Château des Marais is excellent - we've stayed there loads of times. Both Canvas and Eurocamp have offerings there

valtra2

Best camp for a 4 and 6 year old. Any area. First timers. Fly over and hire a car.

Quazzie

valtra2 wrote: »

Best camp for a 4 and 6 year old. Any area. First timers. Fly over and hire a car.

La Sirene. Beautiful camp that the kids will love. Very safe, with lots to do, and everything on site so you don't have to travel around, or even leave the site at all for that matter

Peckham

Quazzie wrote:

La Sirene. Beautiful camp that the kids will love. Very safe, with lots to do, and everything on site so you don't have to travel around, or even leave the site at all for that matter

+1

If you're flying and have young children, La Sirene is up there with the best.

loyatemu

mickydcork wrote: »

Any recommendations for a good family friendly campsite in the Loire?
Thinking somewhere near Saumur maybe?

+1 for Domain de la Breche - we were there a few years ago and it's a really nice site.

MorganIRL

mickydcork wrote: »

Any recommendations for a good family friendly campsite in the Loire?
Thinking somewhere near Saumur maybe?

Stayed in the yelloh village Parc du val de loire, few yrs ago lovely site. Here's my description
https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g1417323-d2203467-r281898959-Yelloh_Village_Parc_du_Val_de_Loire-Mesland_Loir_et_Cher_Centre_Val_de_Loire.html

Also stayed in Les Alicourts last yr https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g1142498-d1893663-r591972643-Les_Alicourts_Resort-Pierrefitte_sur_Sauldre_Loir_et_Cher_Centre_Val_de_Loire.html

Both rural but very good sites..

NIMAN

Countless sites will suit a 4 and 6 yr old.

I've only been to 2, and I would imagine both of those would be suitable. So I'm guessing most others would be suitable too.

Maybe you should prioritise factors such as kids club, pools, beaches and distance from airport? Last thing you want is a lovely site that's 2hrs transfer once you arrive.

Gavlor

Quazzie wrote: »

La Sirene. Beautiful camp that the kids will love. Very safe, with lots to do, and everything on site so you don't have to travel around, or even leave the site at all for that matter

Le soliel trumps it by virtue of being right on the beach and that little bit smaller. Popped into siriene for a look last year and it was just manic. Too many Irish, Too much traffic and too many scooters!

murt101

loyatemu wrote: »

+1 for Domain de la Breche - we were there a few years ago and it's a really nice site.

+2 we rely enjoyed it too,lovely restaurant just outside the gate too. Quiet & relaxing,we were there out of peak season.

munchkin_utd

WB Yeats has been sprung into service today unannounced, and is on the Dublin to Holyhead route till just before Paddy's weekend from which it scheduled to do the Cherbourg run till Autumn, so starting just in time for Brexit armegeddon (Brexi-geddon???) 2 weeks later.

darragh o meara

munchkin_utd wrote: »

WB Yeats has been sprung into service today unannounced, and is on the Dublin to Holyhead route till just before Paddy's weekend from which it scheduled to do the Cherbourg run till Autumn, so starting just in time for Brexit armegeddon (Brexi-geddon???) 2 weeks later.

Hope they didn’t damage it too much, it hit the ramp in Holyhead today

Jason987456214

Hi, booked the ferry for the first 2 weeks of June, only been to France once and went to Domaine des Ormes that time, as they are doing work we wont be able to re-visit, any recommendations, ive been looking at Carnac area as we dont wont to be driving more than 4hrs with kids! Thanks for any info

Ninesell

Are you taking the ferry to Cherbourg or Roscoff?

Jason987456214

Ninesell wrote: »

Are you taking the ferry to Cherbourg or Roscoff?

Cherbourg, heading out of Dublin as from Donegal

Jamemid

Anyone use venueholidays before?

Nekarsulm

Jason987456214 wrote: »

Hi, booked the ferry for the first 2 weeks of June, only been to France once and went to Domaine des Ormes that time, as they are doing work we wont be able to re-visit, any recommendations, ive been looking at Carnac area as we dont wont to be driving more than 4hrs with kids! Thanks for any info

We stayed twice at the Yelloh Village in Lorient, Morbihan.
It was enjoyable, loads of kids for our ones to play with. Lots of organised things to do, even a little "cinema" that holds about 30 kids.
We were in a little VW camper, do don't know what the mobile homes were like.

But if you Google "camping finistere" or "camping Bretage" probably 100 places will come up.

Ninesell

Jason987456214 wrote: »

Cherbourg, heading out of Dublin as from Donegal

I’ve only stayed at Les Ormes in Brittany on my way back to the port so I’m no help with that area. I just wanted to say that the Aires do make driving long distances very manageable. A lot of people seem to go to the Vendee in hopes of better weather than Brittany... That would be 4-5 hours depending on the site but the facilities look good in reviews I have looked at. It might be worth expanding your search to include that area?
An alternative location could be La Croix du Vieux Pont which is about 4.5 hours from the port. This is similar to Les Ormes but on a smaller scale. We had a very spacious and private pitch there. You can combine it with a day trip to Disney or Parc Asterix if your children are old enough to enjoy that?

Charliebull

Jason987456214 wrote: »

Hi, booked the ferry for the first 2 weeks of June, only been to France once and went to Domaine des Ormes that time, as they are doing work we wont be able to re-visit, any recommendations, ive been looking at Carnac area as we dont wont to be driving more than 4hrs with kids! Thanks for any info

Grande Metairie is for you

stayed in des ormes and loved it

have been to Grand metairie twice and its as good if not better

Charliebull

any one stayed in the prestige units in Point St Gilles

Jason987456214

Charliebull wrote: »

Grande Metairie is for you

stayed in des ormes and loved it

have been to Grand metairie twice and its as good if not better

funny enough i booked that site last nite after a lot of googling, 295 euro for 10 nites, couldnt beat that for a family of 5, just need to see whats in the area now for day trips

Peckham

Charliebull wrote:

any one stayed in the prestige units in Point St Gilles

If you mean one of Sunêlia Luxe TAOS then I've stayed in one on a different Sunelia site (Le Fief).

They're lovely. Huge decking!

Charliebull

Peckham wrote: »

If you mean one of Sunêlia Luxe TAOS then I've stayed in one on a different Sunelia site (Le Fief).

They're lovely. Huge decking!

Yea that’s them, staying in one in point st Giles this year

Peckham

Charliebull wrote:

Yea that’s them, staying in one in point st Giles this year

We're back in a traditional mobile this year. Definitely feels like a step down!

Feels more like an apartment than a mobile. Well designed with a very nice finish.

We stayed in Point St Giles in 2016. Those mobiles are ideally located. Central, but removed from the busyness.

Only issue we had with them last year was that the decking is very open. Impossible to block off and stop our 2 year old from going for a wander as soon as our backs were turned! We had to resort to a complex obstacle course of upturned sunloungers!

Charliebull

Peckham wrote: »

We're back in a traditional mobile this year. Definitely feels like a step down!

Feels more like an apartment than a mobile. Well designed with a very nice finish.

We stayed in Point St Giles in 2016. Those mobiles are ideally located. Central, but removed from the busyness.

Only issue we had with them last year was that the decking is very open. Impossible to block off and stop our 2 year old from going for a wander as soon as our backs were turned! We had to resort to a complex obstacle course of upturned sunloungers!

Thank god we are out of that stage, our youngest is 5

CheerLouth

Mr. CL had a spin on the WB. Yates this weekend - said it's very nice, very snazzy! The crew from the Epsilon seem to be on it and he said that they all seemed a lot happier than normal :P Said the restaurant was very nice but only issue was with signage for the truckers lounge. No one could find it so they all ended up in the main restaurant which the staff weren't overly happy with.

Cartman78

Just booked 2 weeks in mid June to Carnac (La Grand Metairie).

Will be travelling from Cork to Roscoff with 2 boys (aged 4 and 6) - really looking forward to it.

We went to Wales last year on a similar expedition but wanted to push the boat out a bit this year in every sense of the word :-)

Anyway, will be lurking here and posting noob questions from time to time in the coming weeks so thanks in advance

shamrock55

We thinking of going through England this year and doing lego land and Harry Potter on the way, can't decide on a campsite in France though, don't want to drive more then 5hrs

Domaine Des ormes looks good but not near a beach

Seth Brundle

Of all years to choose a port between Britain and France?