Help us get to France next year!

[frenchnovice]

DH, dd 12 and me have always holidayed in the uk. next year we would like to go to France but having never been I am finding the thought quite daunting. I have started looking and just getting confused!

I don't fly so it has to be either train or ferry. am therefore thinking Northen france. somewhere near a port. .I did think st malo. .but the price of the ferry is about 800....so a tad expensive,but for ease I would stretch budget

would like to be very close to a beach that is good for body boarding, close to some nice towns and villages to visit. we are in north London so any of the English ports on the south coast is ok.

we plan to take the car but we are both a little wary of driving in France ..hoping short drives will ease us in.

I guess I am looking for an easy (ish) introduction to France! thanks

Uncrowded!

@Ladyrattles

When the kids were growing up we'd go every 2 years to France with Canvas holidays and drive there via the ferry or tunnel, but you can fly out if you prefer. The first year we stayed in their tents (it had beds, a cooker and a fridge), then for subsequent trips it was caravans which we upgraded each time. Our final holiday was in a gorgeous lodge. We stayed all over France and found the roads were good. Don't know the prices of Eurocamp but Canvas was really cheap (we always went for 2wks at Easter) and they have activity clubs for the kids which they loved.

For some reason Eurocamp is quite expensive. But if you search the campsite name, you can often book the same place directly or through somewhere like Canvas and it’s cheaper. We saved a couple of hundred euros by booking through the campsite’s website.