Camping or holiday parks in the south of France

[alanabennett]

I'm British but live in the US with DH and three kids - next summer they'll be 14, 8 and 12. We are bringing them to Europe for 3 weeks; two weeks to explore the UK and then a week on the mainland.

We were initially thinking about doing a couple of big cities, but now we are thinking about a couple of days in Paris then a relaxing few days in the south of France.

I've been googling of course but I'm a little overwhelmed at all the options. We want a site/resort with decent amenities including a pool, close to a beach, close to a town/city. Mix of activities and downtime.

Is there a primary booking website or resort guide that you'd recommend? I'm not even sure which part of southern France we should be looking at.

Camping Le Baume would be good for the age if your DC.

Try the Eurocamp website. It allows you to select the region of France you want to stay. Languedoc-Rousillon is southern and very nice.

I can HIGHLY recommend the following two:

This one is feels quite small compared to others - it's not really but it is exceptionally well laid out, has a fabulous pool area with jets and lazy river, a fun mini golf site and beautiful beaches within easy cycling distance (Plage de la Gautrelle is lovely). You can hire bikes. Easy drive to the massive Leclerc for wine and food. We stayed in one of their lodges and it was perfect. No loud entertainment either.
The Ile D'Oleron is just beautiful too. Lots of fantastic restaurants,, beaches, things to see and do. It is my happy place.
www.campingverebleu.com/

This one is on the Cote Sauvage near Palmyre. You can walk to the beach which is an endless swathe of golden sand and lovely jumping Atlantic waves (turn left and you reach the nudie bit. Bit of a shock for my teens "oh no mum that naked man, HE'S BENDING OVER NOW" etc ) You can cycle through the forest to quieter parts of the beach further north (we regularly went to one which was deserted even in August). You can cycle to Palmyre for ice cream and the zoo etc and it's an easy drive to Royan, Saint Palais sur Mer or La Tremblade - some nice restaurants there. This site is BIG but well spaced out and some fab, quieter areas.. It has a fantastic pool complex with massage beds, lazy river, slides, pool to swim in, jacuzzi etc. I think this had more entertainment but we were far away and didn't care. The Pizza cabin was excellent. I have just had a look at the website and when we went it was a Yelloh! camping site. It has been taken over by another company and looks like a big slide area put in where the bar garden was... I hope they haven't ruined that place.
www.ms-vacances.com/campings-clubs-ms/la-cote-sauvage/le-club/

If you could be tempted by the north of France, to be nearer Paris, I would really recommend Berny Rivière aka La Croix du Vieux Pont.

The South of France is massive!!
We have stayed in a couple of sites - we tend to just look for them via Google. We find campsites that don't have many people from the UK on - you may or may not like that. Lots of sites have pools, beach access, entertainment - I suppose it's what you like

There is Yelloh Villagehttps://www.yellohvillage.co.uk/

Lots of campsites with them

We also did Camping La Plage et du bord de mer www.camping-plageetmer.com/ It was near Beziers. Right on the beach, nice pool with slides, good food nearby and lots to do.

But there are load and loads of campsites in the South.

We're at Yellow Villages' Le Serignan Plage at the moment.

It's lovely.

It's marketed at "parents' favourite nature resort" and I can see why.

It's fab for children but as sophisticated as a camping park can be. Our Pecheur cabin is mimicking a French fisherman hut and sits on the beach dunes. There's everything on site, including a fresh fish shop, butchers and bakery.

Yelloh