we booked a site for 2 weeks the first time we went to France, but last year we did the same as the Onion.
It also depends on what you want. Do you want to stay in the same spot for a long time? Do you have to use the awning for sleeping in or cooking etc?
France has loads of Aire du campings which are designated stop over spots for motorhomes and are usually very cheap (5euros) or free!!!! Some have water points and electric recharge points and some even have loos
Camping in France: To book or not to book?
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Louey is right. There are lots of places to camp apart from official campsites. The French attitude to campers is totally different from GB and Ireland - ie. you are welcome and they make you want to stay in their town / village.
Don't need to book a site. Been going for years in June, July and August and never failed to get a site or safe place to camp.
IMO if you own a campervan you should travel and see lots of places. If you want to camp in one place for two weeks you're better off with a caravan. Just my opinion of course. (Although, I'm right LOL)
Have a good holiday.
Frank
Don't need to book a site. Been going for years in June, July and August and never failed to get a site or safe place to camp.
IMO if you own a campervan you should travel and see lots of places. If you want to camp in one place for two weeks you're better off with a caravan. Just my opinion of course. (Although, I'm right LOL)
Have a good holiday.
Frank
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Well, I thought I'd best follow this one up & give a conclusion, so to speak.
Took your advice on not booking sites & thank God we didn't! We had a grand adventure that took us completely off our planned route. Intended to just hit the Loire & then take the coast road home. Ended up in the Pyrenees!
Have to say the campsites we looked at on the net as likely spots were actually disappointing & expensive & we just drove straight past them. Don't know how some sites manage to get 3 stars.
Best sites we found were (as has been suggested) the municipal ones. Clean, simple & quiet (for the most part, considering it's high season).
Top site was by Le Porge, if anyone fancies a spot of wild camping: Went to this huge (700 pitch) municipal site at Le Porge Ocean. Queued up for about 1/2 an hour to be seen by reception. They had one place left & wanted 50 Euro deposit for me to be able to drive out & in.
Didn't fancy that, so drove down the road to the beach, where loads of campers were just parked up in this kind of reserve. Decided to camp wild for a couple of days & loved it. At one point there were 4 T25's of various nationality on our little patch. Must get myself a bigger fresh water tank, mind.
In conclusion: No need to book a campsite in France, even in high season, unless it's one you know/love.
Thanks for all the advice. We had a grand little adventure & I learned a lot of lessons for the future.
Took your advice on not booking sites & thank God we didn't! We had a grand adventure that took us completely off our planned route. Intended to just hit the Loire & then take the coast road home. Ended up in the Pyrenees!
Have to say the campsites we looked at on the net as likely spots were actually disappointing & expensive & we just drove straight past them. Don't know how some sites manage to get 3 stars.
Best sites we found were (as has been suggested) the municipal ones. Clean, simple & quiet (for the most part, considering it's high season).
Top site was by Le Porge, if anyone fancies a spot of wild camping: Went to this huge (700 pitch) municipal site at Le Porge Ocean. Queued up for about 1/2 an hour to be seen by reception. They had one place left & wanted 50 Euro deposit for me to be able to drive out & in.
Didn't fancy that, so drove down the road to the beach, where loads of campers were just parked up in this kind of reserve. Decided to camp wild for a couple of days & loved it. At one point there were 4 T25's of various nationality on our little patch. Must get myself a bigger fresh water tank, mind.
In conclusion: No need to book a campsite in France, even in high season, unless it's one you know/love.
Thanks for all the advice. We had a grand little adventure & I learned a lot of lessons for the future.
