Camping De la Hallerais--- Second report below
F22100 Dinan
Bretagne Region
France

Tel: 02 96 87 63 50
Fax: 02 96 39 86 77

E-mail: contact@villetaden.com
Web site: www.wdirect.fr/base/camping1...uk

This is a cracking site 3Km from the beautiful mediaeval town of Dinan.
It is a large site. There are a lot of static and seasonal caravans, however the touring section is kept separate. Pitching is easy in enclaves of four or six. Hedging which is quite common in France separates each section. Water and drainage points are nearby. On site facilities are excellent. There are several toilet/shower blocks on the site and all are well maintained and very clean.
There is a shop on site but this shuts mid September so beware if you are visiting in low season.
This is a good site for low season as it remains open to the end of October.
Other facilities include TV room, tennis court, mini golf and swimming pool. The river Rance is nearby.
Dinan is well worth a visit as is St.Malo and Dinard. You can get a day trip to Jersey from St. Malo.

Directions: From Dinan take the D766 North towards Dinard. In 3Km turn right on D12 to Taden. Follow Le Hallerais signs to the site.

David Cuff. CLIC. 2000

Camping De la Hallerais
F22100 Dinan
Bretagne Region
France

Tel: 02 96 87 63 50
Fax: 02 96 39 86 77

E-mail: contact@villetaden.com
Web site: www.wdirect.fr/base/camping1...uk

A really nice camp site, good facilities, nice swimming pool, lots to do.
Small shop is limited, but keeps the basics. restaurant is fairly good and reasonably priced.

Nearby Dinan is magical and within walking distance along the River Rance, Tadem itself is worth a walk round and has a nice traditional bar.

I would suggest you bring or hire bikes, as the River Rance cycle path is very good.

ST Malo, Dinard, Mont St. Michel and many other places are within easy travelling distance.

All in all a very good camp site in a really good location.

Bryan Hale. Internet. July 2006

Camping La Ferme de Lann Hoëdic
Route de Roaliguen
F56370 Sarzeau
Bretagne Region
France

Tel: 02 97 48 01 73
Fax: 02 97 41 72 87

E-mail: Contact via the web site
Web site: www.camping-lannhoedic.fr

To find site:
From Vannes exit onto D780 signed for Sarzeau/Port-Navalo. The D780 skirts round Sarzeau (do not go into the town as roads very narrow) At roundabout, with Super U on left, take third exit signed for Roaliguen. After about .6 of a kilometre watch out for turning to left with campsite sign. The campsite is on left immediately before the hamlet of Roaliguen in .6 of a kilometre.

Lann Hoëdic is situated between the Golfe du Morbihan and the Atlantic near the town of Sarzeau on the Rhuys Peninsula. This campsite, which is rather rustic in nature, has around 100 touring pitches. There are some mobile homes but these are tucked away in their own area. The site is divided into several different pitching areas and individual pitches are of a good size. The site does slope a little so some levelling may be required.
Each area has its own water point and 10 amp electrics are available but on some pitches a slightly longer lead may be required. There are two good quality unisex toilet blocks with seatless toilets and no paper supplied. In the low season only one is usually open.

Bread can be ordered at Reception and they also have other produce for sale. For internet access campers can request to use the PC in Reception although for 2008 the owner hopes that a WiFi service will be available. The emphasis on the site is a relaxing holiday so there is no Bar/Restaurant/Swimming Pool. This site accepts Camping Cheques in the low season.

The campsite claims the nearest beach is only 800 metres away although I think this is a little optimistic! The beach can be reached by a nice walk through the woods. Reception will gladly provide you with tourist information on the area and point out places which may be of interest. They provided us with a very handy large scale map which we found very useful. The beauty is that nothing is a very long drive away and if you have bikes most places can be reached on these. For shopping there are a couple of good supermarkets in Sarzeau as well as a lovely Sunday Market if you want sea food

Date of our visit, early September 2007.

David Klyne. CLIC. September 2007
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Camping La Touesse
Saint Lunaire
F35800 Dinard-St-Lunaire
Bretagne Region
France

Tel: 02 99 46 61 13
Fax: 02 99 16 02 58

E-mail: camping.la.touesse@wanadoo.fr
Web site: www.saint-malo-camping.com/

This campsite is just outside Dinard and is near the coast. It is clearly sign posted from Dinard and is situated in a semi residential area. There are 95 touring pitches and also caravans for hire as well as mobile homes and two flats. The pitches are all level and there is a circular tarmac road that runs through the campsite. We visited in July on our way back from the Vendee region as we wanted to spend some time in St. Malo and the site was approximately three-quarters full. Most of the people visiting the site were French/Dutch/German although I did see five or six English vehicles. The owners are English speaking and keen to attract more English visitors.

Pitches were three or four to a section separated by hedging and shrubs. The toilet and shower block was clean and showers were hot. There is a disabled toilet and also a baby bath.

With regard to facilities there is a children’s’ playground, shop and bar/café which was serving an excellent three course meal for approximately 55 francs. This site also has a shop with bread being delivered daily. The shop is only open between the beginning of May to mid September. The site itself is open from lst April to the 30^th September.

What makes this site stand out from others is its proximity to a wonderful beach, which is only five minutes walk away from the camp site. The beach is sandy, sheltered and ideal for children and when we there in mid July, deserted. There is a tourist information centre in the village together with a very good delicatessen.

This site makes an excellent base for exploring northern Brittany and also makes an ideal stopover being approximately a three hour drive from Cherbourg.

Christine May. CLIC. July 2001

Camping Le Bohat
F56370 Sarzeau
Bretagne Region
France

Tel: 33 (0)2 97 41 78 68
Fax: 33 (0)2 97 41 70 97

E-mail: Via the web site
Web site: http://domainelebohat.com/bohat.html

This is a 3 star site used by the CC at Sarzeau in Southern Brittany, we took the afternoon ferry to Caen, and stayed overnight at Les Hautes Coutures just outside Ouistreham courtesy of Brittany Ferries.

Travelling to Sarzeau was easy as most of the roads are now dual carriageways.

There are 2 areas to pitch in, the first being in an orchard where most members seem to be placed, and the other area is mostly in blocks of 6 pitches, all being quite large, having electricity and 2 water taps serving the block. The site has 4 facility blocks that are kept very clean, but which can be stretched a little in peak periods. There are washing and drying machines, sinks to hand wash, and plenty of washing up sinks.

The staff speak excellent English and are very friendly and helpful, organising various Breton entertainment’s each week. Also for your entertainment there is a swimming pool, kids play area, an old barn with table tennis, table football and pool tables, the old farmhouse is now a restaurant/take away/bar/reception and small shop where you can buy the usual stuff. A Super U is only 2 minutes away and the town itself also 2 minutes, with the Thursday market a must. There are beaches less than 10 mins from the site, all very clean (no oil at all), and various harbours with creperies, sea-food etc where you can enjoy the food and watch the yachts sailing by.

At the entrance to the site are roads designated for cyclists and walkers only that also lead to the beaches (about 6kms).

The old medieval city of Vannes is about 15 minutes drive and is also a must for those who like ancient architecture, the harbour is right outside the old city walls.

Prices for 3 adults with 10 amp hook up were approx. £15-£16 per night.

An excellent family campsite and well worth looking at.

Jim Crawford. CLIC. August 2000

Camping Municipal de Paron
Route de la Chapelle Janson
Ille et Villaine
F35300 Fougères
Bretagne Region
France

Tel: 02 99 99 40 81
Fax: 02 99 94 77 83

E-mail: sports@fougeres.fr
Web site: http://www.ot-fougeres.fr/

Tariff 2002 (early July):
We paid 7.60 euros for 2 adults in a tent.

All units accepted. Open Easter to end October. 90 pitches

Site visited: July 2002

Directions: About 1.5 km to the East of Fougères, on the D17, Route de la Chapelle Janson.

Arriving from the South we drove through a busy commercial district - all car showrooms and huge DIY stores. We were ready for the worst, but found a lovely little municipal site tucked away in a quiet location. It’s a shady campsite, with lots of mature trees. It was almost impossible to get the tent up without it being under a tree, this was a bit of a problem as it rained most of the time we were there.

The site is well laid out, with one central block of facilities that are within easy walking distance of all pitches. There are a number of pitches without electric hook-ups on the perimeter of the site, which are designated for tents and others who don’t need a hook-up. The facilities were excellent, very clean and quite modern, with plenty of hot water and showers included in the price. Attached to the office is an information area, with loads of leaflets, maps and guides to the area. There is a small kids play area, which is pretty basic - just the ubiquitous table tennis table, a volleyball or badminton net and one or two things for younger kids. It’s very quiet, with almost no traffic noise despite being quite close to a main road, and definitely good value for money.

It’s a very natural looking site, well kept without being over organised. There seemed to be plenty of wildlife - in fact there were a number of what appeared to be molehills scattered about, although we never saw any other signs of subterranean activity. We were visited by a large toad, which strayed into the front section of the tent at about 3am one morning and woke us up!

The site is about 30 minutes (uphill) walk from the centre of Fougères, and about 45 minutes walk to the chateau. The town centre is quite a busy place, with a good selection of shops, restaurants and a few bars. There are some pleasant municipal gardens running downhill from the town towards the chateau, which is unusual apparently in lying at a lower level than the town it was built to protect.
The chateau is truly imposing - there is an impressive moat and huge walls full of arrow slits. Walking along the walls you can see the grids where, presumably, boiling oil was poured down on any attackers. This is definitely not one of those fairy tale chateaux built for pleasure, but a proper fortified building with a serious purpose. It is open to visitors and there seemed to be a kind of pass that could be bought that gave entrance into this and various other historical sites. It looked good value for money if you were staying for a few days. The remains of the mediaeval town surround the chateau, and there are a few pleasant looking little creperies and bars dotted about nearby. Even if you choose not to pay to get into the chateau it easily takes a couple of hours just to wander the perimeter and absorb the scale of the place.

I think Fougères would also make a good base to explore further afield for a couple of days - there are a couple of other ’border’ towns nearby and some beautiful countryside. Unfortunately we had to head back to Le Havre for a ferry or we might have stayed another couple of nights.

Janette Lee. CLIC. August 2002

La Grande Metaire --------- Fishing site
Route des Alignements de Kermario
BP85 - F56342 Carnac Cedex
Bretagne Region
France

Tel: 02 97 52 24 01
Fax: 02 97 52 83 58

E-mail: info@lagrandemetairie.com
Web site: http://www.lagrandemetairie.com/..

The resturaunt --- The pool --- The bar

The Campsite is situated on the outskirts of Carnac adjacent to some of the many alignments of Standing Stones that abound there

There are two entrances one is the road that leads to Carnac Plage (the beach) and the nearest Supermarket.

The site is divided up in to areas each given an alphabet letter up to X although each only had 20 pitches max.
Each pitch is divided the usual French way with a hedge although at 5 foot much higher than expected, all pitches had electricity and water was available but bottled water is preferable.

Toilet blocks (there were three) are large and cleaned regularly; each had pot and clothes washing facilities on the outsides, with copious amounts of hot water

The site has its own mini market, take away, restaurant, swimming pools, Jacuzzi, bar, safe play area, animation room (pool tabes ping-pong tables and large screen TV) and paper shop.
Twice a week a tourist train was available to take people on a guided tour of the area with English playback. There are also ponies for children to ride sheep, goats and ducks to look at.

Outside of the site is the Megaliths of the Carnac Alignments, which can take quite a time to find all of them some are free some cost 20FF.
There are numerous marinas where sailing tuition came be obtained.
20km away there is the Quiberon Peninsula which boast the French National Windsurfing School, also schools for the new craze Fly Surfing where one ties a board similar to a snowboard to your feet and wear a waist band which attaches to a very large kite then you fly the surf (extremely fast and dangerous looking it is too).

Obviously with the amount of rivers and estuaries around there is lots of fishing.
Here is a small list:
Salmon fishing in season is available at 150FF a day, which entitles you to 4 fish.
Course fishing is available at 50FF a day or 150FF for fifteen days which allows you to fish all freshwater and you can keep 40 fish (the French eat everything).
Sea fishing is Free and there is lots of it and boats are available for Tuna and Shark fishing too.

Graham Wilson. CLIC. September 2001.

Les Grands Sables
Le Pouldu
F29360 Clohars Carnoet
Near Lorient
Bretagne Region
France

Tel: 02 98 39 94 43
Fax: 02 98 39 97 47

E-mail: info@camping-lesgrandssables.com
Web site: www.camping-lesgrandssables.com/

Pouldu is a small little town on the coast south west of Lorient. It does not have much in the way of shops but there are a few bars and eating-places. There are number of small beaches close by.

The site is open with no hedges but there are numbered markers. It was very quiet when we were there (end of August) and plenty of space but I guess it could be a bit crowded in high season.
It is a family run site. Facilities are adequate and clean and there is a small children’s play area but no pool etc. which gave the site a pleasant English feel.

You will need a hook-up adapter.

August 2004 for a van, 2 people and electricity was 16 euros

Colum Murphy. CLIC. October 2004

Roscoff Docks

More relevant just for this year, If you want to stay on the docks be early on the boat.

There are toilets, water, a bar and a chippy near by at the terminal. A short walk into the village of Roscoff brings further bars and restaurants into play.
This year the space available is cut in half due to quarrying work going on to extract stone for the harbour, however provided you do not want 20 feet between pitches etc..... !

These docks are quiet compared to Calais etc as the boat traffic is much less.

Dave Benison. CLIC. September 2001

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