Posts Tagged ‘camping in France’

Camp In France To Explore The Variety

March 9th, 2010

Taking vacations in France has changed a great deal in recent years and if you want to camp in France today, you will find a great many very well equipped facilities. Camp sites have become more like resorts and with the added convenience of mobile campers and fully equipped family tents, camping will never be the same again.

Camp sites can be found in very attractive country and sea-side settings, and camping is great for exploring any number of these. You just pack up your tent or camper and move on to the next spot. This enables the holiday maker to see as many or as few different places as they like.

Resort-like campsites are well organized and maintained, they have every facility you would ever need, and are great value for money. Careful planning could find you camping in a spot where you have access to both the coast line and the interior countryside. Exploring both these options really makes for an exciting holiday. If you have your bicycles with you, even better, you don’t have to drive, and you get exercise too while you camp in France.

There are so many different areas in France where you will find beautiful camp sites. If you think the Cot ‘dAzure is only for the rich and famous think a gain. Take Gran and Grandad with you, they will love it too. Oh yeah, don’t forget the kids.  They’ll be very pleasantly surprised.

Take for instance the coast of Gascony and Royan, these areas are famous for long sandy beaches, high dunes, and even pine forests, a strange eclectic mixture of landscapes. Congnac vineyards dot the slopes of the River Charente valley and Royan is a popular choice for many campers. The forest of La Coubre surround this area, making it extremely picturesque, and the Island of Oléron, with its ancient citadel may be reach by bridge, this isle also has excellent beaches.

Food and France work hand in hand, and restaurants proffer fine wines and even finer food to their guest. What money you save by camping, should be used to sample some of the local seafood and other fare. For really great wine making it is highly recommended that you pay a visit to the Médoc peninsula in Royan.

One of the most important oyster farming areas can be found just south of Bordeaux, and Bordeaux wines are also world recognized. If you visit this area, leave the kids to organized camp site activities and take time out to sample the wines, this is an outing you will never forget.

Camp In France For Fine Wines And Beeches

January 21st, 2010

Vacationing in the Europe has changed a great deal over the years and if you should decide to camp in France you will not be disappointed. You will find a great many very well equipped facilities. Mobile homes and family tents are luxurious to say the least and site offer everything the holiday maker needs to have relaxing and entertaining time.

Camp sites can be found in very attractive country and sea-side settings, and camping is great for exploring any number of these. Moving from site to site when you are camping is also easy, you just pack up and move to a newer more beautiful place.

Resort-like French campsites are well organized and maintained, they have every facility you would ever need, and are great value for money. By planning your camping holiday carefully, you should be able to find a site that allows to close access to the sea shore and the countryside, this way you can explore miles of these areas, without even having to drive. Make sure you take your bicycles with you.

All areas of France cater for campers, from the Alps to the Vendee, and even the Cote d’Azure! When you camp, everyone in the family can have a great time and you could even take Grandma and Grandad with you.

Royan and Gascony are only two of the areas worth a mention, every where in France has something special to offer. Sea-shores, protected by high dunes, surrounded by the pine forests of La Coubre, has to sound like a wonderful landscape to anyone. The Valley of the River Charente is popular with campers and it is a Congnac making area. Oléron is an island accessible by bridge and it has great beaches as well as being home to a fantastic ancient Citadel.

Food and France work hand in hand, and restaurants proffer fine wines and even finer food to their guest. What money you save by camping, should be used to sample some of the local seafood and other fare. For really great wine making it is highly recommended that you pay a visit to the Médoc peninsula in Royan.

Just south of Bordeaux, you also find one of the most important oyster farming regions in the whole of France. Yes oysters are farmed, but perhaps in not the conventional sense! Bordeaux is also world renowned for the fine wine it produces and while the kids are entertaining themselves with organized activities at your campsite, you could be off enjoying some seriously adult fun, wine tasting!