Site Review Index

6amp

BEWARE

Continental Hook Up Reverse

Polarity

Family Site

Pet Friendly

No Charcoal BBQ

Fishing

These are some sites my friends and I have visited over the years and either like or dislike

These are not adverts for sites you cannot book them via this website

You can, however, use the links provided or telephone the sites direct

You may not like these caravan sites as everyone's personal preferences are not the same. So please check them out yourself and don’t just take our word for it for them

© Madcaravanner.co.uk 2000– 2010    All report's remain the intellectual property of the writer and are not to be copied without the express permission of the writer

Motorhomes

camping

La Grande Metairie
Carnac
France

Tel

France 02 97 52 24 01

Website

Whilst we were here we witnessed the horror of September 11 with a group of Americans, Irish, British, and Dutch campers

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 the rear one 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 6 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 tables ping-pong tables and large screen TV) and paper shop. There are also ponies for children to ride sheep, goats and ducks to look at.
Twice a week a tourist train was available to take people on a guided tour of the area with English playback. 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  (don't know what the Euro cost is)

There are numerous marinas where sailing tuition came be obtained. 20 km 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 was available on a day permit, which entitles you to keep 4 fish.

Course fishing was available on day permit or fifteen day permits 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.