These beauties arrived in the post recently from Amazon. The 2007 AA Camping and Caravanning Guide France and Alan Rogers: France Quality Camping and Caravanning Sites.
These will be handy to take with us in the car, so wherever we find ourselves in France we’ll know where to find a decent site. We haven’t booked anywhere! It’s a bit nervewracking going on holiday to who knows where, but at the same time it’s part of the adventure.
As well as these books I have been doing some research on the following sites:
- http://www.les-campings.com/gb/ – probably my favourite
- http://www.campingfrance.com/ – click by region
- http://www.gites-de-france.com/gites/fr/campings (mainly a gites reference site, but with camp sites too!)
- http://www.camping-caravaning-france.com/features/links/ (great list of other camping/holiday sites)
And one final way I try and discover some options is by looking at the tourist office website for the destination I’m heading to, then check out the accommodation section.
Camp site websites in France are generally brilliant – especially when it comes to the 3 and 4 star places. You can normally flick through a picture gallery, get a good idea of the size and shade available for ‘emplacements’ and check availability online. I’ll be posting links to some of the best we find, along with ratings, post-trip!
