Sun/Mail holidays to France

shockmeshockme

Hi
Looking for some recommendations. We've done the cheap Sun/Mail breaks to Cornwall for the last few years and are thinking of trying France next May with them.
We'll have a 10 month old baby and don't mind a bit of a drive (maybe up to 3hrs), and would like to be near(ideally walking distance)to the beach/restaurants.
Any one reccomend any of the Mail/Sun campsites?

TIA

missbiggles1

Which ferry crossing will you be using?

shockmeshockme

No preference really. Willing to do a longer one than Dover-Calais if needed.

hollydays

One of the nicer parts of France with the sun holidays the chateau des ormes in epiniac , Brittany, but it's not in walking distance of a beach.but it's a five star site with restaurants and lakes

richardw

If you want better weather than Cornwall, there's a rule of thumb that it's better south of a line at about Bordeaux.

missbiggles1

richardw wrote: »

If you want better weather than Cornwall, there's a rule of thumb that it's better south of a line at about Bordeaux.

I disagree. The Vendee is the warmest part of France apart from the Med and is a good way further north than Bordeaux.

http://www.vendee-guide.co.uk/vendee-weather.htm

hollydays

Ferries don't get to those part of France though do they? IS the st Malo the nearest( though probably dearest) ?

missbiggles1

hollydays wrote: »

Ferries don't get to those part of France though do they? IS the st Malo the nearest( though probably dearest) ?

St Malo would be the nearest but Caen would cut out a lot of driving whilst being more reasonably priced (although longer than 3 hours).

Alikay

We like Brittany and The Vendee (although Vendee was too hot in the school summer holidays for our pasty, gingery family!) but probably a bit of a longer drive than 3 hours. We've broken our journey at campsites nearer the channel ports before, and liked Camping Le Vallee at Houlgate and Cote de Nacre at St Aubin - lots of nice beaches and traditional Normandy architecture in the area. Food and drink is good too .

hollydays

This is the link to the sun holidays sites
https://club950.co.uk/parks/
You can see chateau des Ormes and the other possible choices none right on the coast
I've been to Brittany a lot it's always been very warm I've been in July . These holidays are cheaper because they are off peak?
Budget airlines serve Dinard.
You could also look for municipal campsites near a beach as an alternative they may have static caravans to rent

Haven't got a link to the mail ones

Alikay

We use https://www.breakfreeholidays.co.uk for caravan breaks as they have more flexibility than the Sun breaks, but are still usually cheaper than the operators own websites.