Camping in France
Thank you for visiting the Sandpiper Website. Sandpiper
celebrates the 30th year of organising self-drive
holidays in Western France
in 2006. All our family
holidays in France are famed for the cuisine, beautiful
scenery, and wine at ridiculously cheap prices. However,
in order to get the nice beaches and the sunshine it is
necessary to travel to the West Coast. You can choose
from 7 camping holidays sites
stretched over a selection of 3 areas, each having its
own beauty and advantages.
Brittany has a rugged coastline and stunning views
with lots of little fishing ports and harbours. It is,
in many ways, very like Cornwall, with its rocky coves
and small inlets. Safe and child friendly long white
clean sandy beaches. Superb food and wine. The land
of myths and legends. Towns steeped in history. Small
coastal villages. Brittany has it all for everyone who
wants to take holidays
in France.
The Vendee region is probably the area most popular
with the British holidaymaker. It is an ideal base for
the perfect seaside holiday. Miles of glorious sandy
beaches stretch as far as the eye can see. Just inland,
rambling pine forests provide shade from the warm summer
sun. The fashionable resorts of St Jean de Monts and
Les Sables d’Olonne are renowned for their sandy beaches,
bustling promenades and restaurants - ideal for self
catering in France. As in Brittany, seafood is a
speciality here and mussels are commercially cultivated
along the coast.
This region is home to the famous Muscadet and Gros
Plant wines. You can spend hours exploring the many
vineyards and sampling the local produce at the ‘caves’
where good quality wines are sold at very reasonable
prices. The Vendee boasts its own micro-climate and
records the second highest number of sunshine hours
in France. Water sports are very much part of the scene
here.
Charente in the South West region of France has become
an increasingly popular holiday destination over the
past years. One of the reasons for this is that it enjoys
a Mediterranean type climate without any of the crowds
of the South of France. The site we offer, L’oree du
bois is set in the centre of a huge pine forest. They
are so confident of the weather that both the bar and
restaurant are located outside with only a canopy to
keep off the sunshine. With the reputed surfing beaches
of the North-west coast of the Ile d’Oleron and the
endless cycle routes which crisscross Ile de Re this
area boasts something for everyone. The region is characterised
by varying landscapes, alternating between pine forest
and marshland, cliffs and sand dunes. Apart from the
pleasures of the seaside, there’s plenty going on throughout
the year in terms of entertainment as well as some interesting
sightseeing which reveals some of the area’s military,
religious and architectural heritage. Although the tourist
trade has grown in recent years much care has been taken
to preserve the areas character, based on the traditional
fishing, oyster, wine and salt trades. Travel inland
to explore the world famed Cognac distillery, while
two hours further south takes you to the prestigious
vineyards of Bordeaux.
For accommodation we offer the latest Chalet style
mobile
homes in France and for our tent
holidays and camping
holidays in France we offer carefully selected camp
sites in France. Our mobile homes are available
in sizes to suit most families. There are the 2 bedroom
Crystal Chalet which sleeps from 6 to 7. These models
come, depending on site, either with an en-suite toilet
and washbasin on the master baedroom, or a different
version without the en-suite but with a larger lounge
area . A Super Crystal model is also available which
is a slightly larger and more spacious version. Probably
the most sort after are the 3 bedroom models which sleep
up to 8 people. Our tents have 3 bedrooms sleeping up
to 6 people and are available on selected campsites
in France for camping
in France.
As you read travel through the website , or read our
brochure you will see the comments of our existing customers.
I hope you will see how important customer service is
to everyone in the company. Send an e-mail, complete
a quote request, speak to the staff in the office or
our representatives on site and you will soon discover
that we are all happy to spend as much time with you
as necessary to ensure you have a perfect holiday. A
large proportion of our holidays will be sold to people
who have been with us before, or have been recommended
by previous customers. Last year 96% of customer returns
marked their holiday in the Excellent and Good categories
with an incredible 77% of these scoring it as ‘Excellent’
We know all of the sites well and are happy to answer
any questions you may have. Whether you are new to this
type of holiday or a seasoned campaigner you can ask
to speak to either of us, no question is to trivial
to make sure you end up with the best possible holiday.
In an effort to help you choose the best holiday we
asked last years customers to score all parks on suitability
for children. This along with an average size of emplacements
is given in our brochure on each site this year.
How to get there is also most important to you, the
journey should be treated by you as part of the holiday,
and we are happy to book ferries from all parts of the
UK. With the event of Fly-Drive popularity we will advise
on the best and cheapest routes for you. We have introduced
linen hire on site to make the size of your baggage
more manageable.
We are also pleased to be able to offer personal Insurance
and vehicle breakdown cover with Green Flag.
Payment can be made by a deposit at time of booking
and balance 9 weeks before date of travel, or our popular
‘Easy Payments’ scheme with reduced deposit and balance
spread in monthly payments. You will be happy to know
that our ABTOT Bond protects any money paid to us.
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