Camping L'Etang de la Breche (Loire Valley, France)

Description: Address: Loire Valley / 49730 Varennes-sur-Loire / France / 4 star rated camping site.

Newest Review: ... quite weak, not dissimilar to my level of French so we managed in a combination of both to sort out the booking and get our pitch allocation. The pitch we were given was on the very edge of the site and was very large. It was, however, lacking in grass as there had obviously been a lot of usage that season and the earth was bare. Luckily we had nice weather during our stay but if it had ... more

... rained I imagine it would have been muddy very quickly. Large trees gave much needed shade and a nice degree of privacy without making us feel cut-off from the world. The toilets and showers on our side of the campsite were unisex. I have never come acr...more

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Camping L'Etang de la Breche (Loire Valley, France): Lazing in the Loire? (911 words)
by - written on 01/10/09 (Very useful, 137 readings)
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We have been taking a touring caravan to France for several years and we have to travel during the school holidays. This has led us to some very busy and noisy sites in the past so I always feel more than a little apprehensive when I book a new site. This trip saw us opt for Camping l'Etang de la Breche near Saumur in the Loire Valley. Things did not start well when we had difficulty finding the campsite. The directions that we had been given by the agency we booked with were incorrect and if we hadn't happened to have seen a small sign we would have started the holiday trying to reverse our caravan back up a very narrow road. As we turned into ... Read the complete review

Tip top camping (300 words)
by - written on 26/08/09 (Very useful, 70 readings)
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This campsite is one of the best in the loire valley. I have been working here all summer, and really enjoyed it. There are 2 companies on site apart from the owners pitches, keycamp and eurocamp. There are mobile homes available, or you can just hire an empty pitch and bring your own equipment. The resturant this summer has been left without a chef so has only been serving the takeaway menu, which is fine but not great as they charge a service charge in the resturant. A large pitch in late august costs around 250 for a week, if you book a mobile it costs a lot more. Keycamp and Eurocamp pitches cost more as everything is provided for ... Read the complete review