Family camping in France

There is no doubt that France is the best country in Europe to take the family for a camping holiday, not least because most of the resorts are tailored to meet the demands of family groups, and some tour operators have children's clubs and child minding facilities as well. Camping is great fun for the whole family and France has so many varied regions and micro climates that it is often hard to make a decision as to where to go.

If your children are young it may be as well to get away with as little driving as possible because they get bored as we know all too well, so Normandy, Brittany or perhaps the Vendee region of France spring to mind. Pop over to France via Caen, Cherbourg or St Malo and you don't have so far to drive in France at one go. Other than that just make the Dover/Calais crossing and potter about on the northern coast.

Older children and teenagers can travel far better so your driving doesn't have to be so limited, but there again Brittany, the Vendee or anywhere down the western coast of France will provide you with a most memorable family holiday.

If you and your family are into watersports then we suggest that you try one of the camping sites in and around the little town of Longeville in the Vendee. It lies just 6 km north of La Tranche and there is a beach there which is famed throughout Europe for being one of the best surfing beaches other than way down the south of the country. When the tide is right then people descend on the area from all over northern Europe for weekends of surfing, and if you don't have your own board or wetsuit there is a hire shop on the beach.

An ideal venue for a family camping holiday in France!