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Camping in La Baule, Southern Brittany
During the first half of the 20th Century, La Baule was one of France's most exclusive seaside resorts and was a mix of wealthy family villas and luxury hotels.
La Baule has the longest beach in Europe at 12km and is more or less connected to Le Pouliguen in the west and Pornichet in the east nearest to the Loire estuary. You can cross the estuary to visit places like the lovely Pornic, or a day or so in the Vendee, but first you have to go over the St Nazaire bridge.
Camping holidays in or near to La Baule are extremely popular! There's a wonderful mix of shops and restaurants as well as the casino not forgetting that fantastic, sandy beach!
Getting there is easy. From Calais you need to go on the autoroute (toll fees will apply) A 16 and head Ouest (west) following the signs for Caen. Those of you who have caught the ferry to either Dieppe or Le Havre follow the same route to Caen, and then take signs for Rennes, the capital of Brittany.
If you have disembarked at Cherbourg then you need to go down the peninsular on the N13 and join the A84 to Avranches and Rennes.
If your ferry was to St Malo then you have it easy; follow the sign for Rennes like all the others.
From all directions, the N137 dual carriageway which goes down to Nantes (where you are not going!), so circumnavigate Rennes by following the signs for Bordeaux and carry on down the carriageway until you get to Nozay. Just after Nozay you turn off onto the N171 and head for St Nazaire and La Baule. If you lose your way on this trip then your karma is seriously out of sync with mine!
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