FRANCE is afloat of campsites, making it 1 of the astir fashionable places for a outdoorsy vacation among Brits.
From resort-like campsites with heated outdoor pools, h2o parks and thrill rides to lakeside pitches successful the countryside, there's a spot of thing for each camper.
Breanne Lovatt is simply a camping adept who chopped her teeth moving for the European campsite concatenation Key Camp, wherever she met her husband.
The mates present person present been connected astir 100 camping holidays together, and screen their trips with their 2 children, aged 5 and 2, connected her website, Family Camping Europe.
She's shared her 3 favourite spots successful France with Sun Travel...
Les Lacs de Trois Vallées, southwestern France
Located conscionable northbound of Auch lies Les Lacs de Trois Vallées, a countryside campsite that's operated by holiday company Yelloh! Village.
Breanne said: "I fell successful emotion with it immediately. It's successful the mediate of perfectly nowhere, implicit countryside, but it's gorgeous.
"It has this astonishing water wherever you tin prosecute pedalos, paddleboards and loads of different things.
"There are tons of structure pitches arsenic good arsenic a fewer mobile homes and lodges".
Spread crossed 140 hectares, the campsite has 347 tent pitches arsenic good arsenic 176 rental units similar cottages and structure lodges.
The five-star campsite besides has 3 on-site lakes, including a sportfishing water and a water wherever dogs tin bathe.
Meanwhile, a immense five-hectare water is reserved for watersports similar pedalos, canoeing, kayaking and a beach club.
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Other on-site facilities see a large aquatic park with waterslides, a counter-current river, and a heated pool.
There are enactment clubs for children arsenic good arsenic a babe country for the youngest of campers.
Live amusement is besides provided successful the evenings.
La Rive, Landes
Set next to a water successful southwest France, adjacent Bordeaux, La Rive is 1 of Breanne's steadfast favourites.
She said: "I conscionable emotion La Rive. It's a Eurocamp site successful Landes. I deliberation it's precise resort-like and it's truly bully for radical who are caller to camping, oregon aren't the champion astatine it.
"They're a spot much similar a holiday park, with loads of activities, astonishing h2o parks and slides.
"There's different water determination arsenic good truthful you tin bash h2o activities and a brushed play country if it rains."
The on-site h2o parkland has a immense h2o playground with 4 slides and elephantine h2o buckets.
And there's besides an indoor jacuzzi, a lazy river, a question pool, a spa and a wellness centre with massage beds.
An on-site edifice serves tapas overlooking the play area.
Breanne added: "It's astir an hr southbound of Bordeaux, truthful it's conscionable a gorgeous area.
"You've got the Dune du Pilat nearby, which is the largest soil dune successful Europe".
The campsite reopens successful April, with Sun Online Travel uncovering seven-night stays from £235 for a household of four.
Domaine des Ormes, Brittany
For British holidaymakers who don't fancy driving to the southbound of France, Breanne besides recommends a tract successful Brittany.
She said: "The different 1 is called Domaine des Ormes, it's successful Brittany.
"It has loads of activities similar a monolithic dome with swimming pools wrong - it's truly beautifully done.
"There are outdoor activities too, but it's Brittany, truthful it could rainfall rather a bit, which is wherefore it's nice to person indoor pools".
Set successful 400 acres of wooded parkland, Domaine des Ormes has an 18-hole golf course, a clubhouse, a equine riding school, an indoor excavation analyzable and 5 outdoor pools.
The campsite reopens successful April, with Sun Online Travel uncovering seven-night stays from £319 for a household of six.
Three camping tips from an expert
David Scotland owns camping instrumentality retailer Outdoor World Direct and knows each astir however to marque a camping travel tally smoothly.
When visiting immoderate campsite this summertime it's important to marque definite you're not making elemental mistakes that could ruin your holiday.
Check your tent
David recommends putting your structure up a mates of weeks earlier you're owed to question to springiness you capable clip to repair oregon regenerate immoderate damaged parts.
He told Sun Online Travel: “You’d beryllium amazed however galore radical crook up with breached tents."
Test the ground
Picking a good spot to transportation your tent is difficult, with tons of things to consider.
One of those should beryllium the information of the crushed you're putting your structure connected apical of, according to David.
He said: “Once you’ve recovered the cleanable spot, trial the crushed with your pegs earlier you perpetrate to camping determination to marque definite the crushed is brushed enough."
Don't nap successful your tent
It whitethorn look the cleanable spot for it, but a nap successful a structure could extremity badly, if it's done astatine the incorrect clip of the day.
David explained: "If the sun’s shining and it’s blistery wrong your structure - don’t bash it!
"One of our friends nodded disconnected successful his structure during a heatwave at Glastonbury and ended up astatine the aesculapian structure with heatstroke."
Instead, helium recommends uncovering immoderate shadiness extracurricular oregon determination good ventilated.
Meanwhile, there's a beautiful campsite successful the mediate of a vineyard and it's adjacent 1 of Europe’s astir underrated cities.
At the extremity of past year, a beachfront campsite successful Europe revealed a immense £21million revamp.