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Independent Site Reviews:
5 French sites

Full information and more photographs about this month's parks can be found in the October 2006 issue of Practical Motorhome. For back issues telephone 08456 777812.

Olonne Sur Mer Olonne Sur Mer, Vendée
Camping Ile d'Offard Saumur, Maine et Loire
Camping Lac de Ribou Cholet, Pays de la Loire
Le Bois Joly St Jean de Monts, Vendée
Manoir de Ker An Poul Sarzeau, Gulf de Morbihan

Camping Lac de Ribou
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Camping Lac de Ribou
Website: www.cholet-sports-loisirs.com/village -vacances-cholet

Set in eight hectares of parkland, south east of Nantes, this four-star site has pitches overlooking a large lake. The long entrance sweeps you along to the reception and information centre, where you will be well looked after.
The pitches are clean, mostly level, grassy, well kept and marked out by hedges with some parts shaded by trees. Concrete roads lead around the two campsite areas and also through the areas where bungalows, chalets, and mobile homes are available to hire. Ten-amp electric hook-up is available at an extra charge per night, and each pitch has its own water tap.
Out of season, when we visited, this site was quiet and peaceful, although during some weekend evenings the adjacent hall was hired out for functions, and it can be noisy until late.
The site has a small playground for children, volleyball, table tennis, a pé area and tennis court, and two inviting-looking swimming pools with flumes (open from 10am until 8pm daily.) The modern, large, clean sanitary block offers free hot showers, washbasins, sinks in cubicles, toilets, washing machines and kitchen sinks.
In season, the site provides entertainment for children and adults. The numerous nearby sports facilities include many types of water-sport, horse riding, fishing, golf and sailing.
Handily, there is also a bar and restaurant just outside the campsite entrance.
Security barriers are in operation at the site entrance, which gives peace of mind. A PIN is issued to all guests, on arrival, and this is used to operate the security gate.
This Camping Qualité Group site makes an ideal base from which to visit the nearby town of Cholet. There is access to the lake and also to Le Grand Parc, a leisure complex only 12 miles from the campsite.
 • Attractions Te site is seven miles from the Parc Oriental de Maulevrier (Oriental gardens): web www.parc-oriental.com. These gardens are enchanting and will transport you to another continent. They also include a special 'night-time garden' which you can visit to relax in a mystical atmosphere. Open 10.30–19.30 Jul and Aug, 14.00–18.00 in other months (closed during Dec and Jan).

Full information and more photographs about this park can be found in the magazine
FULL CONTACT DETAILS, PITCH CHARGES, GUEST RESTRICTIONS, PITCHES, TOILET/SHOWERS, OTHER FACILITIES, ON-SITE LEISURE, PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND SECURITY.

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