Le Cattiaux Camping

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Pitches overlooking the lake (added by manager 10 Dec 2022)
Aerial view of the site
Exterior of three-bed caravan
Exterior 2 bed static caravan

  • Quiet, riverside and family-friendly campsite in the Essonne region
  • A 20-minute drive to Fontainebleau Forest and Massif des Trois Pignons
  • River and pond fishing, play area, trampoline; shops 20 minutes’ drive
If you’re after a country weekend away from Paris, an angling break within walking distance of a river or a family holiday with lots going on to keep kids occupied, then you have three very good reasons to look at Le Cattiaux Camping, five minutes’ drive from Courdimanche-sur-Essonne in the Essonne department. Boutigny-sur-Essonne railway station – from where trains connect with Paris in around an hour – is also five minutes’ drive away from the site, which sits next to the Essonne river and Belésbat Pond, known for barbel and carp fishing. And as for the kids, well, there’s a trampoline, pool, table football, pétanque and ping-pong available, as well as a playground with climbing frames for toddlers. Plenty, then, to keep them busy for (hopefully) days. Barbecues are provided (pick up provisions in Boutigny-sur-Essonne, five minutes’ drive), and there are washing machines and dryers in the amenities block to make sure everyone keeps looking their best. The nearly 10-acre rural campsite is dog-friendly too, and surrounded by woodland criss-crossed with footpaths for exercising your pets (and the kids, should they need more distraction). And as well as fishing in the river or Belésbat Pond and an 18-hole golf course (five minutes’ drive), there are climbing, hiking and horse-riding routes in Fontainebleau Forest (20 minutes).

Site type

Tent pitches 60
Caravans for hire 4
Touring caravan pitches 10
Motorhome pitches 10
Open all year
Opens

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro) and/or any of the following: Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Rottweiler, any Mastiff or Tosa.
  • Dogs are not allowed if you are staying in the accommodation units.
  • Reception is unmanned after 7 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.
  • At least one of the party members must be aged 18 or over.
  • Guests are advised to bring a good quality torch with them as parts of the site are unlit.
  • No naked flames are allowed inside the hired accommodation units.
  • If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.

Languages spoken

English

French

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

74%

would recommend this site to a friend

68%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Sehr netter Empfang, sehr ruhig, tolle Parzelle…

Overall 8/10
Location 6
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional grass and earth motorhome pitch

Liked: Sehr netter Empfang, sehr ruhig, tolle Parzelle

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Don’t go !

Overall 2/10
Location 4
Value for money 4
Accommodation 2
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 2
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 2
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional grass and earth motorhome pitch

Liked: Nothing

Disliked: The man in charge is extremely unpleasant, aggressive and rude. Having given us the code to the big security gate, he failed to mention that it would be non functional after 10 pm so we were unable to re enter the camp site . He appeared to find this amusing and was happy to abandon 4 women alone in the dark. It was a very disturbing experience and I could not recommend this site to anyone.

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From the manager: le jour de l arrive le code du portail est donne et je rappelle malgré que ce soit note qu'il n 'y a aucune circulation entre 22 h et 6 h dans le camping (sauf cas urgence pompier...) vous donnez ce message car vous avez mal pris le fait que j ai demande à votre femme de nettoyer son toilette qui était disons le remplit d'excrément voici la note de la propreté également très facile de mal noté et dire des mensonges :) votre fille qui parle français le savait tout ça maintenant si personne ne discute ou lit le papier je n 'y suis pour rien bonne journée monsieur CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION To be allowed to enter, settle in or stay at Le CATTIAUX Camping**, you must have been authorized by the manager or his representative. The latter has the obligation to ensure the good maintenance and order of the campsite as well as compliance with the application of these internal regulations. Staying on the campsite implies acceptance of the provisions of these regulations displayed at the entrance to the campsite as well as at reception. PROHIBITIONS - Any connection of electric vehicles is prohibited unless authorized by management with metered billing. - The sanitary system is under a lift pump for proper operation of this do not throw anything in the toilet (wipes, rags) RESPECT - Dogs are tolerated on your plot on a leash - Kept on a short leash on paths and parking lots - Prohibited on neighboring plots as well as on tent pitch lawns - No vehicle traffic between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. - Out of respect for the neighborhood, keep it quiet after 10 p.m.

Sanitäre Anlagen…

Overall 6/10
Location 4
Value for money 4
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 4
Child friendliness 4
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Laura F. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional grass and earth tent pitch (two person)

Liked: Sanitäre Anlagen

Disliked: Zeltplatz liegt unmittelbar am Spielplatz & an der Hauptverkehrsstraße. Gasgrillen nicht erlaubt, dafür aber Holzkohle. Preis überdurchschnittlich teuer für eine Nacht.

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From the manager: Bonjour madame seul les feux au sol sont interdits le reste est autorisé sur l hébergement c était votre propre matériel

Clean facilities and friendly staff

Overall 8/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional grass and earth motorhome pitch

Liked: Un camping muy tranquilo y apacible

Disliked: Bastante lejos de Paris pero con buena conexión de trenes

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Not somewhere I would recommend

Overall 2/10
Location 6
Value for money 6
Accommodation 2
Facilities / Activities 2
Customer service 2
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 4
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional grass and earth motorhome pitch

Liked: Pitches are a good size. Easy access into Paris on the trains.

Disliked: Limited facilities for the whole campsite. No access to water except in the sinks. No toilet roll in the toilets no soap in the sinks. No access to bread / bakery items for breakfast and a long way from any shops. All very basic.

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From the manager: hello there is no toilet paper we are a 2 star campsite it is not obligatory to provide it madame for accommodation 4/10 it's your equipment I can't do anything about it there is no bread store we have a bakery 1 km from the campsite

It was cheap and ideally located for our purposes in the area…

Overall 4/10
Location 6
Value for money 6
Accommodation 4
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 4
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 2
Daniel Juhl K. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional grass and earth tent pitch (two person)

Liked: It was cheap and ideally located for our purposes in the area

Disliked: I main "complaint" is the tent camping experience - a grassy area with freeplacement for tent campers - power provided by a cable drum dropped in the middle of the field, with 4 outlets for all to share. The car parking was just up against the field, which was both good and bad - mostly bad. Bad in the sense that we had to track our stuff from the car 20m all the time we needed things in the car, bad that when others on the site used their cars, it would affect the whole camp, bad also in the way that there was more tent camping groups than parking spots up against the tent plot, meaning some had to park 100m away at times, and carry everything around even further.

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Not what I expected

Overall 6/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 4
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 6
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional grass and earth tent pitch

Liked: Clean bathrooms. Friendly owners.

Disliked: I disliked NOT getting the campsite I expected. From the pictures on the campsite website, and from the wording on the booking form, I understood I had booked a private pitch 10m x 10m, separated from other pitches by hedges, as per usual on French campsites. I had also booked electricity. In reality, the camping area was just a large patch of grass, with all the tents together. Not a private or reserved pitch. And the electrical supply was just a DIY extension reel with four sockets for everyone to share. In addition, it was not allowed to park cars on the camping area, which made unloading hard and time consuming. Don't get me wrong, I've done a fair bit of lightweight camping, so I'm fine with no cars on the campsite, but on this trip I had my family and a big family tent with all the kit so having to lug it all from the carpark to the actual camping spot - which was just a random spot on the grass in among all the other tents - was simply not what I expected. So my advice: when booking here, just be sure you know what you're getting.

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From the manager: hello thank you for your opinion the tent space is common and not individual plots it is well noted and the photos are very realistic on the site for the observation regarding electricity several people asked for it and we had no others solutions but the change for work is in progress sorry for this inconvenience our land is too small to put the cars near the tents Sincerely

Gastvrijheid, sanitair en ruimte.…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional grass and earth motorhome pitch

Liked: Gastvrijheid, sanitair en ruimte.

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Lovely large pitch, very clean facilities and super friendly hosts. Really laid…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional grass and earth tent pitch

Liked: Lovely large pitch, very clean facilities and super friendly hosts. Really laid back atmosphere and much more than we expected

Disliked: Nothing, it really was super

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the location the owners were very friendly…

Overall 6/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 8
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional grass and earth touring caravan pitch

Liked: the location the owners were very friendly

Disliked: the pitch was very muddy after a bit or rain the toilet block

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Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area Pétanque TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Car parking by pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Peaceful Walkers' paradise Wild camping

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Climbing nearby Cycle hire nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Le Cattiaux Camping

Impasse de la Varenne

Courdimanche-sur-Essonne

Essonne

France

91720

Directions

Timezone

Europe/Paris CEST (GMT+02:00)

GPS

48.42735°N
2.37354°W

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Anyone wanting to tick some impressive châteaux off their sightseeing list can head for Fontainebleau Palace (half an hour’s drive) for guided tours of royal apartments and exhibitions about Napoleon I, while the castle at Domaine de Courances (15 minutes) has a spectacular Renaissance-era water garden to explore. Arty types should make a point of visiting ‘Le Cylop’, a massive Jean Tinguely sculpture located in forest near historic Milly-la-Forêt (both 10 minutes), where you can see a 15th-century covered market as well as artist Jean Cocteau’s frescoes in the medieval Chapel of Saint-Blaise-des-Simples. If climbing is more your style, the Massif de Fontainebleau (20 minutes) has rocky sites suitable for all ages and abilities. Experts get stuck into bouldering at Rocher Cuvier Châtillon (45 minutes), or scale steep cliffs in the Gorges d’Apremont (half an hour). Families can follow hiking trails through the Gorges de Franchard (40 minutes), and there are several climbing circuits – from easy to challenging – in the Massif des Trois Pignons (20 minutes).

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

Frequently asked questions

  • Does Le Cattiaux Camping have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Le Cattiaux Camping dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Le Cattiaux Camping? Anyone wanting to tick some impressive châteaux off their sightseeing list can head for Fontainebleau Palace (half an hour’s drive) for guided tours of royal apartments and exhibitions about Napoleon I, while … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Le Cattiaux Camping?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  12 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  10 a.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Le Cattiaux Camping? From £14.70 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.