Château du Garde

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The camp overlooks the vines
The camp overlooks the vines
Track to the camping field
Campsite with vineyard views
Campsite surrounded by vineyards
Level grass pitches
Entrance to the site
Taste our Vanlife wines directly at the estate, surrounded by the vineyards
Relaxation spot at sunset
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Track to the camping field
Campsite with vineyard views
Campsite surrounded by vineyards

  • Getaways on a wine estate in the countryside around Cénac
  • Historic Bordeaux 40 minutes’ drive; near to cycling trails
  • Wine tasting activities and bicycle hire on site; wine for sale
It’s not every day you have a chance to take part in a wine-tasting experience on your holiday, but at Château du Garde in Cénac, you can do exactly that. Every evening from 7pm, guests have the opportunity to participate in a tasting session of three Côtes-de-Bordeaux appellation wines on the on-site wine estate. And at this peaceful and leafy wine estate deep in Nouvelle-Aquitaine countryside, 40 minutes' drive from central Bordeaux, you can rest up at a no-frills site with views over rows of neatly planted vines. Perhaps set down for a splendid sunset from the garden furniture (with, as a bonus, a glass of wine in hand). If you're feeling active, rent a bicycle from the site and take the cycle path (800 metres away) to Bordeaux. Spacious, choose-your-own pitches are spread across a level field, with simple facilities running to a wooden toilet hut, composting toilets, drinking water and a waste-emptying service. If you’d like to eat al fresco while you’re there, you can rent barbecues and buy kindling in the form of a bunch of vine twigs or visit the food trucks, which are set up several evenings per week. The site can also arrange a four-hour guided bike tour and lunch in Bordeaux or Entre-Deux-Mers (for groups of two to 12 people), as well as return trips to Bordeaux every other Friday evening. They need to be booked in advance if you want to take part on your day of arrival. The site also has a self-guided urban cycling escape game, accessible on mobile for an additional fee, which begins directly in Château du Garde, following the cycle path into Bordeaux.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 20
Motorhome pitches 20
Tent pitches 20
Open all year
Opens
Please note
  • This site has no on-site shower facilities.

Admission

  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Dogs

  • 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.

General

  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
  • Please note that the toilet facilities are unisex.
  • Please note that there is a diversion in place upon arrival. Please follow the signs for ‘area motorhome’. The entrance is via the small road.

Languages spoken

English

French

German

Spanish

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Reviews

8

Overall rating from 75 Pitchup.com customers

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Location
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Value for money
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Accommodation
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Peaceful

81% would recommend this site to a friend

80% would stay here again

What customers say

This vineyard campsite offers a peaceful, off-grid experience with stunning views. Guests frequently praise the friendly host, the informative and enjoyable wine tastings, and the opportunity to purchase excellent wine. Facilities are basic, primarily consisting of a composting toilet, with some visitors noting a lack of showers or running water. While many find the simplicity charming, others mention it can be a bit scruffy or tight on space, particularly for non-motorhomes. The owner's dog is frequently mentioned, with mixed feedback on its behaviour around food and rubbish. The location is considered ideal for visiting Bordeaux.

Summary AI-generated from Pitchup.com customer reviews. Last updated 10/11/2026

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Very friendly owner and beautiful spot…

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Suzanne B. 1 review

Electric optional grass and earth touring pitch

Liked Very friendly owner and beautiful spot overlooking the vineyards. Enjoyed the wine tasting too!

Disliked Facilities are basic but that didn’t bother us for one night

Recommend to friends Visit again

A lovely Experience

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 Will L. 2 reviews

Electric optional grass and earth touring pitch

Liked I loved our stay at Chateau du Garde.

Our hosts were friendly and welcoming, we attended a wine tasting that we really enjoyed.

Our host was great. We bought 3 cases from his collection.

I think he was surprised that we bought one of each case because he wavered our pitch fee which was a nice thing to do.

I wanted to support his project.

Thoroughly enjoyed our time there

Disliked I think he said he plans to offer more facilities in the future. There is one compost toilet and currently no shower block.

This was not a problem for us but some may find that an issue.

It might be worth him doing ‘event weekends’. A gathering of campers with some live music and some outdoor food options. Like a small scale festival type thing a couple of times per year.

He has a lot of room and it might drive more revenue for the Chateau. Nothing fancy, just good food and a guy with a guitar. I would visit, but his nieghbours may object.

Anyway, a very enjoyable experience for us. Thank you :)

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Einfach, aber ok, leider sehr liebloses Areal.

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5 out of 10
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Electric optional grass and earth touring pitch

Liked Die entlegene und ruhige Lage in den Weingärten

Disliked Wir sind einfache Naturcampingplätze und Plumpsklo durchaus gewohnt und das war auch gerade so ok, aber das ganze Umfeld hat sehr ungepflegt und lieblos gewirkt. Ein paar Bäume und Hecken würden da schon für etwas Diskretion sorgen und einen großen Unterschied machen!

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Restful pitch, lots of space, lovely…

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8 out of 10
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Facilities / Activities
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Anonymous

Electric optional grass and earth touring pitch

Liked Restful pitch, lots of space, lovely to overlook the vines. Kindly hosts, enjoyable wine tasting and excellent to support a family concern.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great stopover

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8 out of 10
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Paula M. 15 reviews

Electric optional grass and earth touring pitch

Liked Beautiful location, the wine tasting was interesting translation was done by the owners wife. Mostly red wine. It was a good experience even if you don’t like wine.

Disliked Toilet was better than we expected so nothing really.

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Lovely stop off for 1 night

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Value for money
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Anonymous

Electric optional grass and earth touring pitch

Liked The wine tasting & the sunset across the vineyard was so lovely

Disliked The toilet being outside & no shower facility

Recommend to friends Visit again

Very quiet and tranquil,

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8 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Wifi
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Anonymous

Electric optional grass and earth touring pitch

Liked Jean Benoit is very nice and the place is very quiet and tranquil, centered in a beautiful vinyard, theres a wine tasting at night where you can purchase some of the wine he makes

Disliked Toilet is a compost Toilet so you use saw dust,

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Recommended for a brief stay.

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7 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Barry A. 16 reviews

Electric optional grass and earth touring pitch

Liked We travelled through France and Spain, staying on 11 sites in two weeks, gaining a sense of what makes a good site which most suited our purposes. Our most important criteria are a clean, quiet, friendly, welcoming site, which makes us feel relaxed, happy and wanting to return. Some sites were chosen as they were on our planned route and others through necessity or convenience.

Let's be honest. This is a very basic site and if you appreciate that then you won't have any issues.

The hosts were very friendly and welcoming. We had a great wine tasting session in the Château and took the opportunity to buy a few bottles of their lovely wine.

Disliked There are no showers.

We also paid for electric hookups, but none was available.

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Pleasant, basic site with perfect hosts.

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5 out of 10
Location
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Value for money
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Facilities / Activities
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Customer service
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Child friendliness
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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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Suzie H. 7 reviews

Electric optional grass and earth touring pitch

Liked Hosts are lovely. Wine tasting was great.

Disliked Lack of showers is a big drawback. We knew before we booked but it was so hot and a shower would have made it so much more comfortable.

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From the manager: Hello,
Thank you for your feedback. We are well aware that the lack of a shower is an issue in the development of our RV park, and we plan to install an outdoor shower soon.
We look forward to welcoming you soon.

Location Friendliness…

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Cleanliness
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Wifi
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paul b. 5 reviews

Electric optional grass and earth touring pitch

Liked Location
Friendliness

Disliked Unfinished project on property

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

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 TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Local produce Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Picnic table 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

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent pitches

Themes

Budget/backpacker 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 Shop nearby

Type

Small (11-25 pitches) Vineyard

Accessibility

Dedicated quiet space Level site, no steep slopes Step-free or level access Uneven terrain; gravel or loose mud

Nearby leisure

Cycle hire nearby Mountain biking nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Château du Garde

11 Allée du Garde

Cénac

Gironde

France

33360

Directions

Timezone

Europe/Paris CET (GMT+01:00)

GPS

44.79046°N
0.45447°W

Route directions

For the easiest route, the site advises that you arrive via the D14 and then follow the D115E9. There is a diversion, so please follow Avenue de Graves and turn onto the dirt track.

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

Centre of its namesake wine-growing region, Bordeaux (40 minutes' drive) is just the spot for a day of big-city sightseeing; admire the “Water Mirror” installation in the vast Place de la Bourse, and have a nose around the 18th-century, UNESCO-listed city centre. If you’d like to learn more about local vintages, make for La Cité du Vin, a museum housed in a spectacular avant-garde edifice on the banks of the Garonne River. Still in Bordeaux, taste regional wines at bars in the lively Darwin Ecosystem dining hub, housed in a repurposed barracks. Alternatively, blow the budget on a glass of claret and a sharing platter of charcuterie and cheese in Place Pey-Berland, all the while enjoying views of the medieval, Gothic-style Cathédrale Saint-André. When the kids need a day off museums and culture to get active, take them to run about on treetop rope courses at Arbor Et Sens (10 minutes), or treat them to camel treks from La Ferme Exotique (25 minutes). Push the sporting gear up a notch for cable-skiing adventures on the lake at EXO 33 Baurech (15 minutes).
(within 6.2 mi)
Castle, Aquarium, Theme park, Zoo and Cashpoint (within 10 mi)

Food and drink

  • Les Acacias 0.9 mi
  • Le Bistrot de la Pimpine 1.4 mi
  • Chez Popotte 1.5 mi
  • L'Asie du Sud-Est 1.5 mi
  • Pizza Nostra 1.8 mi
  • Restaurant de la Gare 2.1 mi
  • Bocce 2.1 mi
  • Schnock Pizza 2.2 mi
  • PUYMEYNAC 2.3 mi
  • Le Jep's 2.4 mi

Groceries

  • SCEA Château Carignan Off-licence 1.5 mi
  • Spar Supermarket 1.8 mi
  • Super U Supermarket 2.3 mi
  • Super U Supermarket 2.5 mi
  • La Ressource Supermarket 2.6 mi
  • Lidl Supermarket 2.6 mi
  • Chronodrive Supermarket 3.6 mi
  • Wine and B Off-licence 3.7 mi
  • Auchan Drive Supermarket 3.8 mi
  • Carrefour Supermarket 3.8 mi

Parks and play

  • Bois de Loc Boue park 2.6 mi
  • Berges de Garonne park 3.6 mi
  • Place de Courréjean park 3.8 mi
  • Domaine de la Burthe park 3.9 mi
  • Parc Marès park 3.9 mi
  • Pré Rimbaud park 4.2 mi
  • Bois de Feydeau park 4.2 mi
  • Le verger park 4.3 mi
  • aire de jeux - place des Républicains espagnols Playground 4.4 mi
  • Parc habité Les Sècheries park 4.4 mi

Family days out

  • Château Carignan Castle 1.5 mi
  • Château de Brethoux Castle 1.5 mi
  • Château de Courtade ou Dubuc Castle 1.6 mi
  • Château Lafitte Castle 1.8 mi
  • L'Isle-Fort Castle 1.8 mi
  • Maison Noble Dutasta Castle 1.8 mi
  • Château Latour Castle 1.9 mi
  • Château de Seguin Castle 1.9 mi
  • Florence Visitor attraction 2 mi
  • Château Gassies Castle 2.2 mi
  • Château Belair Castle 6.2 mi
  • Haute-Barde / Ecole Municipale de Musique Castle 6.3 mi
  • Barrault Castle 6.4 mi
  • Centre culturel turc de Bordeaux Castle 6.4 mi
  • Château Bellevue Castle 6.4 mi

Public transport

  • Bourg 0.8 mi
  • Escorgeboeuf 1.2 mi
  • Le Pin Franc 1.4 mi
  • Lignan de Bordeaux − Bourg 1.4 mi
  • Cazaubaque 1.4 mi
  • Camblanes-Rond Point de la Barade 1.5 mi
  • Camblanes - ZA Les Platanes 1.5 mi
  • Damluc 1.6 mi
  • Camblanes-La Lande 1.7 mi
  • Camblanes-Jossim 1.7 mi

Beaches

  • Bègles Plage 4.1 mi
  • Bègles Plage 4.1 mi

Other nearby

  • Carrelet Fishing 3.2 mi
  • Port de plaisance de Bègles Marina 3.6 mi
  • Carrelet Fishing 3.6 mi
  • Rives d'Arcins Shopping centre 3.8 mi
  • Carrelet Fishing 3.8 mi

Local services

  • Latresne Cashpoint 2 mi
  • Caisse d'Épargne Cashpoint 2.1 mi
  • BNP Paribas Cashpoint 2.1 mi
  • CycloCamp Charging station 0.7 mi
  • Pharmacie Sous-Lalet Pharmacy 0.8 mi
  • Cabinet de podologie Croizat Matrat Doctors 2 mi
  • Pharmacie Kressman Bouvier Pharmacy 2.1 mi
  • Total Fuel station 2.1 mi
  • Véronique Dontans Doctors 2.1 mi
  • Vincent Perin Doctors 2.2 mi
  • Cabinet Médical Doctors 2.2 mi
  • Pharmacie de Sadirac Pharmacy 2.2 mi
  • Pharmacie des Premiers Côtés Pharmacy 2.3 mi

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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.

Frequently asked questions

  • Does Château du Garde have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Château du Garde dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Château du Garde? Centre of its namesake wine-growing region, Bordeaux (40 minutes' drive) is just the spot for a day of big-city sightseeing; admire the “Water Mirror” installation in the vast Place de la Bourse, … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Château du Garde?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  10 a.m. –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  3 p.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Château du Garde? From £12.54 (for 1 night, 5 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.