Château du Garde

From €8 For 1 night, 5 adults 8.7 3 reviews
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  • Getaways on a wine estate in the countryside around Cénac
  • Historic Bordeaux 40 minutes’ drive; La Ferme Exotique 25 minutes
  • Vineyard tours and wine tasting on site; barbecues for hire
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. 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. Spacious, choose-your-own pitches are spread across a level field, with simple facilities running to a wooden toilet hut, drinking water and a waste-emptying service. If you’d like to eat alfresco 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. Guided tours of this independent winemaker are held at 7pm on Monday through Friday, taking in the vineyard and cellars before giving you the opportunity to sample three of the château’s Côtes-de-Bordeaux appellation wines. 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 on every other Friday evening. They need to be booked in advance if you want to take part on on your day of arrival.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 20
Motorhome pitches 20
Open all year
Please note
  • This site has no on-site shower facilities.
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Bookings must not be for more than 3 consecutive nights.
  • Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
  • Please note that the toilet facilities are unisex.
  • There is no reception on-site: on arrival please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.

Languages spoken

English

French

Spanish

Reviews

8.7

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Friendly owner and dog. Excellent wine. Weather atrocious site waterlogged so…

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

Non-electric grass and earth touring pitch

Liked: Friendly owner and dog. Excellent wine. Weather atrocious site waterlogged so can't review fairly

Disliked: Weather

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you for your opinion, for the weather I am for nothing, it’s for that winter campers stay in the courtyard, soon amenities will be installed stabilized ground electricted wifi.

Fantastic location in a vineyard. Owner invited us to wine tasting, all…

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

Non-electric grass and earth touring pitch

Liked: Fantastic location in a vineyard. Owner invited us to wine tasting, all so good we bought some! Hopefully we will return next year

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so much for your feedback! We are delighted that you enjoyed your visit to Château du Garde. We are proud of our location, in the heart of the Bordeaux vineyards. We are also pleased to be able to offer our visitors a unique experience, including a tasting of our wines. We are delighted that you found our wines delicious. We are always happy to be able to share our passion for wine with our visitors. We hope to see you again next year!

Amazing place in the countryside of Bordeaux. Wine tasting…

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

Non-electric grass and earth touring pitch

Liked: Amazing place in the countryside of Bordeaux. Wine tasting

Disliked: Nothing

Recommend to friends Visit again

From the manager: Thank you so much for your feedback! We are delighted that you enjoyed your visit to Château du Garde. We are proud of our location, in the heart of the Bordeaux vineyards. We are also pleased to be able to offer our visitors a unique experience, including a tasting of our wines. We are delighted that you found our wines delicious. We are always happy to be able to share our passion for wine with our visitors. We hope to see you again next year!

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

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

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

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

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 CEST (GMT+02:00)

GPS

44.79046°N
-0.45447°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

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).

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Bassin Emile Ortel 28.9 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Graveyron 29.2 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Baignade Amenagee De Lanton 29.6 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Camping Le Roumingue 29.9 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

  • 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:  Anytime –  6 p.m.
    Depart by:  Anytime
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Château du Garde? From £6.85 (for 1 night, 5 people) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.