Camping Le Val d'Amour

Piscine

Le snack (amateurisme)

Ruime keuze voor staanplaats

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Nice pool and facilities

Hard to find, sat nav went the wrong way

Ruimte/ zwembad

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Rural setting and local village
Excellent English at reception

Basic amenities and not very clean pool

Chilled out staff snack bar was great if a little basic but the wine was good and cheap too!!

Bit scruffy but ok for a stopover!

This is a very relaxed site (until it comes to swimming, see the disliked section!!) in a stunning rural location with plenty of trees for shade, very friendly welcome on reception, gave us a choice of 5 pitches to choose from, the site is set in agricultural land with a path that you can walk through the middle (great for dog walks). you are allowed to BBQ which is nice.

There is a little village (turn left at the main rd and it is a 5 min walk) which has a simple, authentic pizza restaurant frequented by the locals and shop where you can buy fresh bread and croissant from the bakery where it is made next door every morning, the town of Dole is about 30 mins away and is an authentic French town with beautiful buildings and shops, treat yourself to one of the cakes from one of the patisseries because you wont see anything like it in the UK.

Onsite there is a boule court, good play area, snack bar and the 2 water slides are great fun. The pool stays open all day and is open late until 10.30pm (on a Thursday night I think) however this is accompanied by loud music which didn't really fit with the feel of the site.

Nice family atmosphere on site, quiet in the main.

Ok so the pool, the site have an officious pool attendant (maybe life guard i'm not too sure) who's job it is to make sure everyone is dressed appropriately, it seems in France it is deemed unhygienic to swim in anything but lycra so boys you need your speedos or you just wont get in, we could see what the difference was between PROPER swimming shorts designed for swimming and a lycra version but he just would not budge on it. thing is when you are on holiday in a remote village you don't have your full wardrobe with you, and there are no shops, so that's a bit of a holiday runnier really which is a shame because its a lovely site other than that. We booked the site for the pool, so it was really disappointing the kids couldn't have some fun with their dad because of this. Don't let this put you off, just get the right shorts before you go.
I would have been much happier if the pool attendant was policing the children going down the 2 water slides and crashing on top of each other at the bottom which is frankly dangerous, rather than worrying about the type of swim shorts we were wearing.
Shower block is ok. there are no toilet seats, the hygiene of which is questionable when you consider the swim short obsession.

Piscine

Wc

Ce camping familial nous a tout d'abord séduit par sa piscine, et toboggans. Les animations tant pour les enfants, que pour les adultes, ont permis aussi d'apprécier également le séjour.

Notre objectif était de profiter tous les jours de cette dernière, et d'occuper les plus jeunes enfants, notamment pour qu'ils lâchent leurs téléphones, ce pour quoi je pense que la mission est réussie. Ils ont passé l'essentiel du temps soit à jouer avec les autres enfants, soit à la piscine, soit aux animations, soit à manger... sans compter la petite sortie kayak organisée par le camping

En vacances avec 7 personnes au total, ce camping permettait d'être tous logé sur le même emplacement, lorsque la plupart sont limités à 6 personnes. Aussi, pour un montant raisonnable pour notre grande famille, nous avons pu apprécier notre semaine au camping

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Helpful, friendly welcome.
Spotless toilets and excellent showers.
Lovely clean, safe swimming pool and slides.

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