Camping Chantecler

6.9 7 reviews
Outdoor swimming pool

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  • Dog-friendly site four kilometres from the centre of Aix-en-Provence
  • A 25-minute drive to Montagne Sainte-Victoire; 40 minutes to Marseille
  • Part of 10-hectare grounds with local products for sale
The first step to crafting your Aix-en-Provence getaway? Start by snatching up a spot at Camping Chantecler, which is just four kilometres away from the city centre. Once you’re all set up, with the dog and any kids comfy too, all that’s left is to get exploring… To the city of art, first of all? As the birthplace of the painter Paul Cézanne, your first pitstop might be Musée Granet (five minutes’ drive), which houses works by him and others including Picasso. Stroll the old part of Aix, down its typical alleyways and past hole-in-the-wall restaurants, or along the chic Cours Mirabeau. An opera festival takes place every summer in the city too. For a change from city scenery, Montagne Sainte-Victoire is only 25 minutes’ drive from Camping Chantecler if you fancy a climb to the top. It's a peaceful green place to spend a few hours wandering – and so is the campsite itself. It has a large swimming pool in the high season, plus wifi and local products for sale, along with 10 hectares of space in which to relax. Views of the Sainte-Victoire mountain are all around to look at while you chill out, but the site is also well based for getting active out in the open air. You might like to take a walk in the countryside that inspired Cézanne, or stop in at local vineyards for a wine tasting or two; they’re within around 10 minutes’ drive of the site.

Site type

Tent pitches 70
Touring caravan pitches 100
Motorhome pitches 100
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 15
Caravans for hire 40
Open all year
Opens

Tourist board rating

Languages spoken

English

French

Spanish

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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 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

Camping 2.0

Jumbo tent pitches

Themes

Wildlife haven

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 Cycling nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Motorhome service point Seasonal pitches Tourer storage facilities

Location

Camping Chantecler

41 Avenue du Val Saint-André

Aix-en-Provence

Bouches-du-Rhône

France

13100

Directions

Timezone

Europe/Paris +0200 (GMT+02:00)

GPS

43.51547°N
5.47449°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

Looking for your first adventure outside of Aix-en-Provence? The lush lavender fields of Valensole (55 minutes’ drive) are a very worthy contender, not to mention a top photography spot. Just as lush are the historic villages of the Luberon, like Ansouis (35 minutes), surrounded by vineyards, or pretty Bonnieux (an hour) and Cucuron (40 minutes). Back in Aix-en-Provence, one splendid museum is Fondation Vasarely (10 minutes). It’s not about the famed Cézanne but rather about the 20th-century French artist Victor Vasarely. A lesser-known spot is Cézanne's studio (10 minutes), which arranges cultural and foodie events. There’s another big city within reach too, the marvellous Marseille (40 minutes), which has a whole host of historical sites. If, however, the lively streets aren’t to your liking, take off on foot over the Cassis creeks, which run from Marseille to Cassis (40 minutes) and have limestone cliffs, crags for climbers and hiking paths.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Les Robinsons 20.6 km Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Marina Plage 20.6 km Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Marette 20.7 km Sea N/AExcellentExcellentExcellent
La Lave (Site De Corbieres) 22.7 km Sea GoodN/AGoodExcellent
Le Fortin (Site De Corbieres) 23 km Sea GoodGoodGoodExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Reviews

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would recommend this site to a friend

71%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Für die Leistung zu teuer

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

Electric optional grass and earth pitch

Liked: Die Reception war sehr freundlich, dafür 5/5 Punkten.

Disliked: Die Sanitäranlagen sind in die Jahre gekommen, jedoch sauber. Der Platz an sich ist hügelig und eng. Für Gespanne ist er eine echte Herausforderung. Für Gespanne über 11m Gesamtlänge kann ich den Platz nicht empfehlen. Den Übernachtungspreis von 35 Euro, der vorher zu entrichten war, fand ich zu hoch für die Nebensaison und die angebotene Leistung.

Recommend to friends Visit again

The Campsite is near the city, the toilet and shower is clean,…

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

Electric optional grass and earth pitch

Liked: The Campsite is near the city, the toilet and shower is clean, there are some cute cat at the campsite.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice. Decent sized pitches, good facilities, decent showers.…

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
Mike C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric optional grass and earth pitch

Liked: Nice. Decent sized pitches, good facilities, decent showers.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Quiet Walking distance to city center Friendly staff at reception Good size of pitches…

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

Electric optional grass and earth pitch

Liked: Quiet
Walking distance to city center
Friendly staff at reception
Good size of pitches

Disliked: Although working well, electric hookups not to modern standards.
Could do with more proper drinking water points throughout the campsite
Waste bins overflowing and very smelly
Graywater disposant point old and dirty and water point there not very hyginic looking
Some pitches are very uneven and tight to get into for modern campervans
Site could do with modernisation

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would not recommend

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

Electric optional grass and earth pitch

Liked: The location is a great base for exploring the area and the buses into the city are just outside the campsite.

Disliked: The customer service was appalling. We booked on pitch up giving an eta of 10pm as this was the latest advertised. We arrived at 9pm to find the reception in the dark and closed and had to keep knocking when the only staff member there was ready to leave to go home and got annoyed with us saying , we are closed, we close at 8.

This was contrary to the advertised time on pitch up and presumably pitch up would send them details of our booking, so they should have been expecting us.

After a time of dealing with annoyed staff member, who seemed like he was not going to let us in at first, we explained that we had paid in advance in full and arrived within the advertised times and we were eventually let in when showing our booking confirmation.

We were shown to our pitch but didn’t know where any of the services were and it was very dark, so had a hard time finding water and waste services.

The staff member left after this and had we had turned up five minutes later there would have been no one there and we would have been stranded with our caravan and no where to stay as the site is barriered,

We did not use much of the facilities as we went the following day, but the toilet and shower facilities were dated and not the cleanest. The pitches were not level or well maintained.

After this experience, we will never book here again.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Reasonable option for Aix-en-Provence

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

Electric optional grass and earth pitch

Liked: Reasonable option to visit Aix, city centre 45 minutes walk or close to local bus service
Trees and hedges for shade (in hills at the edge of the town)
Sanitaires had plenty of hot water and were very clean

Disliked: Felt a bit run down at the end the season (lights in showers, door handle fell off in my hand, a few showers not working …)
Be warned many pitches aren’t level and turns and gradients on the site are steep - fine for us at 6m but likely to be problematic for large outfits

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice site when it quiet , not sure how it would be in the height of se

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

Electric optional grass and earth pitch

Liked: It was quiet when we went , at one point we were the only ones in the pool . Great pizza and local beer .

Recommend to friends Visit again


Frequently asked questions

  • Does Camping Chantecler have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Camping Chantecler dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Camping Chantecler? Looking for your first adventure outside of Aix-en-Provence? The lush lavender fields of Valensole (55 minutes’ drive) are a very worthy contender, not to mention a top photography spot. Just as lush … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Camping Chantecler?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  8 a.m. –  7:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  noon –  7:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  noon
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