Camping Eléovic

Camping Eléovic is paradise for anyone who loves seafood: at Pointe Saint-Gildas, a 10-minute walk from the site, you can find prawns, shrimp, velvet crabs and spider crabs uncovered by the tide, or you can go further afield for clam digging and mussel and oyster harvesting. If shellfish give you the heebie-jeebies, you can settle down for some good old-fashioned fishing at Pointe Saint-Gildas, casting a line for bass, eels, smelt and garfish. Seafood aside, there’s plenty to do along this stretch of French coast. Head first to the nearby town of Pornic, 15 minutes away, where you can visit the old port, try out the seafood restaurants (sorry… final mention, promise) and head for dessert at La Fraiseraie ice-cream parlour. The city of Saint-Nazaire is well worth a trip too – explore the old port, wander the boardwalk, get a look inside Submarine Espadon at the heritage museum or learn about the history of ocean liners at Escal’Atlantic. If the kids are starting to tire of history, there’s plenty nearby to keep them entertained. Start with go-karting about 15 minutes from the site, venture further afield for Planète Sauvage safari and marine park and Océarium de Croisic aquarium, then make your way into Brière Regional Natural Park for Monkey Forest leisure park.