Dordogne Valley

Merlin675cc
Merlin675cc Forum Participant Posts: 7
edited January 2016 in Overseas Campsites & Touring #1

Hi all. Hoping to take a three week holiday to  look in and around the Dordogne valley in September of this year. Wondering if there are some riverside campsites with easy access for twin wheeled caravan that members could recommend. We are also taking two
Kayaks and Mountain bikes. No aqua parks please the river is our thing. 

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  • ValDa
    ValDa Forum Participant Posts: 3,004 ✭✭
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    edited January 2016 #2

    There are absolutely loads of riverside sites, and in September you won't need to book.  I don't know which of them may be suitable for your twin axle, but I'd suggest you have a look (initially) at the ACSI Card website (www.campingcard.co.uk) where in the advanced search section you can select 'twin axle vehicles permitted'.  If the limited selection offered at discounted prices (11 to 19 euros per night for pitch, two adults, car and caravan, awning and electricity) by the ACSI Card section, doesn't come up with anything, then check along the tabs, and search again on the Eurocampings tab of the same website.

    Personally we like Le Perpetuum which is an 11 euros ACSI Card site, which states that twin axles are permitted.

  • NutsyH
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    edited January 2016 #3

    Dutch owned site at Beynac et Cazenac. Rivreside, kayak access, walk to village for provisions. Lovely site with some full service pitches. I dont use acsi, but I think it is in their book.

    Paul

  • Merlin675cc
    Merlin675cc Forum Participant Posts: 7
    edited January 2016 #4

    Dutch owned site at Beynac et Cazenac. Rivreside, kayak access, walk to village for provisions. Lovely site with some full service pitches. I dont use acsi, but I think it is in their book.

    Paul

    Write your comments here...thanks Paul will look into this site

  • Merlin675cc
    Merlin675cc Forum Participant Posts: 7
    edited January 2016 #5

    Hi. Thanks so much for info will pick up book and a bit of reading to do. Did you use the Euro tunnel and how long did it take to travel to get there?

    Thanks again Julie & Dave

  • eurortraveller
    eurortraveller Club Member Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭
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    edited January 2016 #6

    Julie, if you use the tunnel then it's about 550 miles from there to the Sarlat area. How long does that take? Most people say two days. We would use the Portsmouth to Caen ferry instead and cut the driving to about 400 miles, but even then we get diverted by interesting places along the way. 

    I hope it all goes well for you. 

  • Merlin675cc
    Merlin675cc Forum Participant Posts: 7
    edited January 2016 #7

    Thank you. Eurotraveller. posts are really helpful. Smile

  • Frank Gill
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    edited January 2016 #8

    Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne has a nice site and is an alternative to the Dordogne area. Beaulieu is a lovely little town with all the amenites you need. National Parc De Volcanes about an hours drive away and the source of the Dore / Dogne rivers.

  • ValDa
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    edited January 2016 #9

    Thinking about my recommendation of Le Perpettuum, and although the Eurocampings search suggests the site accepts twin axles, the access to the site might be a bit Tight.  I notice that Des Iles in Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne doesn't come up if you 'tick' the Twin Axles box in Eurocampings.

     

  • InaD
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    edited January 2016 #10

    Dutch owned site at Beynac et Cazenac. Rivreside, kayak access, walk to village for provisions. Lovely site with some full service pitches. I dont use acsi, but I think it is in their book.

    Paul

    Write your comments here...thanks Paul will look into this site

    If you are interested in the area around Beynac (and it is nice) then another (simple) site is
    La Cabane at Vezac.  Not in any discount scheme, but rates are very reasonable.  After the 3rd of September it's €12 for 2 people, plus either 6A at €3.20 or 10A at €4.50 (we don't have EHU as we
    have a solar panel, so it was VERY cheap for us at about £9 last June!).  It does have a pool, but no fancy slides or anything, there is plenty of space and pitches are enormous.  It's adjacent to the river and hot air balloons often take off a little further
    down the river.  It's about half an hour's pleasant walk to Beynac (and a very steep climb to the top of it, but well worth it) and in the other direction you can walk along to Castelnaud and a little further to La Roque Gageac.

    We've used this site several times for 3 or 4 days and always enjoyed it.  Also because OH can fly his model aircraft on their runway but that's another story
    Winking

  • R and J McDonough
    R and J McDonough Forum Participant Posts: 3
    edited January 2016 #11

    We are planning 3 nights in western Dordogne area in May in our 6m camper before meeting friends in Isle de Re. As fairly new camper drivers and never having been to Dordogne before we'd be grateful for any advice about how hairy, or otherwise, the roads
    in  Sarlat de Canada area and areas west of that are, please.

  • ValDa
    ValDa Forum Participant Posts: 3,004 ✭✭
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    edited January 2016 #12

    Most of the roads are absolutely fine especially in the western Dordogne.  There are a few riverside routes, with some overhanging rocks, but given that coaches go along most of them, you should have no problems. The D703 south of Sarlat, heading east, goes
    alongside the river, and is narrow in places, but perfectly driveable at appropriate speeds. 

    If you are worried at all then you can always 'drive' along them using
    Google Street View.     (That section is on the D703 near Vitrac)  However, some of the filming is from 2009 and there are areas where things have been improved and road layouts changed.

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