sarlat la canéda,dordogne

gangan
gangan Forum Participant Posts: 14

First i would like to wish you all a happy new year,we will be stopping for about 4 days in sarlat la canéda this year and it seems that there are a lot of sites in this area,can anyone recommend a good site ,not too large or expensive,we will be there at
the end of June.many thanks for your help

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  • eurortraveller
    eurortraveller Club Member Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭
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    edited January 2016 #2

    As you say there are so many to choose from - and all prices ranges too.

    The most popular sites are on the river South of the town, but an example of a smaller quieter site away from the river is Camping Le Pigeonnier at Tursac, but it's 14 miles north west of Sarlat. About 25  pitches in the heart of the village,  with Scottish owners - in case anyone is concerned about language problems. Reviews and website via UKCampsite.co.uk

    But there are so many others! 

  • Westiegirl1
    Westiegirl1 Forum Participant Posts: 108
    edited January 2016 #3

     with Scottish owners - in case anyone is concerned about language problems

    Yes I must agree that the Scots are hard to understand   Laughing

  • ValDa
    ValDa Forum Participant Posts: 3,004 ✭✭
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    edited January 2016 #4

    What sort of site?  Do you have children with you?  Do you prefer quiet or lively?  We like

    Le Perpetuum
    near Domme, which is across the river, but not far as the crow flies (12.5 km driving distance) from Sarlat.  It's cheap at 13 euros per night, in June (using the ACSI Card, www.campingcard.co.uk).  That covers pitch, car and caravan, two adults,
    awning, electricity and one dog (and if you have young children up to three under sixes are included in that price).  Nice pool, nice riverside setting, good sanitary facilities, walking distance to bars and restaurants along the river.......... but not to
    Domme itself, which is a long uphill walk.  You just need the sun, and you'll be in heaven.

  • kenexton
    kenexton Forum Participant Posts: 306
    edited January 2016 #5

    FYI we stayed at Indigo Sarlat for two nights last May.The toilets/showers are excellent but the access to pitches is very tight for caravanners.The pitches and the electrics need some TLC .We managed OK with our 6m  PVC but some larger  caravans arrived
    and turned around and left.The site is very steeply sloping with hairpin turns on the access roads..It is only a  ten minute walk to town,on the plus side.

  • ValDa
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    edited January 2016 #6

    I remember when Indigo Sarlat was Les Perieres, and was a popular Canvas Holidays and Eurocamp site.  Then new owners took over, and we heard people complaining about their attitude.  We even bumped into a bit of a 'protest' in the middle of Sarlat, when a group of families were holding a protest about the site owner's treatment of their children, and then them as families!  I have to say that was a very long time ago.

    It was dropped from the tour operators, and seemed to go off radar for a time.  It's nice to see that it's now back under the 'Indigo' banner, with a complete renovation. We've found Indigo sites generally very 'green' (eco) type sites, and the ones we've stayed at have been very good!

  • jimd
    jimd Forum Participant Posts: 37
    edited January 2016 #7

    We stayed at Moulin Du Roch a few years ago.  Nice site and we're going back for a week in August this year on our way to Biarritz

  • TheAdmiral
    TheAdmiral Forum Participant Posts: 506
    edited January 2016 #8

    We have stayed at Camping Maisonneuf at Castelnaud la Chappelle on and off since 1972, in June it's quiet which suits us, they are on ACSI which helps, we have the pool virtually to ourselves, just lie there and watch the Red and Black Kites soaring overhead
    also Hot Air ballons regularly fly over the site.The site is about 6 miles from Sarlat and the village has what you need without going into Sarlat, not to be missed is the Market in Sarlat held on a Wednesday and Saturday

    Admiral

  • Longtimecaravanner
    Longtimecaravanner Forum Participant Posts: 642
    edited January 2016 #9

    We stayed at Moulin Du Roch a few years ago.  Nice site and we're going back for a week in August this year on our way to Biarritz

    We stayed there some years ago. Its a very big site which I would find too busy in August but in May there was hardly anyone else there. However that is the story of so many big sites in France in May.

  • ValDa
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    edited January 2016 #10

    We've stayed at Moulin du Roch more than once, and in late August when we met friends there a couple of years ago, there were plenty of free pitches down in the bottom 'meadow' which is the area we like.  We still managed to book a table in the restaurant
    and there were no queues for the shower facilities.  The sanitary blocks are good.  

    In late July and early August, as longtimecaravanner suggests, it may be very different.

    For us the downside was that the site isn't within walking distance of any bars and restaurants, except a roadside one which wasn't open when we were there.

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  • TheAdmiral
    TheAdmiral Forum Participant Posts: 506
    edited January 2016 #12

    We have used Camping Aqua Viva twice  and enjoyed it, there is a quiet lane adjacent that leads to an old railway line  cycle track, at the trout farm next door the owner catches your fish and dispatches it so they dont
    come any fresher. Its not a particularly big site and under Dutch management, well run.

    However our last visit was 2004 and things may be changed

    David, it has changed, new owners since 2004 who have installed quite a number of additional Mobile Homes

    Admiral

  • InaD
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    edited January 2016 #13

    Not in Sarlat and not an ACSI site, but a lovely quiet site with lots of space in June is
    La Cabane in Vezac.  For 2 people it's €12, EHU at 6amp €3.20, at 10amp €4.50.  We've stayed there regularly for 3 or 4 nights, most recently end of last June, when there were very few
    units on and we had all the space we could ask for.  Fabulous views of Beynac castle too and a pool, albeit not one with fancy slides etc.  Straight next to the river, where hot air balloons take off.  About 10 miles from Sarlat I'd say, but would more than
    likely be much quieter than Sarlat sites. 

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