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JPOSH
JPOSH Forum Participant Posts: 131
edited April 2016 in Overseas Campsites & Touring #1

Hello people 

We are currently on the marseillan Plage area.

Weather here at the moment very windy our plan before leaving home was bavaria although the weather put paid to that 

So chased the sun.

Quite dissapointment with this area

So hoping the vast knowledge we enjoy on ct .

Looking at going north now via lyon and maybe alsace region 

We are a couplemid 50s for me and ot 50 this year 

We like our wine 

Cycling on  nice level terrain 

Walking and sites close to pretty villages, stunning views and maybe a river or lake close by.

Impossible ?

Let's see.

Oh we are armed with an acsi card .

Be nice people 

Pranged back of van on fence on site so got that to sort when home.

 

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  • eurortraveller
    eurortraveller Club Member Posts: 6,830 ✭✭✭
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    edited April 2016 #2

    Sorry about your van and that you are disappointed with that stretch of coast, but not surprised at that.

    But with the weather as unsettled as it is I suggest you stay in the south  - perhaps  the Arles / Avignon / St Remy de Provence / Apt area - and don't be a slave to the ACSI book.  There are good sites are outside that scheme.  Take care. 

  • Spriddler
    Spriddler Forum Participant Posts: 646
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    edited April 2016 #3

    Follow the route of the Canal du Midi from Marseille back towards Bordeaux? Good wine and nice level towpaths for cycling through gorgeous countryside, and the weather's getting better day by day.

  • DavidKlyne
    DavidKlyne Club Member Posts: 13,872 ✭✭✭
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    edited April 2016 #4

    We quite like Marseillan Plage as its not as hectic as many places on the Med. What site are you on? We have stayed at Camping Robinson a couple of times.

    Perhaps a bit left field but how about Camping Municipal de Montech  which is not quite in the direction you were thinking but being on the canal does allow for level cycling.

    David

  • Jamsdad
    Jamsdad Forum Participant Posts: 275
    edited April 2016 #5

    Sorry you are not finding your perfect bit of France - but there are better places than Marseillan Plage!. I would suggets heading east - try St Remy de Provence ( camping Mas de Nicolas is particularly nice) then maybe head up to Vasion La Romaine then
    up towards the Alps. I think that might give you more of the "real " France!

  • JPOSH
    JPOSH Forum Participant Posts: 131
    edited May 2016 #6

    We are on Mediterranean beach club 

    They seem own most of this little corner as they also have 2 other sites and we can use facilities on all 3

  • commeyras
    commeyras Club Member Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭
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    edited May 2016 #7

    Ah, the winds in that area, we used to live near Beziers! Try going into Languedoc or towards the Spanish border or into N Spain. And yes, follow the Canal du Midi.  It should warm up very soon.

  • JPOSH
    JPOSH Forum Participant Posts: 131
    edited May 2016 #8

    Settled in a lovely site near trets Provence 

    Weather looking good for the next few days

    Thanks all

  • HT11
    HT11 Forum Participant Posts: 100
    edited June 2016 #9

    hi. We stayed on a campsite at marseillan Plage  about 4 years ago. I didn't like the resort (each to his own) but cycling was lovely. A word of warning though. We padlocked our 2 bikes on the actual beach side to the fencing, thinking they would be more
    secure than with all the other bikes on the roadside. How wrong we were! It was about 50 yards to the sea edge and we kept checking our bikes were within sight. Suddenly, a French woman who couldn't speak English shouted and pointed to our bikes, or the place
    where we'd padlocked them and they were no longer there. It seems that our bikes were stolen by professional gangs that come down from Lyons to steal bikes. They cut through the chains and quickly load them into waiting transit vans before driving off. The
    police told us it was a big problem in the area. We never saw them again..... be warned !! 

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