Recommended quiet sites on the Cherbourg Peninsula

Pippah45
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edited May 2016 in Overseas Campsites & Touring #1

Can anyone suggest some quiet sites to use for touring this area?  Just me and 2 dogs in need of battery recharging after a very stressful start to the year!  Beaches possibly - I have the ACSI book but it's nice to know what people on CT might choose.  I
also have the Municipal steps website.  I am starting in Central Brittany once I am satisfied my recovering brother has the care he needs.  Probably making my way to Dieppe for the return crossing.  Thank you.  

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  • Pippah45
    Pippah45 Forum Participant Posts: 2,452
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    edited May 2016 #2

    Can anyone suggest some quiet sites to use for touring this area?  Just me and 2 dogs in need of battery recharging after a very stressful start to the year!  Beaches possibly - I have the ACSI book but it's nice to know what people on CT might choose.  I also have the Municipal steps website.  I am starting in Central Brittany once I am satisfied my recovering brother has the care he needs.  Probably making my way to Dieppe for the return crossing.  Thank you.  

    Write your comments here...anyone please?

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  • scoutman
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    edited May 2016 #4

    Try Camping Haliotis at Pontorson near Mont San Michel nice site, not sure if it will be quiet though, depends on time of season.

  • Pippah45
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    edited May 2016 #5

    Thank you both useful indeed.  I haven't escaped yet but won't be long before I throw in the towel here!  As a solo camper bars aren't a lot of use to me but shopping is good.  I have done the Normandy beaches some years ago and while I will never forget
    I prefer happier places now.  I am not sure what holidays are coming up but Ascension day tripped us up and SIL  is a resident and a Catholic!  But I definitely can't be a whipping boy until the summer holiday busy time!  

  • Harcourt3
    Harcourt3 Forum Participant Posts: 11
    edited May 2016 #6

    There's a nice site at Etreham on the penninsula and a lovely CL called Camping Le Boterff in the centre of Brittany at St Mayeux near Mur de Bretagne which gives access to all 3 coasts in hour and half.

  • Pippah45
    Pippah45 Forum Participant Posts: 2,452
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    edited May 2016 #7

    Thank you Harcourt could be my first port of call if I can escape!

  • Burgundy
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    edited May 2016 #8

    A small (20 pitches) municipal at Valognes. We stayed here a few years ago. Not too far from the coast. A quiet site, mainly Brits when we were there. Some people use it as a last night stop before the Cherbourg ferry. Two supermarkets not far from site.
    Easy walk into town.

     

     

     

  • iansoady
    iansoady Club Member Posts: 419 ✭✭✭
    edited May 2016 #9

    We used the Valognes site on our first French caravanning trip 15 years or so ago after our Marauder suffered a tyre blowout - fortunately at a filling station. In those days I had no idea of tyre ages etc.

    As I remember it was a lovely little site and we were fortunate to be there for the next day's weekly market. There was a good restaurant close by as well.

    I think the guardian came round in the morning to collect the (very small) fee for the site.

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