Bienvenue-a-la-Ferme locations
Hi all,
Just been reading about the exclusion of Caravans using the French Passion sites but on the FAQ bit of their webpage they do say that some sites on there 'sister' site Bienvenue-a-la-ferme do allow Caravans.
It's the website just in French unless someone can tell me where the translation is ?
Has anyone any experience with Bienvenue sites when towing a caravan ?
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I've never used them but the pictures they display at their campsites have caravans on them.
To translate into English I use the Google Translation toolbar - which works very well.
I don't know which device you use but probably someone else can point you in the way of adding it to your PC, tablet, whatever.
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Unfortunately the Bienvenue a la Ferme website is no longer available in English. The Bienvenue a la Ferme members are working farms, which produce a variety of things, and offer camping pitches, or gites, meals, or just tasting visits. It isn't really like 'France Passion' in that sites are not free for those staying over. We've stayed on farms in the scheme. They can be as different as chalk and cheese - some are quite big and quite luxurious with pools, and a restaurant others are five pitches in an orchard. Some can be cheap, some can be relatively expensive.
Are you looking for somewhere and something in particular - or was it just the attraction of a potentially free pitch, like France Passion, for the night? I've just read your previous posts about the attraction of moving to a motorhome to take advantage of the Aires and France Passion, so I'd guess it's the 'free' which attracts you, but unfortunately you won't find free sites with Bienvenue a la Ferme.
However, if I'm wrong and you're searching for smaller sites, with a working farm producing cheese, or cider, or wine, or ducks................... then someone might be able to help.
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Hi ValDa and K&M,
Appreciate your view as to the great variation with bienvenue sites and will instigate a French translation to assist. Some of the types you mention do sound appealing for the future and hope the link may also inspire some other readers.
We really don't have any issue with paying for a decent quality site with the right facilities or outlook or charm we seek. Equally the 83 Aires highlighted on the video link on my recent post actually did absolutely nothing to enthuse us towards the possible merit of owning or touring in a MH, even if some are free.
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We have been to half a dozen small campsites of that type in France, but none of them are actually shown in that Camping a la Ferme list. There are in fact many more than that.
The ones we found were by googling for Aires Naturelles de Camping in the area we wanted - which seems to be a separate category up to 25 or 30 pitches. But as ValDa says they are proper paid for campsites, with toilets, showers, electric hook ups and full facilities. The smallest we ever found was La Grange de Campaulise at Mazan in Provence - just six pitches , impeccable modern facilities, private swimming pool, pick your own salads from the garden, free wi fi, and so on - but we paid €17, so not a freebie in the way that France Passion places are.
I don't have an up to date copy of the Club's Touring France site guide, but my out of date copy lists a number of small privately owned French sites and Cool Camping France, which is on line, has several of that sort too.
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We found a nice little site from this website a couple of years ago. It was at Fanjeaux. The Bienvenue website was in French but most people can pick up on the essential info and we contacted the farmer direct and had a good response. We thouroughly enjoyed our stay and the site was wonderful. I believe it was about 20 euros a night.
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