Tents from £20, two-bedroom bungalows from £584. It’s small, with grassy pitches separated by high hedges, and has a bar, a supermarket and scrupulously cleaned facilities. The busy resort of Ribadeo is five miles west, there’s a sheltered cove 15 minutes’ walk east, and bang in the middle is this quiet, family-friendly site, close enough to the sea that it can lull you to sleep. Fly to Alicante with easyJetĬamping Playa Penarronda, Asturias Playa Penarronda is a swathe of sand on the Asturian coast, with decent waves and a freshwater stream running through it. Tents from £34, bungalows sleeping five from £1,621. Tent pitches are decent and shady or hire a beach bungalow. It has three restaurants and an ice-cream parlour, kids’ clubs and suitably cheesy entertainment, while across the dunes are the wild sands of Playa El Rebollo. La Marina, Alicante You could easily mistake this Costa Blanca site for a luxury hotel, thanks to a huge spa and a water park to rival a Dubai resort. Tents from £28, three-bedroom mobile homes from £1,262. Tent pitches are big and sandy, and there are cabins and glamping pods. If that’s not lively enough, Tossa de Mar is a two-mile walk away. It’s a bustling place with swimming pools, crazy golf, a bar, a restaurant, a supermarket and nightly entertainment. Eurotunnel starts at £158Ĭala Llevado, Costa Brava On a pine-forested clifftop near Tossa de Mar is one of the most charming campsites in Spain, with access to four shingle beaches (one for naturists). Tents from £24, log cabins sleeping up to six from £1,078. It has two restaurants, a spa, electric mountain bikes for hire and two pools that you might not use, because swimming in the lake is so much better. Their Dieulefit site is especially lovely, occupying a forest clearing in a bowl in the mountains of the Drôme Provençale. They started Huttopia in 2001 and now have 40 sites in France, Canada and the US, offering a mix of luxurious cabins, trappeur tents and cahuttes - half hut, half tent. Huttopia Dieulefit, Rhône-Alpes Céline and Philippe Bossanne are arguably the inventors of glamping. Tents from £26, three-bedroom glamping tents from £749. Lots of families have been coming for years after a couple of nights, you’ll realise why. A week in the chateau’s parkland includes group barbecues, lake fishing, treasure hunts, wine tastings and, in the last week of July, the annual Chanteloup Academy - a kind of family It’s a Knockout. The pool at Château de Chanteloup, Pays de LoireĬhâteau de Chanteloup, Pays de Loire More a summer-long party than a simple campsite, this five-star location is a celebration of Gallic eccentricity 15 miles northeast of Le Mans. There’s good shade, a pool and a good, cheap raclette joint, with more bars and restaurants in Bourg d’Oisans, a 15-minute walk away. Eurotunnel starts at £158 or fly to Nîmes with RyanairĪ la Rencontre du Soleil, Isère Summer sees the Alps at their most seductive - find out for yourself at this small, meadow-like family-owned site at the foot of the famous 21 hairpins up to Alpe d’Huez, with miles of cycling and hiking on the doorstep. Tents from £14, four-berth yurts from £508. There are 33 tent pitches, 11 yurts and a couple of tent lodges. It seems impossible that anywhere could offer exclusive access to the river in high season, but Mille Etoiles, a no-frills site set in oak woods on its left bank, has a secret entrance, as well as a pizzeria, a bar, bikes for hire. Mille Etoiles, Ardèche Every summer, the Ardèche turns into Europe’s most crowded natural water park.

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