Independent Campsite Reviews

This is an exceptional site for families with facilities for children of all ages. There are five swimming pools, water slides, kiddy pools and a spa pool. The pool attendants/lifeguards are excellent and very professional. Inflatables are not allowed in the pool in the high season. There is free entertainment laid on at the pool during the day. There are two bars, a restaurant, two snack bars, so a bit for everyone. I love this site because of its safety. The security staff are very professional and there are rarely any problems in the bars at night. I am happy to let my children roam at will which allows us to relax and enjoy ourselves. The sporting facilities are excellent and free as is the nightly entertainment. The location is fantastic as a base to visit the Cote D'Azur. This place is difficult to fault. If anyone would like to know more I am happy to answer emails at harrycobeans@tiscali.co.uk

We went for the first time in 1998, and discovered paradise!! No need to travel to distant isles, you have everything necessary here. Sun, blue skies, palm trees, flowering laurels, activities, discos... in short we have three children (10 16 and 20 years) who would not miss their holidays at this site for the world. We have given the address to friend who have also caught the bug. So, we recommend it, but not too much, as it is getting more and more difficult to get a mobile home. If that tempts you to make a reservation (ask for the list of privately owned homes) start in September!! We will be staying from 16/7/05 - good luck to you.

Indeed according to all the positive reviews seen here, one cannot but appreciate this campsite. For my part, I’m 17 years old, and I’ve been going since I was 10! Since the first time, I have really appreciated this little corner of paradise, for the pool games, the children, the pools and the slides, then on growing up I have found just as many activities, such as sport (still the pool of course), but also the disco, well supervised, where you can make loads of friends. A wonderful place.

All of this is true!! Campsites of this quality are rare!! I must stress the friendliness of the staff, and the cleanliness of the area!! We go 4 or 5 days a year in May!! We live in Nice!!

Being first timers to French campsites it is hard to compare. Yes the site had all the facilities mentioned but we found by being English you are in the minority. Whereas my husband and I found this rather pleasant, our children ages 8 and 11 found it difficult. For sociable kids they were unable to buddy up, the site was so large we seldom saw the same families twice.

The site is very popular with the older teenager and whilst this is not a problem you are bound to be splashed by a young female being pushed into the pool by a young admirer. Amusing to watch at first but can become tiresome. We did notice that in our second week when a lot of the French had left that announcements were made in English as well as French, something that had not happened previously?

We had a great time but seek a smaller site if we go again.

This campsite is so cool. I had a great holiday there. I’m 16 and English and the campsite is fantastic for teenagers. There are loads of things to do so it’s never boring and it’s great at night too. It’s easy to make friends if you just go up to the top bar there's sure to be loads of kids that you can meet. The disco was mint. I met loads of great friends. The site is really safe so my parents were not worried about where me or my younger brother were. It is a great site for the whole family to relax and have fun.

It’s easy to travel and we went to Monaco, which was amazing! Although there is no need to leave the wonderful site. It’s brilliant!

This camping is brill. There’s everything you need to spend great holidays amongst friends. Atmosphere, activities, sun, welcome, pretty girls, everything you need for passing pleasant moments.

Have been going to this campsite since 2002 along with three to four other families and each year the teenagers decide we are going back again. This is now our 5th year and probably our last, as our two lads will be doing their own holidays.

All families have enjoyed this site and the facilities are probably the best available on any site in France.

Security is good on this site and the staff are generally friendly although one of the lifeguards this year was not very teenage friendly.

The only problem with this area are the forest fires and we nearly had to evacuate in 2005.

Finally I would fully recommend this as a teenager site.

Pat Quinn

Dublin

This campsite is super. There are all sorts of activities; you never get bored with the pools, the slides, the table-tennis, the tennis courts etc...

In the evenings, there is always a show and the disco. I’m only 12, but I too have my opinion of this campsite, which is brill.

We have just returned from this campsite and agree that it was fantastic, particularly if you have teenage children. I would agree, however, that our easygoing 11-year-old daughter found it more difficult to make friends. The facilities were great and our mobile home exactly as advertised by Keycamp and was clean and well equipped. We were nervous beforehand that the campsite might be too big and unfriendly but the well-designed site layout with its tall pine trees and winding roads gave an intimate and private feeling.

We did venture to Fréjus old town and the port as well as to Saint Tropez, Fayence (very picturesque hilltop village) and returned to the UK via Monte Carlo. All were worth visiting. Despite local information, there is no windsurfing on the lake 20 minutes inland but great facilities at the beach at Fréjus.

We would recommend La Baume to anyone with older children and are considering visiting again next year.

Hello, we stayed in this magnificent place at the end of August. Super super super. Good activities. Super sport, especially their Olympics and their races. Catering by the pizza man - my they’re good those pizzas with their delicious runny cheese, yum! Heavenly surroundings with palms and olives, magnificent greenery. Toilet blocks very clean, and cleaned very regularly. The cottages where we stayed were comfortable, with patios, but it’s a shame that the fridge and the kitchen corner were very small. Clean though. Good welcome. Very good disco. What really makes it deserve its 5 stars are the super big pools with lots of slides, and very well supervised with 1 to 3 lifeguards per pool. For those of you with children, it’s great for them, and for you, so relaxing. No more expensive than other campsites in the same range.

La Baume is awful! Do not go it is dirty unkept it all needs closing down and doing up. The pools were dirty with algae growing on steps and on the bottom. There was graffiti everywhere the pizza bar was dirty the area was horrible.

Electricity boxes are left open everywhere: very dangerous. The pitches are not private at all and there is always traffic travelling around the site constantly because of its size!

Horrible horrible horrible we left after 2 days and were meant to be there for 10! A disaster.

Hello, we spent 3 weeks at this campsite, which is very big, but very clean and very calm considering its size. If there’s anything to moan about, it’s that the restaurant is much too small for the size of the campsite, and the price of the children’s barbecue is very high at €16 for a 3-year-old, and the sea is quite a distance, you’ll need the car.

After reading the good and bad extremes of the reviews above, I felt it worth adding my own contribution. Everyone entitled to their own opinion I suppose, but it is not dirty and awful as it appeared to be last September.

Good points :-

- The pools. Plenty of slides and other variety and well supervised by lifeguards.

- For a campsite, a decent restaurant.

- Good sporting facilities with plenty of organised and ad hoc games.

- Considering the scale, well maintained and landscaped.

- Plenty to do in the surrounding area, but you do need a car.

- For mid/late teens a disco kicking off at 11pm. A concession to us 40 somethings on Sunday.

Bad points :-

- As suggested above, the one restaurant for the whole site is not enough.

- Variable customer service. Some charming and helpful people but some grumpy petulant people who really should not be involved in the tourist industry.

- Again for the scale of the place, although the supermarket was ok, it is simply not big enough.

- Not brilliant for kids in the 11-14 bracket who probably dont want to be part of a kiddies club, but too young for the 11pm disco.

On the whole though, an extremely enjoyable experience. We are consideriung going back.

We are just back from the campsite from an Easter break and it was as great as ever! We have been going for at least 5 years and it seems to get better every time. All the family love it-the kids think it is brilliant with all the activities: pools, discos, tennis courts etc. and my wife and I think it is also great for a relaxing holiday. We actually bought a mobile home on the campsite late last year, so we are just back from doing it up-its great!! Actually if anybody would like to book it for any time from March to October I have a great management couple who are managing it for me...you can email me at monaghan12@hotmail.co.uk

I would be delighted to hear from you!

But overall this campsite really is great for all the family and I don’t think I will ever go anywhere else!