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Just returned from Les Amiaux, not the best of sites, our caravan was located in quite a shady position, the tracks around were very narrow just enough space to get your car around. The water pressure was poor, the toilets did not have any toilet rolls, the small outdoor pool with slides looked manky, though this was due to the colour of the paint in the pool itself, the indoor pool was ok but had a thin line of green scum around it as though it had not been cleaned properly, the bar and club were too small for the size of the site and amount of people there, the drinks were overpriced. The highlight was the sports programme where football, boules, basketball, table tennis and tennis were available and run by a very polite friendly member of the staff. What was worst of all was the ignorance and arrogance of the site manager who ignored our pleas for help when the electric tripped in our caravan we had to get a private caravan owner to help us. We were then informed that the manager fully understood English but did not talk to anyone and was not very helpful and were we to upset him he would have us removed from the site. Will definitely not be going back to this site!

Just returned early from our first and last visit to Les Amiaux. Should have stayed two weeks but only lasted one.

Very, very unhelpful in reception. Barely any English spoken and extremely overpriced in bar and restaurant. Wifi advertised, but conveniently only in the bar, where I was advised to buy drinks or put away my laptop! My family had been drinking in there nearly every day. Wouldn’t let us use their printer to print documents and sent us to St Hilair de Riez to use a printer in Tourist Info....surprise, surprise they didn’t speak English either!

Our caravan was also very close to another one containing four kids, who were allowed to jump on their beds until 1 a.m. in the morning. My Daughter, aged 16 yrs was bored stiff and actually asked to go home early.

Oh, and we arrived there off the Ryanair flight which only saw us arriving at the site at 10.55. By the time we found someone at reception, as it was closed by then, they informed us that they closed the barriers at 11 pm every night and we had to carry all our cases and bags through the site. Then we were stopped by security and we had to try to convince them who we were before they would let us get in. No offer of help there either....

My Husband calls it A PRISON CAMP.

Just returned from a fortnight at Les Amiaux. My whole family thought it was fantastic. Pitches were huge and well serviced. More English spoken in reception than I speak French, and they were helpful, moved my pitch on request away from a bees nest with no fuss. Takeaway restaurant was fine, pizzas etc very nice. The pools and slides were fantastic. Don't be put off by the picture of the waterslide pool, it is very clean, just doesn't look good in the picture because it is a sandstone coloured cement lining, not tiled. Waterslides were great fun. Services on each pitch were excellent, with a mains water tap, grey water drain and chemical loo drain on every pitch. The shop was well stocked with essentials for BBQ's etc. Beach nearby was a good walk (You wouldn't want to forget anything and have to walk back) but very pleasant. Cycle paths up and down the Vendee coast for miles each way. I would recommend this site to anyone and for the first time, would consider returning to the same site 2 years running. The showers were powerful, plenty of hot water and never a queue whatever time of day you go, not bad for August. The shower blocks could do with new fittings, but they work fine and were always clean. Go and enjoy it!!!

We booked to go to this campsite for two weeks , my husband, my 5 year old son, my mother and father in-law and myself. The holiday was booked with French Freedom via Camping Direct. We have been to this area of France for many years and always booked with either Keycamp or Euro camp and have always had great, happy holidays. I read lots of reviews on the site before booking, some bad and some good but remained open minded as we all have different expectations and standards but please carry on and read this review.

After an awful ferry crossing with LD Lines (never again) they also will be receiving a review much the same as this. Please, travel with Brittany Ferries instead, highly recommended.

[Note from Webmaster: The rest of this review is primarily concerned with the mobile home, hired from French Freedom. The state of this mobile home, and the attitude of the French Freedom representatives, is not the responsibility of the campsite, and just because a French Freedom have delivered poor service does not mean that the campsite itself is similarly poor. Read some of the other reviews here for other opinions.]

On arrival at the site, first impressions, ok !! We arrived just after 3pm, our booking-in time was supposed to be 3pm so timing was great, at the main reception the staff spoke very little English and actually ignored me twice, we waited 45min for a French Freedom rep to turn up and that was after having to phone company back here in England to tell them we had arrived. The rep was a young girl, very pleasant. She walked me to our caravan while the others followed in the car. As I walked through the park my first impressions were that the site had quite poor maintained areas, over-grown hedges, weeds, and then she presented me with the caravan!! Well, where do I start? The pitch was tucked in a dark dingy corner with very little space to park our car, the so called decking area was over grown with weeds and the table and chairs on it, a pub picnic table was so old if I'd sat on it I would have got splinters in my bottom!! When the rep opened the caravan door the smell hit me, mould, damp, and oh my god what a dark, dated interior !! We had ordered linen packs, which consisted of mis-matched duvet covers thrown on the beds and the pillows had no covers, well they did, covered in mould!! The curtains were hanging off the rails and I'm not even going to describe the bathroom!! I took one look at my mother-in-law and burst into tears! My son is a chronic asthmatic and to spend one night in this awful, dirty, smelly hole could possibly have meant we spent the rest of our holiday at his hospital bedside!! We turned the caravan down and asked the rep if she could sort another one, her comment was, 'but they are all this bad'!! After messing around for the next 3 hours trying to sort out what on earth we were going to do and lots of exchanged words the company agreed to give us a full refund on my son's health terms, says a lot doesn't it!! Luckily having been to the area for years my husband and father in-law were able to track down the last remaining caravan on a site we had visited the previous year, le Clarys Plage, a wonderful, highly recommended site. When we explained to the reps on the new site our situation we didn't even have to tell them the name of the problem site, obviously its reputation is known!! All I can say is please, please do not consider this site for your family. Awful, dirty, what more can I say !!!

Very poor campsite, with no attraction at all. Very nice pool, heated to 17 or even 19 degrees by the sun. Bungalows from another era. Very nice breaks in the power supply in the evening, averaging 45 minutes 4 days out of 6. I heartily recommend against it.