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We've been all over Switzerland, Basel is grand but nothing special. If you want the real Swiss experience, I'd go an extra hour and see Lucerne, it's everything you'd imagine Switzerland to be.

If you don't fancy that long of a spin, stick with France. Highly recommend La Route des Vins, the scenery and villages in the area are stunning. Riquewihr, Kayersberg, Ribeauvillé and lots more.

https://www.wineroute.alsace/

Can you tell me more about Caen and Ouistreham? We'll be going with teens and younger.

We are getting Brittany Ferries to Bilbao on Friday and our first stop is Camping Le Vieux Port so will let you know how we get on.

I haven't been to Le Littoral but its on my list. I think if you had such a good time there would be no harm in going back another year while the site suits the ages your kids are.

Le Clarys Plage might be a good option. We were there last year and Le Littoral the year before.

Le Clarys Plage has done up their pool area this year so it'll be even better. There are a few restaurants 1 minute walk away, the beach is a 5 minute walk. And St. Jean de Monts is a 30 minute cycle or a short drive.

Ile de Noirmoutier is worth a visit for their salt fields and the town is nice.

Very much worth considering.

@danfrancisco83

Have a look at Le Jard in La Tranche sur Mer. The site itself is excellent, just about to finish our second visit. Our kids are a bit younger, but no shortage of 8-10 year old kids about. Mostly very modern mobiles bar the old original part with cheaper mobiles. Excellent pools, both indoor and outdoor. Modern bar and restaurant and a good shop on site too. Great cycling routes, nice towns nearby, La Rochelle within an hour. Water park 10m in away (O'Gliss) is supposed to be very good. But only opens in July/August We've probably done everything there is bar the water park, and likewise, on the lookout for a new spot for next year. But highly recommended.

Headed for Les Ormes tomorrow for a few nights to break up the drive home and have a few more days of fun.

Hi

Just back from two and half weeks in Spain and France and had a great time.

Took the ferry from Rosslare to Bilbao on the Wednesday sailing and was a small bit worried about the potential length of the journey. Boat leaves at 9am and gets in at 1pm the following day. TBH it was a very relaxing journey, the sea was calm which helped but what also helped was the C-Club Lounge which was fantastic. The lounge had food out all day long, they had breakfast out when we got on which was great because we were up since 5am. But they had snacks and hot food laid on all day long. They also had wine on tap for the lunch and dinner servings about 2no 3 hour windows. As a result the day flew by. I would recommend if going on the Bilbao trip.

The rest of the trip was great also and I won’t go into all the details but by far the highlight was Ile-de-Re…this place is magical…I had been there before for a day visit but I think the place really shines when you get rid of the car and get on your bike. We were there for 5 nights and we didn’t use the car once for the entire trip. We also got electric bikes which again helped in the enjoyment. There is almost a separate world out there on the island one for bikes and then the car. Villages are beautiful and there are loads of little restaurants along the cycle path that you can stop off at, all the town centres are locked off from cars all in all I think we did nearly 130km of cycling when there. Will go back there again no problem. We had perfect weather when there also which helped!!

The other highlight was getting the Commodore cabin back into cork and we got the priority disembarkation. For €15 on top of the cost of the commodore it was brilliant we were 3rd onto the ship and the 3rd car off the ship. I didn’t mind too much getting off but what I wanted was getting on quicker to enjoy the Commodore. If you are getting the Commodore it would be criminal not to get this for €15.

Now off to plan 2026 trip!!!

great review thanks for posting. I have commodore booked both ways thanks to this thread. Just added priority disembarkation. And now I want to go to ile de re as well!

One thing is you do have to be there a bit earlier, they say 1hr 45mins before departure, but its not much more that you would be there anyway. Have fun

Hi all, apologies if this has been answered but I can't find results in my search.

I have looked at Hippocket WiFi for our holiday and it is quite expensive.

Has anyone used a pocket 4g WiFi router like a TPLink with a French SIM card while on holidays? I can get a 4g router on Amazon but I have no idea how to get a SIM card.

Any help would be great, thanks.

Good idea never thought of that, would multiple devices be able to connect at once do you know? Fire stick/tablet/phone. Thanks.

Thanks Peckham. It looks like a very good option. I can get an unused phone too that can act as the hotspot.

look at Sandaya Séquoia Parc its a 5 star resort didnt stay there - but it is a bit of a cycle from the town. The la palmyre area is fantastic and much nicer than vendee which is pretty boring imo. In our case we would prefer a more basic campsite right beside amenities and town rather than a 5 star in the middle of nowhere. There are loads of french sites we passed in that area including eden village and cap n fun which looked fab.

Super, thanks Heroditas. That's the set up I was hoping to have. I'll look up that site for the SIM.

Can you link the simoptions one you are referencing? I looked at their website and they seem dear. I posted a question here a couple of weeks back but I think the best option for me to use in a spare phone for everyone to tether off is a Vodafone data unlimited plan for €20 which has 40gb roaming for 4 weeks

Any recommendations for a toll tag? And save me from doing the research.

Will be driving 2000 km so could do with a tag.