sandalwood Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Looking for slow route and camping on ile de ray. Brood places to stay on way down (2/3 days) best campsite on island. Any ideas of routes, sites etc , gratefully received. Ian Don’t mind really good aires! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamRienza Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 We stayed at Les varennes in La bois plage en re a few years back. Fairly level individual pitches, pool small restaurant. 5 minute walk to beach. 5 minute cycle to town centre and large daily market. We liked it. It was an ACSI discount then, but not now. We tried to get on last September, but full. We then got a pitch on Campeole, Les ami de la plage which is nearby. Very sandy, in dunes, individual pitches to an extent but uneven. More like a municipal. Again pretty full during our stay. Right beside beach, restaurant next door. Similar times to village centre. Individual pitch pay Aire next door, again well filled. I suspect booking might be a good move as wilding is frowned on and regulated in high season. You don’t say where you are travelling from or if you have kids and need a well facilitated site to offer further help. In the area we like La Rochelle and Rochefort but use aires in these towns. Look also at il de Oleron which is free to get onto and similar in many ways to Re. Possibly our preference, but again use aires rather than sites. Davy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel wood Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 sandalwood - 2020-01-30 3:56 PM Looking for slow route and camping on ile de ray. Brood places to stay on way down (2/3 days) best campsite on island. Any ideas of routes, sites etc , gratefully received. Ian Don’t mind really good aires! What are your requirements for a site to be classed as "the best"? Different people have different requirements so what someone thinks is the best may not be what you require. Also, what are you wishing to see on your journey there? Your interests and port of entry will have some bearing on the route you decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancepar Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Are you going there in July this year, the Tour de France has a stage ending at Ile de Ré on the 7th? Google.......... Aire de campingcar on Ile de Ré B-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFrenchConnection Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 L'île de Ré is unpleasantly busy in July and August and will be impossible in July when the Tour de France is in town. It's also very motorhome unfriendly and the toll on the bridge is €18 for a car in summer. Forget what eye-watering sum they wanted for the Camping Car. L'île d'Oleron à little further south is similar, less crowded (though still busy in Summer) and has a free bridge. Been to Ré once with the Camping Car... which was enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Toll costs (return) for the l’île de Ré bridge are listed here. https://la.charente-maritime.fr/index.php/routes-transports/tarifs-pont-re/tarifs-dun-aller-retour (Presumably the data are up-to-date...) The vehicle classes are defined here https://la.charente-maritime.fr/index.php/classe-vehicule and motorhomes with two axles, a maximum gross weight not exceeding 3500kg and a height less than 3 metres would be Class 2 and (apparently) pay the same toll charge as an ordinary car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Mitch Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Camping la Grainetiere near La Flotte en Re is an excellent campsite. Visit their website on www.la-grainetiere.com I would agree that July and August are not sensible months to visit. You should also note that it is expensive and attracts affluent Parisiennes, rather like Le Touquet. The island is best suited to cyclists as it is flat. It is possible to visit the whole island this way, and you could even reach La Rochelle if you are sufficientlt fit, or like us, using electric bikes. The campsite has a good choice of bikes to hire. We are looking forward to returning in September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 These webpages may be of interest as they list 46 Ile de Ré campsites and 6 motorhome parking places https://www.holidays-iledere.co.uk/your-stay/where-to-sleep/campsites https://www.holidays-iledere.co.uk/practical-information/transports/motorhome-parking There are plenty of on-line comments about visting Ile de Ré in a motorhome https://tinyurl.com/vl737gp We stayed (in a hotel) at La Rochelle in late-September 2019 and went on a coach trip to Ile de Ré staying for a few hours at Saint-Martin-de-Ré. Sunny weather, warm temperature and the attractive small town was pleasantly busy - I dread to think what it would be like in the tourist high season though. A couple of people in the travel-party decided to revisit Ile de Ré the following day using a bus route from La Rochelle to the western end of the island stopping off at lots of places along the way. And that day it rained heavily from dawn to dusk. As Mike suggests above, île d’Oleron would be an alternative. 74 campsites listed here https://www.oleron-island.com/getting-ready-my-holidays/accommodation/campsites and comments here https://tinyurl.com/yx7v34gg This 2016 MHFun discussion compared the two islands https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/threads/ile-de-re-or-d-oleron.139557/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandalwood Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 No kids, just us two oldies. Tks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandalwood Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 Peace quiet. Near to beach or village. Clean. Nit noisy. Two oldies. Tks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 You still haven’t said where you plan to enter France (Cherbourg?) and when you’d arrive (morning, afternoon, evening?) as this will be important if you want suggestions about routes and where you might stop on the way to Ile de Ré. You also haven’t said when you are planning to go there (nor for how long you would be staying) as these things will matter regarding which campsites on the island might be most suitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicepix Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 In high season the Ile de Ré is anything but quiet and peaceful. In low season it is a nice place to stay, but when you consider the other places around it on the mainland I personally would choose the latter. To get around you really need to cycle or walk as you will not be able to park your MH in many places. My recommendation, having been to Ile de Ré, Oleron and the coastal area around La Rochelle would be to stay somewhere else if you are going in July or August unless you have some other overwhelming reason for choosing Ré. If you are heading down from the Channel you will pass just about anything that you can find on Ré as you go through Normandy and Brittany. Inland from these islands you will find the Marais-Poitevin, sometimes referred to as 'The Green Venice'. It is flat so walking and cycling is easy and there are some pretty villages. It doesn't get nearly as crowded as the islands and you are not hemmed in. Alternatively look at the Lot & Dordogne valleys. There are loads of lovely towns and villages with municipal camp sites and beautiful scenery. If you are looking for peace and quiet, Cajarc, Martel, St Cirq Lapopie, St Eulaie d'Olt, Conques & Beaulieu sur Dordogne all offer that and are typically rural French. Also, the Charente & Vienne valleys are beautiful and get overlooked by the crowds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrix Meanderer Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 sandalwood - 2020-02-01 2:34 PM Peace quiet. Near to beach or village. Clean. Not noisy. Two oldies. Tks We go to Re each year but have learnt the hard way when and where not to go (lol) Nowhere on Re is cheap, overnighting off campsite or aire is prohibited and you will get moved if you try. The nearest to your spec that I can suggest is Camping La Tour des Prises just outside La Courade, or Camping Les Baleines near the lighthouse but it's mainly tat retail there. Flower Camping Les Ilates at Loix doesn't have much shade but it's near the village. Final suggestion is the renovated Camping Municipal at Les Portes en Re, now called Camping Seasonova Ile de Ré. This used to be a dump but has had a complete makeover, as has the price! Les Portes is very posh but has a good supermarket and good beaches. Don't turn up on spec in the season, you'll not get in. All the aires are ok but usually full with the economy loving French. Where do we stay? That would be telling, but we've already booked and will be watching the TdF finish on 7th July :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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