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NORMANDY GARDEN VILLAGE Northern France isn’t always boiling, but guests
here can enjoy the tropical water park with indoor and outdoor heated pools whatever the weather. Hoseasons offers a huge amount for families here, with children’s clubs from three months to 17 years split across five age groups. Extra activity programmes teach circus skills, and there’s a new ‘secret agent’ course, where kids use code-breaking, metal detectors and infrared glasses to solve a mystery. Parents can sneak off to the nearby D-Day Landing beaches, Trouville or Deauville in the meantime. In the evenings, there’s a mini disco and story time for little ones, Le SpOt, an exclusive lounge and disco for teens, and adults can taste local produce at occasional events profiling the region. Book it: Hoseasons offers seven nights in an apartment sleeping up to six from £1,153 on August 2.
hoseasons.co.uk
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DOMAINE DE DRANCOURT This Picardy park is also in the grounds of a chateau, but alongside historic charm it has a host of facilities to tempt families. There’s a cinema, crazy golf and bikes, plus three pools and a sun terrace. In the evenings there’s a restaurant and bar on site, plus a shop for groceries. Families can choose accommodation ranging from low-cost classic tents, which have real beds, and a grill and gas hob; to static caravans and safari tents, which sit on wooden decking
and have a kitchen with a fridge. Nearby, family fun can be found at the Aqualud Water Park, or on the rides at Parc Bagatelle. Book it: Eurocamp offers seven nights on August 2 in a classic tent sleeping up to six from £640, with two nights free – book by June 18.
eurocamp.co.uk
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DOMAINES DES ORMES Set in the grounds of a 13th-century chateau
in Brittany, families who stay at this campsite can enjoy a quintessentially French feel. Kids will love the three heated pools, the water park with slides and the treetop adventure course. Parents will find excuses to sneak off to the lake for fishing, to the former coach house, now the golf club, and to the old watermill – now the bar. Quirky thatched Woodland Lodges sleep up to seven with kids’ beds on a mezzanine level, have fully equipped kitchens, bathrooms, UK satellite TV, heating and al fresco terraces. Alongside fun from pedaloes and pony rides to badminton and boules, Canvas Holidays offers a complimentary Family Extra activity programme, with sessions including arts and crafts and watersports. Book it: Canvas Holidays offers seven nights starting July 19 in a Woodland Lodge, which sleeps up to seven, from £1,638.
canvasholidays.co.uk
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travelweekly.co.uk — 5 June 2014
LE BEUGNON For families who prefer their own space to a busy campsite or holiday
village, France is full of self- catering cottages.
NEWS FROM FRANCE
CroisiEurope has added three 12-cabin hotel barges operating on four new routes through Burgundy, Provence and Champagne, and along the Canal Saint-Martin through Paris. Anne-Marie and Madeleine are already in operation, and Raymonde comes into service later this year. The French river cruise company is also launching six and eight-day itineraries along the Loire from next April on board the 48-cabin Loire Princesse.
croisieurope.co.uk
Simply Luxury by Travel 2 has introduced the French Riviera for this summer as part of its new short-haul programme, with a small selection of beach hotels in Nice, Cannes, Monte Carlo and Eze.
travel2.com
Attraction World is offering a free child ticket with every adult ticket to Parc Asterix, a theme park 22 miles north of Paris, meaning an adult and a child under seven can go for £44.
attractionworld.co.uk
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