Eurocamp at La Barque - avoid, avoid, avoid
14 November 2018 at 10:26:14
This review is for Eurocamp at La Barque, St Aygulf. I would have left it on the reevoo site that Eurocamp use but for some reason, of the 20 parcs in the Riviera and Provence region, La Barque is the only campsite without a reevoo option.
The mobile homes appeared old and well used, a drawer unit in... the kitchen was missing a front, the lights flickered at all times when in use, slats on the bed were broken, the air conditioning unit dripped water continuously. We have been on several Eurocamp holidays previously and were very disappointed with the accommodation provided.
On the Eurocamp parc website it says “Due to its small size, some road noise may be heard on our pitches from the neighbouring road.” I looked at the map in advance and saw a small road running alongside the park and thought that would be OK. Since our holiday I now think a fairer sentence would be “The parc is next to a road that while small is used heavily by traffic as it is a shortcut to St Aygulf. The noise of traffic is constant, getting out of the park can be difficult and cycling to town hazardous”.
Also, on the Eurocamp parc website it says “Family Disco 01/07/2018 - 31/08/2018” It should also say that on other nights there are bands playing as well some enthusiastic but untuneful karaoke.
There is no camp shop, I appreciate it does not state that there is one, but it is the first time I have been to a campsite, anywhere, without one. There is a shop in the adjacent camp site but the recommended approach involved walking through the dividing field and then in through a maintenance area where there were several large maintenance vehicles followed by a car park. This is not a child friendly route.
On our return I pointed out the failings to Eurocamp who offered £300 off our next Eurocamp holiday. I remain doubtful of ever exercising that option.
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