Good value in a beautiful part of the world
17 July 2024 at 14:51:18
This park is in a lovely area, about 15 mins walk to the little village of Bidart, which is up the hill and has a few nice restaurants and bars (we watched the Euros at a small screen in Hotel du Fonton – staff kindly put Scotland game on for us). That was a theme for us in this area – nice and polite... service and locals.
Campsite itself – quite a modest one, but the kids really couldn’t get enough of the flumes (there are three straight ones side by side and one curved one, that’s a bit slower). Then there’s quite an odd-shaped pool not ideal for proper swimming but nice for a leisurely few strokes. There’s a decent-sized bar/restaurant and terrace. We were there just before the high season so I’ve no idea if you’d want to book a table in advance – we didn’t need to. You can also order for the next day to collect croissants, pain au chocolat, and bagettes. There’s no shop on site, but Lidl and another larger French supermarket 5 mins drive, probably 15-20 mins walk.
We stayed through Eurocamp and although the rep isn’t always on site, she (Tamara) gave us her number and was round and about most days and helped us out with some questions with very nice manner and patience. I’m writing this review after staying in another campsite, La Rive with Eurocamp, so can now compare and considering how much cheaper Oyam was, we were pretty happy (at Oyam we didn’t cross over into the busy season but even if we had done, it’d still have been around 100 Euros difference per night). Accommodation in the two camps (Premium 3-bed) was pretty much identical but the Oyam accommodation was newer, cleaner, and much better equipped (cafetiere, capsule machine, several frying pans, usual kitchen stuff you’d hope for). Downside is that they are very tightly packed and our mobile home had a tent pitch area right beside it so on the last day someone was camping there and noise carried into our mobile home more than it would have it was another mobile home next to us. That’s one reason for not giving 5 stars. A second reason is that there was a lot of sawing or cutting one day that was way longer than it would be if they were just cutting the grass – that went on for a few hours from mid-morning one day. Another issue is that the campsite is a little limited if you’ve got kids plus their wifi was down for most of the time we were there i.e. we were stuck with mobile data. However, as a place to mix it up - going out and seeing things around the Basque area, going to the beach, and staying on site and chilling, it’s good value. Bear in mind, you need to clean and tidy before you leave and you need to book linens (bedding and towels) in advance.
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