Archives: June 2011

2011 sees the Grand Start of the Tour de France in The Vendée. This year 3 stages of the race will take place in this region. Stage 1 – Saturday 2nd July: THE PASSAGE DU GOIS to MONT DES ALOUETTES – The 180km stage begins at sea-level, at Fromentine (the Barre-de-Monts), finishes at the famous [...]

Ali Evans has written an amazing blog for us, we love hearing about all your holiday stories. See Ali’s Al Fresco experience below: “We took our very first Al Fresco on a holiday parc in Brittany in 2005 and were immediately converted – since then we have visited many Parcs in Spain and France. “Last [...]

Our reps, Philippa and Josip, on Sol a Gogo St Jean de Monts, emailed this information regarding events happening locally for the rest of June and July. These events are usually free (obviously you pay for refreshments if you have them). The French are passionate about their little festivals, and it never fails to amuse [...]

As promised, following Catherine Eade’s Travel Mail trip her children have provided us with their own highlights from their holiday at Duinrell. Here’s what Joel Morris, aged 12, thought… When I smashed into the water at the bottom of the fastest waterslide I’d ever been on, I sat up and smiled. I thought to myself; [...]

Dear Becky, For our day off this week we decided to have a trip out to visit Lourdes – we thought it was worth a blog. It is just over 160km (about 100miles) from Yelloh! Village Le Sylvamar and, after a minor wobble merging from the A63 to the A64 (evil SatNav!) we got there [...]

I had never really noticed how spacious our emplacements are at La Garangeoire until last week when a couple visiting from another local campsite pointed it out to me. They were viewing our campsite as a prospective holiday spot for next year. They were interested in the Vivaldi home that I was setting up and [...]

With two 5-year olds, when organising our Thomson Al Fresco holiday, we decided to opt for the longer Hull-Rotterdam crossing. We thought this would be much easier than the car journeys from Manchester to Dover, and then Calais up to Wassenaar in Holland and would allow us the all important “quality” time to spend with [...]

Thanks to our reps on Le Vieux Port for telling us about the annual Fête de la Musique, taking place at the summer solstice – 21st June – when summer officially begins. Yippee! Lots of local bands and musicians set up in the streets and at local venues, and play free shows. There will be [...]