If you wish to go on a foreign holiday but do want the high cost of staying in a hotel or resort then camping abroad or camping in Europe especially could be for you. You can enjoy many different experiences that you would not normally be able to take part in if you had your camping trip in the UK.
In France there are hundreds of rural campsites where you can stay at, anywhere from a vineyard to a cheese makers. Some European campsites are huge in size, some sites in Italy literally have several thousand pitches available. This form of camping has really taken off in Europe and is now popular in countries such as Croatia.
The larger campsites found in France are often based in large coastal towns and can offer the camper exotic swimming pools, fine dining and supermarket shopping. Alas there are drawbacks. The downside is that on the plus side you will get a lovely sunny holiday but on the downside due to this climate many sites are totally devoid of any grass in the high season. Shade is hard to come by, and European campsites do pack the people in very tightly. There is often no more than a metre separating you from the next family in their tent. In the UK it is governed by law that you have to allow at least six metres between each tent.
Try not to let these pints put you off; a foreign camping experience will be a memorable experience. If you are a member of the Camping and Caravanning Club then they have a foreign travel service which you can utilise to book it all for you, as the prospect of finding one of the many thousands of campsites in Europe can seem a bit daunting. They provide you with a European camping package including ferry crossings, travel insurance, roadside recovery, pitches and a wealth of other useful information. You often find as well that they can do it cheaper this way for you than if you tried to arrange it yourself.
Many keen campers never leave Britain's shores, I can indeed understand this as the British experience of camping is like no other, however if you don't experience foreign camping then you are certainly missing out on what camping has to offer. Europe attracts thousands of British campers each and every year, so you owe to yourself to give it a try sometime.
In France there are hundreds of rural campsites where you can stay at, anywhere from a vineyard to a cheese makers. Some European campsites are huge in size, some sites in Italy literally have several thousand pitches available. This form of camping has really taken off in Europe and is now popular in countries such as Croatia.
The larger campsites found in France are often based in large coastal towns and can offer the camper exotic swimming pools, fine dining and supermarket shopping. Alas there are drawbacks. The downside is that on the plus side you will get a lovely sunny holiday but on the downside due to this climate many sites are totally devoid of any grass in the high season. Shade is hard to come by, and European campsites do pack the people in very tightly. There is often no more than a metre separating you from the next family in their tent. In the UK it is governed by law that you have to allow at least six metres between each tent.
Try not to let these pints put you off; a foreign camping experience will be a memorable experience. If you are a member of the Camping and Caravanning Club then they have a foreign travel service which you can utilise to book it all for you, as the prospect of finding one of the many thousands of campsites in Europe can seem a bit daunting. They provide you with a European camping package including ferry crossings, travel insurance, roadside recovery, pitches and a wealth of other useful information. You often find as well that they can do it cheaper this way for you than if you tried to arrange it yourself.
Many keen campers never leave Britain's shores, I can indeed understand this as the British experience of camping is like no other, however if you don't experience foreign camping then you are certainly missing out on what camping has to offer. Europe attracts thousands of British campers each and every year, so you owe to yourself to give it a try sometime.
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