Camping de Châlons-en-Champagne ****

Just stayed overnight to break journey, handy location.

Stayed 2 nights at full rate in August but still reasonable. Good size pitches mostly marked out by hedges. Pleasant reception staff, English-speaking. Chalons is 4km away, pleasant town though quite quiet. Big Carrefour nearby. Site is let down by the toilet facilities, which urgently need a refurb. They seemed clean enough but you can\'t avoid the flaking plaster on the walls and the shower trays which have become an ingrained grey. The showers are warm, although have the button you have to keep constantly pressed. Site mostly used by one-nighters.

We spent a night here on our way home from a June-long CCC tour round the Balkans. It\'s a convenient, well-situated site, popular without being over-busy, and we enjoyed our \'moules-frites\' at the onsite eatery. The toilet block was just about OK but very dated ~ probably the least efficient or enjoyable to use on our whole 6-wk trip (including around the Balkans) ~ and has probably served well since the pioneering days of this calibre of campsite, but now in fairly serious need of updating. Apart from that, though ... fine, thanks!

Convenient site for travelling south. Some improvement to the washroom facilities would lift this site, however the pitches are level and a decent size. We have stopped here a number of times and we will continue to do so.

Campsite was easy to find and good access. Site itself was clean but toilets were grotty and dated. There were a lot of repairs that were very DIY. Campsite is in town so you have to expect noise. I would only ever use as one night stop over.

Our second stopover on our trip from Calais to the South of France. Got here in the evening so didn\'t venture out into the town. but supermarket is nearby. Quiet location well spaced out pitches. clean toilets and showers. Would happily stay here again.

We stayed here for two nights whilst travelling down through France and I thought it was very nice. The reception person was friendly, helpful and spoke good English, there were two facility blocks which were older but very clean and tidy, plus it was a short walk into Dole. We ordered bread each morning from reception and there is a washing machine and dryer on site which was useful. The pitches were a mix and hard standing and grass. They were small for UK standards but there was plenty of room for our caravan and vehicle. The campsite is not very big so if you are going in high season you will probably need to book. We enjoyed our stay and would happily return.

To get to this campsite use this address for satnav: 3 Rue de Plaisance, S1000, Chalons-en-Champagne. Do not us the co-ordinates in the ACSI book as they are not correct. We used this campsite as an overnight stop and it is ideal. Reception staff spoke good English and were helpful. There is plenty of room on the site, it is level and the pitches all seem to be fully serviced with electric, water and a drain. The facilities are outdated but clean and in good working order.

A very spacious site (formerly a Municipal), with nicely hedged level pitches, 2 km south of the city centre, next to a park. There is a bakery and pharmacy nearby, while the large shopping centre with Carrefour hypermarket is a 15-minute walk away. Camp Reception has free city maps, as well as a cycle map of the area, and sells tokens for the washer and drier in the laundry. Free Wifi works on a couple of pitches near Reception. The ‘television room’ has a few books and films to borrow and a microwave to use – but no television! The grimy facilities are old and worn, with no paper or soap, and overdue for renovation. A small unisex block does have hot showers, though it is an exaggeration to call the room ‘heated’. The price is reasonable with ACSI card but we would willingly pay more for better and clean ablutions!

This could be a great site with a bit of investment - it\'s well laid out in a prime location but woefully lacking in water and electricity points, and toilet blocks seemingly not updated since their construction in the 1950\'s. However this is a very convenient stopover between north and south.