Campsite La Grainetière ****

A extraordinarily good site. From welcome to departure a great experience. It is not surprising that the site is full most of the time, yet doesn\'t seem crowded. We were lucky to get on just turning up. I would recommend booking. Great place to explore the island from if you have bicycles.

Lovely site on edge of interesting town. New, immaculate facilities but unmarked pitches are a bit random and some rather small. Superb area for cycling and good bus service to La Rochelle and around the island.

Another great find, this is a friendly campsite in a convenient location with good facilities and a lovely hot swimming pool. The owners are very friendly and welcoming, and clearly this site is well established. Handy for bike rides and peaceful at all times, it was a a pleasant and enjoyable stay.

We arrived at this site as our first choice on the Isle de Re. We were somewhat dismayed to find the reception closed from 12:30 until 14:00 and no way to contact anyone. The site facilites however (pool, shop etc) looked very clean and pleasant. We booked in and went to look for a pitch. There are loads of statics here and the touring pitches are squeezed in between. The layout was very random and many pitched are obstructed by trees. We could not find a pitch that we liked the look of (there wasn\'t a huge choice) and so we left. The girl on reception never even asked why we didn\'t stay. If you like being under and amongst trees, in a randomly laid out site with other campers on top of you, this is the site for you!

A great site very well situated close to La Flotte and St Martin de Re well served by good cycle tracks. The site had a wonderful swimming pool, the staff were extremely helpful and friendly and the snack bar provided tasty food at a reasonable price. I would not hesitate to recomend this site!!

Excellent site. Short walk into village. Close to supermarkets. Great pool for young children. Clean toilet facilities. Helpful friendly staff. The nearby villages and beaches were great! Definitely returning there - with or without grand-children!

Wonderful friendly owners, great location within walking distance of La Flotte. Revamped pool area is lovely, snacks and meals available. Great cycling for the whole of the Ile de Re.

Very nice campsite in good location - walking distance to La Flotte and easy cycle ride to other nearby towns. Our pitch was semi shaded. There is a busy road outside the campsite but we didn't find it noisy and you can pick up the cycle paths directly opposite the campsite. Good for families with small children.

There are positives and negatives to this site.
Positive - Great location near the town of La Flotte, only 1,5 km away. Lovely new swimming pool area and dressing rooms. Washing up areas neat and tidy with warm water. Friendly helpful staff. Fantastic location if you want to cycle around the island. Proper toilets as we have in the UK and they were kept clean. A special area to wash and prepare fish and shellfish outside the toilets.
Negatives - No grass on pitches, so looks unattractive and there is always dirt being carried in. Under pine trees that drop sap and huge cones onto your vehicle van. Noisy road right next to site. Mixed toilets for gents and ladies with urinals in plain view!! This is not nice! Even more awful was that the chemical toilet disposal is in one of the toilet cubicles, creating awful smells if someone empties a casette while you are using the loo. The bins are a fair walk away as they are located at the site entrance. Lighting not good on site roadways.

This evaluation has been obtained by our inspector from a questionnaire at the camp site.