Chambre d'hôte Manoir de La Baudonnière

La Baudonnière is a little gem - so glad we found it! Whilst caravanning in the UK can be great, we found that we ended up hardly using ours mainly due to either the great British weather or the best C+C sites being fully booked when the weather did threaten to be anything close to being pleasant. This is a lovely small site in the grounds of a wonderful 16th Century Manoir which itself has a number of very comfortable rooms and separate gites available should you wish any friends to join and visit you! The facilities are very well cared for with a spotless showering/laundry and utility building with a large swimming pool to enjoy. Pitches are very generous and the whole place offers a very relaxing ambience to enjoy and chill out with great views over the surrounding countryside. Also well positioned for exploring the area with the added benefit of 'Le Puy du Fou' being only a short drive away. Tom and Eleanor are great hosts and very welcoming, proudly willing to make every stay enjoyable and comfortable. The Icing on the cake for me though, is that I leave the caravan on site with it being brought out of covered storage and pitched on site ready each time for my arrival and subsequently returned to storage at the end of each stay. All at a price that is far cheaper than open storage in the UK and leaving the caravan exposed to all that this entails - If you are feeling particularly lazy, Tom will also arrange for any awnings etc to be erected ready for you (for a v.small fee) and can also offer caravan servicing and cleaning as required. The savings in towing/ferry fares are obvious and it is so easy - we have previously booked low cost flights into Nantes, hired a car and within 45 mins from the airport, been on site for some great cheap long weekends. Lastly - you are also free to travel on further should you wish to to explore the rest that France has to offer should you wish to use the storage facilities only or utilise La Baudonniere as a start/finish or part of any planned break. Yes, you are tied to using your caravan in France - but I know where I would rather be and we now actually use it in addition to other holidays. Well done Tom and Eleanor!