Camping Le Marqueval Reviews

3.0
Hans-Hellmuth M.September 2017
Advantages
Good place to stay overnight not far from Dieppe.
Negatives
W-Lan for a fee, no restaurant nearby.
Quiet place near Dieppe
The site is located away from the main roads, but is well signposted. The reception was very friendly and the accessibility and size of the pitches were good. There is a fishing pond in the middle of the site. The restaurant is not always open in the low season and the choice of food is very limited.
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2.0
Gundula H.August 2017
Advantages
Location, swimming
Negatives
Loud music until after midnight, sanitary facilities
Great location, loud music
Beautiful campsite in a fantastic location, unfortunately the toilets and washrooms are closed at 23:00 and there are only a meager 2 washbasins and 5 toilets open, right next to 8 urinals. Unfortunately very loud music from the bar today until 0:30, so you can't sleep.
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5.0
jean m.July 2015
Beautiful campsite
Very nice campsite, welcoming, clean and well located. Green setting, sea nearby, shops nearby.
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2.0
Philipp P.July 2012
Camping "Le Marqueval" is located about four hundred meters from the west coast of France in Normandy. However, it is not really suitable for enjoying the beach, as it is a rocky coastline - as are the neighboring towns and villages. As a result, it is very uncomfortable and the water of the English... Channel is nasty cold, even when it is very hot, which is not a regular or constant occurrence in these latitudes. Le Marqueval is located in a small basin behind the village of Petite Appeville, which has a petrol station. Larger shopping facilities (Brico, Intermarché etc.) can be found in the Zone Commerciale of the coastal town of Dieppe, which is three kilometers away. Caution: it is located far above Hautot-sur-Mer and the campsite, so exploring it by bike (regardless of the route) is only for hardy leisure cyclists. Although the route is not far, cycling up a permanent incline of a good 10% over 1500 meters will eventually make your calves ache. On the other hand, the ride back down the mountain at over 50 km/h is a real experience. Dieppe, like the villages all around it, shows traces of the Allied campaign everywhere. There are many monuments and sights from this period, and many streets bear the corresponding names. Dieppe has a small port and ferry services to Great Britain. You can walk up to the heights of the town beyond the harbor, from where you have a spectacular view of Dieppe, the canal and the harbor. A small, well-known chapel up there is dedicated to the lost sailors of past decades, who are immortalized on small marble plaques - something you don't see every day. Back to the site itself: this campsite is a site by French people for French people, most of whom come from the surrounding area. They make up over 80% of the guests, so the children's entertainment and atmosphere are geared towards them. While the parents are entertained with bingo in the evening, the youngsters lounge around on, near and in the sanitary facilities due to a lack of alternatives. There are various types of mobile homes and permanent campers scattered around, but they are nowhere near as caustic and bourgeois as is usually the case on German campsites. Sometimes, however, the locals are a little inconsiderate, so you have to expect TV/radio noise all along the street until 11pm. There is also car traffic on the site for this length of time, but it finally quietens down when it gets quiet at night. The camping pitches are pleasantly large and well-kept and are separated from each other by low hedges. Two pitches share a water tap and three to four pitches share a powerful electricity connection. In the middle is a small Etang de Pêche - a fishing pond. Although it looks very pretty, it is a huge nuisance for mosquitoes, especially on the adjacent pitches. The reception offers the necessary items for daily needs - from cola to sweets and barbecue charcoal to toilet paper. Fresh baguettes and croissants are available in the morning, but should be ordered in advance to be on the safe side. The WLAN on this campsite is a license to print money - you pay a princely €5 per hour and €9 per double hour. The infrastructure is very good, there are dozens of access points all over the campsite, but the speed is only meagre enough for mailing and reading messages. The sanitary facilities seem bizarre - they have obviously stuck tiles and borders of modern design on the walls, but left the rest as they are. The porcelain, wash cubicles and toilets date back to the 1970s, the toilets are paperless and have neither seats nor lids. The wash cubicles are adapted to the width of the washbasin, so you bump your elbows against the side walls when brushing your teeth. Nevertheless, there is hot water everywhere and it is remarkably clean, even though there is only one cubicle for the entire site. The showers may not have clothes hooks, but they are very spacious, nice and warm and offer unlimited hot water at good pressure. The urinals are open on one side so that you can always see who is peeing from the barrier system and the swimming pool/bar. Speaking of the swimming pool: it's small but nice and slightly heated, even in summer, so you can cool off in the evening without suffering a cold shock at 19°C. In terms of price, the high season rate is very reasonable. With professional management that doesn't skimp on the details, you could really get something out of it, especially as the site is in a beautiful location. As it is, however, it remains a site that is acceptable for a night's transit if you want to go to Brittany or Bordeaux - for longer periods, a) the area doesn't offer enough and b) the site demands too many concessions in terms of standards that have long been common elsewhere.
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