Château de Galinée - St Cast-Le Guildo

Description of Château de Galinée Campsite

The Le Castel Camping Château de Galinée is a lovely family-run four star campsite with a relaxed atmosphere. It is part of the quality Castels chain of campsites.

There are wide, grassy pitches and as well as the play areas, there is lots of extra space for children to run around.

This site is situated in a rural setting, inland from the excellent beaches of St Cast. It has an excellent outdoor swimming complex with outdoor pools, a children's pool and an indoor pool.

The small town of St Cast has everything that a holiday town should have - some nice shops as well as some nice restaurants and cafes. There is a toy shop, a small supermarket and a small play park at its centre where you can sit back and have a coffee on a cafe terrace while the children play at a play park which is ideal !  There are markets twice a week with some excellent local produce. There is also a golf course in St Cast so its ideal for golfers !

St Cast has a beautiful wide sandy beach with watersports etc. which stretches for quite a distance.

To the other side of St Cast there are other lovely beaches as well.  There are also various walks and cycles to explore and the small town itself has some nice lanes to wander round and explore. The town has a long history of being a holiday destination so there are some lovely old holiday villas which give the whole place a nice atmosphere.

 

The Château de Galinée campsite has excellent facilities :

• swimming pools and a toddler pool
• a well stocked shop.
• a take away (from late June to late August)
• a bar (mid May - early September) with excellent evening entertainment, including karaoke in four languages which we enjoyed, discoes and concerts
• playgrounds
• a mini farm where you can feed the animals,
• badminton, basketball, crazy golf, football, fishing, mini golf, table tennis, tennis and volleyball,
• childrens clubs are run by the campsite during July and August
• family disco
• games room
• WiFi and internet access

         

Some of the generously sized camping and mobile home pitches at Château de Galinee :

 

Booking your Holiday

Book your holiday at Château de Galinée campsite with Eurocamp.

This link will take you to the Eurocamp website where you can find out more about the holiday, get a quotation and go ahead and book your ideal holiday !

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Getting There

Hover your mouse over the map for some more information about the various ports and airports.

Ports

There are sailings by ferry with Brittany Ferries and other operators to some of the following ports which are the nearest ones to St Cast le Guildo  :

• Roscoff: 160km
• St Malo: 32 km
• Caen: 190 km
• Cherbourg: 240km
• Le Havre: 285km

Airports

There are flights by a variety of airlines from the UK and Ireland to the following regional airports. Hover over the map to discover some airlines which fly to each airport (please note that this information was up to date at time of writing but you will need to check details of flights with your tour operator or airline). Here are some of the airports which are near St Cast :

• Dinard airport: 23 km
• Rennes airport: 101 km
• Lorient airport: 161 km
• Brest airport: 183 km
Nantes airport: 213 km

Eurocamp now offer a holiday taxi transfer from your airport to your campsite.

Public Transport

Take the TGV from PARIS to SAINT MALO or LAMBALLE then take a navette from Saint Malo to Saint Cast or Lamballe to Saint Cast (distance around 30 kilometres)

Click here to see internet link to Rail Europe

Click here to see internet link to Eurostar.

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Places to Visit in and around St Cast

 

St Malo

The walled town of St Malo is definitely worth a visit. There are many fantastic shops and restaurants within its walls.  You can also enjoy watching the artists or if you are brave enough you can have  your caricature painted !

                  

The town has a fantastic history stretching back to the days of pirates, or corsaires, who set off from here, and leading right up to the recent history during the second world war in 1944 when many buildings within the walled town were bombed. The restoration job is so well done that you would never guess that many of the buildings have been restored.

The 2 hour walk around the ramparts will give  you some magnificent views of the coast and islands. There are many access points to the ramparts so you can chose to join or leave them at many points.

 

The photograph to the left shows a view of the port of St Malo taken from the walk around the ramparts.

There is always something to see around the port area. Here is a tall ship from the Tall Ships Race 2006 at St Malo.

 

 

St Malo has an excellent bus Park and Ride facility which is a great way to get into the walled city.

 

Other days out from St Cast include :

The Grand Aquarium at St Malo

This is well worth a visit. To visit the website of the Grand Aquarium, click here :  Grand Aquarium at St Malo.

 

Cobac Park

This theme park is at Lanhelin, 46 km away and is a great day out for families with children.

Mont St Michel

Mont St Michel is a magnificent abbey on an island. It was one of the first sites to be included on UNESCO's World Heritage List. This is busy but well worth a visit if you haven't already been to this most visited Tourist Attraction in France !  The narrow streets can get busy in high season and you may find them difficult with very young children and buggies. If you have young children and are desperate to see it then it might be a good idea to try and get there as early as possible to avoid the crowds.

 

Dinan

A lovely town with a medieval atmosphere and old streets with beautifully restored, picturesque half timbered buildings. It is possible to take a boat trip from here on the Rance estuary which is well worth doing.  If you have young children with you then they will enjoy the zoo in the park of the Chateau de la Bourbansais where you can view all sorts of wild animals in the zoo as well as walk among lemurs. They also have one of the finest packs of horses and hounds in France who will demonstrate hunting at certain times.

 

The Parc des Grandes Chenes

The Parc des Grandes Chenes, near Dol de Bretagne, with its miniature port on its boating lake and a fantastic mountain zipwire course with children's courses (see photographs below) that are not too high. The adult courses on the site vary in height but some are scarily high!

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Other Campsites

Another campsite inland from this area is at Dol de Bretagne, which is about a half hour drive inland from Saint Malo, where you will find the large Chateau Des Ormes campsite. This site is very lively in high season, yet a favourite for all ages in May and June. The site is overlooked by the Château and set amidst 400 acres of wooded parkland. It is a family-run Castels parc which also has its own golf course and riding centre. This site has lots of activities and children's clubs for all ages but may not suit you in high season if you are looking for a quieter holiday.

Click here for a link to Chateau Des Ormes campsite with Eurocamp. 

Click here for a link to Chateau Des Ormes campsite with Keycamp.

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Disclaimer: The reviews published on the site are intended solely for the purpose of providing general information and comment and are purely our opinions. We cannot guarantee that descriptions on this site are accurate, up to date or free from error.

We have found that the campsites described are very good but we find that it is difficult to find a campsite which has 100% of what you are looking for.  Also one person may love a busy campsite with lots of activities while someone else may love a quiet campsite with a small swimming pool. Actually we tend to be the latter ! So what we have done is highlight the good points of the sites and maybe point out a few of what we have found as slightly negative points. However we strongly recommend that you make full use of as many internet sources as possible before deciding about your holiday, including other review sites and Google maps etc.