La Baie, Trinité Sur Mer, Brittany

The campsite at La Baie, Trinité sur Mer and its adjacent sister site La Plage are both excellent campsites run by the same family.

The La Baie site has a nice location right at the beach, is very friendly, has excellent children's clubs and runs various excursions. There is a friendly welcome at the reception and the site is beautifully laid out and is well cared for with interesting trees etc dividing the various plots and has spotlessly clean washing and shower blocks. Some of the plots are on the small side but it may be possible to request one of the larger plots if booking with Keycamp and Eurocamp. As well as mobile homes and tents for rent by Keycamp and Eurocamp, this site is an excellent site for taking your own tent or caravan with well laid out emplacements for your own caravan or tent and excellent, clean, washing facilities.

The site is well located in the small holiday town of Trinite Sur Mer which has some fabulous old holiday villas as well as modern holiday houses as well as a yachting harbour or marina. La Baie campsite is also only a few miles from Carnac town centre. This is a good bike ride which we did a few times. (The photograph on left taken while we cycled from the campsite to Carnac)

You can also visit the famous standing stones at Carnac from here. There is a "Petit Train" which leaves from La Baie and will take you on a trip past the standing stones or you can take your own car.

The La Baie camp site has a very safe feel about it and children can play at the playground and basketball pitch which are situated right opposite the swimming pool near the entrance to the campsite.

 

There is a beach right across from the campsite, next to the restaurant and a further beach a 5 or 10 minute walk around from the back of the campsite. Both can be seen in the photographs below. It is also possible to walk right round the headland which makes a very pleasant evening stroll. In fact these paths can be taken right into Trinité Sur Mer itself which is maybe a 20 minute to half an hour walk away.

The facilities on-site are as follows :

• two swimming pools - one shallow one for toddlers and a deeper pool (0.4m - 1.2m) with a twisty waterchute which you can use if you are able to swim.  Older kids may well be looking for a few more flumes etc but that is one advantage in that for younger children there are not so many teenagers at this pool ! However the campsite do also run occassional sessions of, for example, scuba diving which would appeal to older children and adults.

• There is a camp run children's club which had very nice French students working in it, who ran all sorts of activities and expeditions, some to the beach and the forest as well as some sports competitions, craft activities and sand castle competitions etc ! This runs during July and August.
• bike hire (see photograph)
• basketball court
• volleyball court
• table tennis tables
• play area
• organised excursions and walks, although the walks sometimes involve taking your car to a start point before going on the guided walk with the campsite courier. This is a great way to meet some other people from the campsite and a great way to explore some places you might not otherwise visit.
• there were a few activities arranged for teenagers during the High Season as well - for example the week we were there there was a pony ride leaving from the campsite and also an excursion to a nearby karting track.  There was also a campsite run beach volleyball tournament which you could enter.
• across from the site is a restaurant/creperie, takeaway, bakery and shop. We found the shop excellent and were just a little disappointed with the restaurant although it was popular but this may have been to do with the World Cup being on so a slightly rowdier crowd than usual ! We found the takeaway to be good and the bakery excellent too.
• there is a TV/film room
• all the usual shower block and washing up facilities and washing machines

The La Plage site is very similar to La Baie but has instead direct access to the Beach. It is also adjacent to the above restaurant/creperie, takeaway and bakery. We recommend both of them as among the Best French Campsites !

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Booking Your Holiday at this Campsite

If you would like to go directly to view either La Baie or La Plage campsites with Keycamp or Eurocamp then please click the following links.

Book Your Holiday at La Baie Campsite, Trinité Sur Mer with Eurocamp.

Book Your Holiday at La Baie Campsite, Trinité Sur Mer with Keycamp.

Book Your Holiday at La Plage Campsite, Trinité Sur Mer with Eurocamp.

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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 Carnac  :

• St Malo: 206 km
• Roscoff: 206 km
• Caen: 320 km
• Cherbourg: 370 km
• Le Havre: 415 km

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) :

• Lorient airport: 59 kms
• Rennes airport : 137 kms
• Nantes airport: 144 km
• Dinard airport: 162 kms
• Brest airport: 178 kms

Public Transport

It is possible to reach the local town of Auray by rail on the TGV which has services each day arriving from Paris. 

• Local Railway: Auray, 12 Km

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Things to Do in the Area

Trinité Sur Mer is a very scenic small town. It has a high percentage of holiday houses and villas, many from the turn of the century so this makes some entertainment in itself  deciding which one you would like to live in if you had enough money !

Trinité Sur Mer has some lovely shops and restaurants along the seafront.  The town is situated around the marina and port. There is a traditional market every Tuesday and Friday situated in the square next to the small supermarket. You will also find an excellent indoor fishmarket right next to the marina. This operates on market days as well and is well worth a visit even just to see the giant tuna fish and the fantastic selection of shellfish that are for sale.

The marina itself is famous for yachting and was where Dame Ellen McArthur was based for a while. I am not sure where she is currently based. But you will be able to see some large racing catamarans berthed in the marina.

 

 

 

Places to visit nearby can include everything listed for the Carnac La Grande Metairie campsite on this site, as Carnac is right next to Trinite Sur Mer.

However other places we visited from Trinite included Auray, with its scenic old port complete with tall ship !

 

 

 

 

 Sainte Anne d'Auray with its cathedral is worth a visit. (It is 20 miles inland)

We actually visited this on the way back to the ferry port but it is worth seeing and is a site of religious pilgrimage. 

 

 

 

 

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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.