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A guide to the camping and caravanning sites of France. Each site featured has been visited by Michelin inspectors and they give information on the services and amenities available.
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57 of 57 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The book arrived with the usual Amazon efficiency.However opening the book, I quickly found a few problems with the book if like me your knowledge of foreign languages is limited.Whilst the "How to use" section is in English,all the site information is in French including the directions to the sites.It also quickly becomes apparent that to get the best from the guide you need a Michelin road atlas.The final problem I had was the layout of the sites in that they were listed alphabetically which made it harder to find a particular province
The good points were that there were over 3000 sites to choose from suiting every taste and budget.
The good points were that there were over 3000 sites to choose from suiting every taste and budget.
46 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I believe there are about 11,000 campsites in France and the one thing in favour of this guide is that it includes roughly a third of them. No other guide has even as much as a tenth ( AA is 450, Rogers about 600, "yellow" International about 800 ).
Of the "others" the Rogers is by far the best for clear detail.
Problems with Michelin are first, arrangement; which unlike all others is not by region so as to bring nearby campsites together in the guide, but irrationally by alphabetical name of nominally nearest town or village. This is tiresome and puts campsites that are geographically adjacent at arbitrarily widely separated points in the book. It also means seeking a campsite requires looking up several names of every nearby town or village.
Secondly the information, though detailed, is very tersely presented and needs some practice in interpretation. Pricing is only partly detailed in comparison to Rogers' and there is no real indication of site layout or environment as in Rogers.
So for a guide with minimum adequate detail, listing 4 to six times as many sites as the best alternatives, this is the one.
Otherwise a pre-selected choice of far fewer sites but with fulsome description and detailed pricing is best provided in Alain Rogers' guide.
Of the "others" the Rogers is by far the best for clear detail.
Problems with Michelin are first, arrangement; which unlike all others is not by region so as to bring nearby campsites together in the guide, but irrationally by alphabetical name of nominally nearest town or village. This is tiresome and puts campsites that are geographically adjacent at arbitrarily widely separated points in the book. It also means seeking a campsite requires looking up several names of every nearby town or village.
Secondly the information, though detailed, is very tersely presented and needs some practice in interpretation. Pricing is only partly detailed in comparison to Rogers' and there is no real indication of site layout or environment as in Rogers.
So for a guide with minimum adequate detail, listing 4 to six times as many sites as the best alternatives, this is the one.
Otherwise a pre-selected choice of far fewer sites but with fulsome description and detailed pricing is best provided in Alain Rogers' guide.
29 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I ordered the guide so that I could use if for a recent Holiday in Normandy and Brittany. First of all the guide is in French with an English introduction, but that’s
Fine as even I can read enough French to understand it. The information given for each site is good in so much as it lists every thing the site has, however quality doesn’t seem to have been assessed and the star rating system (in the guides case how many mountains it has?) is wildly inaccurate.
One site we stayed on which had a good rating only had one toilet block, which was on the other side of a main road! Another site we stayed on had a low rating but was (although small) excellent. Another site had loads of pitches but most weren’t level and the one we did pick (in the dark) was so saturated that our camper van sunk into it and had to be towed out with a four-wheel drive!
Another problem with the guide is that it’s difficult to look up sites. There is a map at the start of each section with all the sites marked on it. In the text each area is subdivided into departments and the sites are arranged in alphabetical order. In order to find a site you have to look at the map work out which department its in and then thumb through to find that department in the text and then thumb through some more to find the site within the department. Occasionally there are smaller maps but the sites marked on theses often aren’t on the same page as the map.
In the end we used the guide only to work out which sites were still open (we went camping in October) and when we got to a site we tried to inspect it first before staying. This isn’t something you should have to do with a good guide.
To sum up the Michelin guide has the makings of a good guide but it desperately needs its site inspections reviewing and its layout up dating.
Fine as even I can read enough French to understand it. The information given for each site is good in so much as it lists every thing the site has, however quality doesn’t seem to have been assessed and the star rating system (in the guides case how many mountains it has?) is wildly inaccurate.
One site we stayed on which had a good rating only had one toilet block, which was on the other side of a main road! Another site we stayed on had a low rating but was (although small) excellent. Another site had loads of pitches but most weren’t level and the one we did pick (in the dark) was so saturated that our camper van sunk into it and had to be towed out with a four-wheel drive!
Another problem with the guide is that it’s difficult to look up sites. There is a map at the start of each section with all the sites marked on it. In the text each area is subdivided into departments and the sites are arranged in alphabetical order. In order to find a site you have to look at the map work out which department its in and then thumb through to find that department in the text and then thumb through some more to find the site within the department. Occasionally there are smaller maps but the sites marked on theses often aren’t on the same page as the map.
In the end we used the guide only to work out which sites were still open (we went camping in October) and when we got to a site we tried to inspect it first before staying. This isn’t something you should have to do with a good guide.
To sum up the Michelin guide has the makings of a good guide but it desperately needs its site inspections reviewing and its layout up dating.
P.S. This assessment is only based on about 6 sites visited so it may be I was just unlucky.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
The essential guide for campsites in France
Like AJ, I've been using the Michelin Camping Guide for over 20 years; it's the definitive guide for campsites in France. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2008 by BigJohnD
The Best for French campsites
We've been using these guides for 20 years.
The Michelin France guide gives the very best information on campsites, and is easy to crossreference with the guide and map. Read more
The Michelin France guide gives the very best information on campsites, and is easy to crossreference with the guide and map. Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2007 by J. Hague
RIdiculously overcomplicated - avoid
I did read the previous review before buying but assumed he was going over the top. He wasn't.
This Michelin guide is so ridiculously complicated it's almost useless. Read more
This Michelin guide is so ridiculously complicated it's almost useless. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2007 by jimbo
RE: Hard to use!!
We took a driving holiday in France in 2007 and camped at each stop.
We found this book incredibly hard to use and became increasingly frustrated with it. Read more
We found this book incredibly hard to use and became increasingly frustrated with it. Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2007 by Charles Accountancy
Essential for camping in france
Michelin's camping guide offers a pretty comprehensive overview of campsites in france. Despite being primarily in french, all the essential ingredients to picking a good spot for... Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2006 by doctor t
Going downhill
This Guide used to so much better that it is these days. Particularly disasterous was the change a couple of years ago to all the maps appearing at the front of the book instead... Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2006 by Baneybo
Michelin Camping Guide
Only any good if you can read French, though the Amazon site describes it as being in English, ALL the entries are in French.
Published on 18 Mar 2006 by "leswhiting"
Michelin Annual Guide: Camping France
Very complicated to read - Does not explain where campsites are! Impossible to search for a campsite near an area you want to visit! Read more
Published on 27 May 2004 by Fiona Wakely
Often rather misleading
I found out after I bought this that all campsites must pay to be included. I don't like the sound of this. Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2004 by Dr. P. W. Ward
Indispensable for camping in France!
This is the bible for anyone planning a camping trip to France. The information is clear and concise, with exact details provided of all campsites and their facilities and prices. Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2003
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