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Fonclaire Holidays

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· 87300, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
25 acres hosted by Jen G.
6 motorhome/tent pitches
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Enjoy the comforts of home—including flush toilets, showers, and a kitchen.
Family-friendly, dog-friendly camping and glamping on a family-run site with a pool in Limousin.

With facilities including a swimming pool, a kids’ playground, two fishing lakes and a five-acre woodland, you might assume that Fonclaire Holidays was a huge site with hundreds of campers. You’d be wrong. The list of facilities belies the fact that this is a family-run campsite with just six camping pitches, four pre-erected tents and a trio of holiday gîtes. Situated in the Haute-Vienne region of Limousin, in middle France, it’s also a lovely place for a holiday and a suitable stopping-off point on journeys south.

Fonclaire Holidays sits in 25 acres of greenery that’s typical of this part of central France which is characterised by rolling hills, woods, lakes and waterways. With a maximum of 13 families sharing the site at any one time, there’s plenty of space to enjoy. In fact, that roominess is another characteristic of this part of the country sometimes known as “empty France”. Here, as you’ll discover on your drive, there are vast fields and only small villages and towns; it’s a sparsely populated region compared to more popular holiday spots. And that’s exactly why some campers will enjoy it.

Camping pitches here are grassy and spacious. All have electric hook-up and are as good for caravans and campervans as they are for tents. All are welcome here, and that includes your dog. And if you don’t have a tent, that’s okay, too. They’ve pitched some for you; a couple of bell tents and a pre-erected air beam or two. There are lots of thoughtful touches including combined shower and toilet rooms that are handy for families, and campers' and glampers' kitchens where you can cook up a storm should one rumble overhead. But it’s those facilities that really make the place: the pool and its terrace, the fishing lakes with adjacent barbecue area and on-site woodland walks. All things you’d expect from a larger site where you’d have to share with more people or wait longer for your turn.

This British-run site in Limousin is handily between Paris and Toulouse and en route to Spain. As such, it makes a handy place to stop off that’s not far (but far enough) off major roads. But it’s definitely worth staying longer than a night or two to appreciate the peace of this empty part of France. Walking and cycling in the Monts de Blond hills, swimming in lakes and visiting pretty villages like nearby Mortemart can fill your days while evenings are spent barbecuing by the lake or listening to the local wildlife from the terrace at Fonclaire.

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3 Ratings · 3 reviews
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Caroline M.recommends
August 12, 2024
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Relaxing and quiet
Lovely quiet site with lovely pool. Just what we needed to relax and the owners were really helpful. Lots of space for the kids to play.
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Howard R.recommends
September 4, 2023
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A really nice campsite with some welcome shade for the van in the heat. The pool is lovely and all the facilities are as described and clean and tidy. It's close to a road, but quiet and peaceful. The hosts are very friendly and helpful. We only stayed one night, and had to leave early, but would have been happy to stay longer. For us a good stop off on the route south.
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Maria ?.recommends
August 4, 2022
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Qe loved staying heee - thank you! Hope to be back :)
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87300, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FranceTo respect the Host's privacy, the precise address of this land will be provided after booking
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Hosted by Jen G.

Joined in January 2019
From the host
Welcome to Fonclaire Holidays. We offer a variety of we holidays to suit the whole family. We have 3 Gites, 2 Glamping tents, 2 ready to use furnished tents and 6 pitches for camping and caravans with electrical supply. We are set on 25 arces of land including 5 acres of woodland for you to explore.
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There is lots to do in the area, whether you want to walk or cycle the hills of Monts de Blond (four kilometres from site), or potter around the markets of Bellac (11km away). You can hire bikes and have them delivered to site from Bike Hire Direct (+33 (0)6 23 69 69 35) if you don't want to bring your own. If history is what you are looking for, visit Ecomusée "Nostalgie Rurale" (+33(0)5 55 68 12 79) preserved village (four kilometres away), showing you what French towns used to be like in the early twentieth century. Close by you can also visit Oradour Sur Glane, a town which was destroyed by the Nazis in the Second World War for reasons still unknown. Although Limousin is landlocked, you can still head to the beach thanks to the sandy shores of Lac De Saint Pardoux (40km away). And for more family fun less than an hour's drive from site, there's Parc Zoo du Reynou (+ 33 (0)5 55 00 40 00), 55km from site.

Food and drink
The closest restaurant and bar is in Mortemart, just three kilometres from site, but for more choice head a little further to Bellac where there are shops, supermarkets and weekly food markets. The main food market is on Saturday mornings from 7 am–12 noon and there’s a fresh fish market on Thursdays, too. In addition, in July and August, there's a Saturday evening ‘Marchés des Producteurs’ in the Parc Charles Sylvestre where you can sit at picnic benches and sample local food and wines, whilst enjoying some regional French music and entertainment.
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