The most beautiful campsites in Ile de France

Choosing the Île de France to pitch your tent this summer is perhaps not common and yet there are many reasons why more and more holidaymakers are converging on this region with its dense forests and generous green spaces that will easily combine with the many cultural and heritage outings offered by the 8 Departments of Ile de France.

You will find 99 campsites in Ile de France, including 12 4 stars and 2 5 stars. On average their price in July and August is 1079€ per week, all categories combined, to choose your campsite in Ile de France, everything depends on your priorities and interests. You will find fewer campsites in Seine Saint Denis and in the Hauts de Seine, most of which are located in the other departments. To help you find your way around, here are some tips:

Paris: The heart of the Ile de France

Let's start with Paris. Imagine that camping in Paris is not a whim, there are 1 campsites near the Capital and by moving away a little, access is always easy by regional trains. Among the campsites in Paris, see Le Camping Paris Est 3 stars in Champigny-sur-Marne: 10 minutes from Paris, opposite Bois de Vincennes, on the famous banks of the Marne where there are still some ringlets.

In Paris, after the unmissable Eiffel Tower, Champ de Mars, Musée du Quai Branly, Centre Pompidou, Butte Montmarte and Sacré-Coeur, don't hesitate to get off the beaten track because Paris is full of unexpected corners!Stroll around Cour St Emilion, a 6500 year old village that nowadays houses cinemas, restaurants and shops, in the 13th arrondissement discover La Butte-aux-Cailles and its natural warm water swimming pool, then the Cité Florale. In the North, after a morning at the Puces de St-Ouen, go down to the Quartier des Batignoles and the Quartier des Epinettes, a former working class district with many passages, islets, courtyards and cities.

Seine-et-Marne

Take a walk in Fontainebleau, and visit its forest and castle. You will find 53 campsites at an average rate of €859 per week in high season, while you are camping in Seine et Marne, stay at the 3-star Le Parc de Paris campsite in Villevaudé. Located 20 km from Paris and Disneyland Paris, the terraced grounds are set in a park with many trees, playgrounds and a bar-restaurant, and the department is full of natural areas preserved between its 14 forests, including that of Bréviande, Armainvilliers, Champagne, Fontainebleau and its Réserve Naturelle Nationale de la Bassée, which shelters one of the last alluvial forests in France.After a visit to Fontainebleau, the former holiday resort and hunting ground of the French Sovereigns, Barbizon and the seigneurial residence of Blondy-les-Tours are among the many sites that cannot be ignored. As well as the villages of Beaumont du Gâtinais, Beton-Bazoches in the heart of the Briard region, Crécy-la-Chapelle known as "la petite Venise de Brie" or Samois-sur-Seine and its pretty holiday homes.

Yvelines: Experience the Ile de France on the banks of the Seine

See among others the international campsite Maisons-Laffitte 4 stars a superb campsite in Les Yvelines. Located on an island in the middle of the Seine, 10 minutes walk from Maisons-Laffitte station (RER A), from which you will reach the centre of Paris in 20 minutes and Disneyland Paris Park in 50 minutes.Rambouillet boasts not only one of the most beautiful castles in the region (behind Versailles, of course) but also a lush forest, a national sheepfold and a perfectly beautiful Domaine de Rambouillet, which was for a long time the preserve of the Kings of France and its Presidents, you will visit the charming Rambolitrain Museum and its 4000 collector's items which trace the history of the railways. And in the Department, don't miss the Haras Nationaux des Bréviaires, the Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay, the Réserve zoologique de Sauvage set up in an English park and the Maison Elsa Triolet-Aragon, to discover the intimacy of the author of Les Yeux d'Elsa.

North of Ile de France: Val d'Oise

This last department is located at the gates of Picardy and Normandy, around the city of Enghien-les-Bains. We have selected for you a campsite in Le Val d'Oise, Camping Les Trois Sources 2 étoiles in Isle d'Adam. It is located near the Chinese Pavilion and near the Vexin Regional Natural Park, it is perfect to visit the surroundings, the Val d'Oise has a second National Park: that of Oise-Pays de France and is crossed by 5000 ha of national forest which in turn offers beautiful walks, horse rides or bike rides. For your cultural outings, you will not be short of historical monuments between the Châteaux d'Ecouen and Antwerp sur Oise and Royaumont Abbey, and after a well-deserved relaxation in the thermal baths of Enghien-les-Bains, you will enjoy a walk on the Jetty of the Lake before reaching its Casino and its famous epic.

L'Essonne

You will find 16 campsites in Essonne. Camping de L'Etang de Belesbat 2* is a natural campsite 55 kilometres from Paris. If you are looking for a campsite in the Val de Marne, Camping Paris Est 4* in Champigny-sur-Marne, you will love its wooded setting and its proximity to the Forêt des Trois Pignons and Le Vaudoué. It is located near a river and 20 minutes from Paris. You can rent a pitch or a mobile home. On site sports equipment and a golf course to perfect your swing.