Camping Royal Papineau — Hotel in Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette

Stayed in the cabins on the beach. Loved our experience. Beach was clean, free use of kayaks and paddle boards, “kitchen “ was pretty stocked with pans, strainer, toaster, cabin comes with 4 plastic lawn chairs so no need to bring camping or beach chairs. Cabin has a ceiling fan and another big white fan. They also have baseboard heaters. They host a live DJ on the beach every second week but it wasn’t noisy enough to prevent us from sleeping. The 6 cabins have their own bathroom and showers in a separate building right next door (2 toilets, 2 showers in each men’s and women’s washroom- 4 in total).

The only negatives/suggestions that we have are:

There’s a sign saying that the washrooms are only for the cabins but on Saturday, when the beach is packed, some people who knew about the washrooms used them and made a mess them. There’s a lock with a code on the door that could have been locked but it was left unlocked the whole weekend. The renters of the cabins would appreciate having it locked and the code only given to the renters.

Please post images of each cabin/site on your website instead of just a digital photo. We would have been able to see that there were chair provided and we would not have packed our own.

Please list everything the cabin contains on your website. The hot plate was very useful!

The fridge is very small and if overpacked will stop working so a cooler is still required.

Check in is marked as 4pm but all staff at the gate leave at 5. Make sure to arrive before then otherwise, if there’s an issue, it will be hard to find someone to help.

I added what photos I could so that others will know what they...

I’ve been going to this campground for 10 years and loved it but something has changed. We stayed in the tent area and no bathrooms are working in the area have to walk 10 mins to go to the washroom. Washrooms in the tent area one is boarded up and the other side is broken leaking all over the floor dirty seems it’s been broken for a long time men’s showers not working. When I finally found a shower the water was burning hot no cold water. The tent area is not maintained grass is 6 feet high they didn’t cut the grass all summer. Dogs are all over the beach no leash. No staff to be found anywhere. During the week no restaurant and when I called to book the told me it’s was open. Store is hardly open half the time. I guess the allow music until 3am nobody watching the park at night so don’t expect any sleep. I don’t know if there’s been a management change but this is no longer a 4 star park. it more like a 2 star park well over rated. They say you can rent out paddle boards and kayaks don’t even have the proper equipment or half the stuff is broken. They are dumping lots of money in rentals but neglecting everything else. Stayed one night was supposed to stay 3. After expressing issues no refund was offered for the other 2 nights. Customer service not very experienced. When you have a 16 year old running the front desk with no info. Pool not open either. This is my last...

Si vous aimez les campings où il n’y a aucun règlement, celui-ci est tout-à-fait adapté pour vous. Du monde qui font le party jusqu’à 3h, des rednecks qui se promènent à toute vitesse dans leurs carts de golf jackés, qui tondent leur gazon sur l’heure du souper, qui se servent de l’eau du camping pour laver leurs véhicules, qui se gênent pas pour couper au travers d’autres sites pour se sauver d’un petit détour, est la liste continue. Du vrai beau monde à voir! Sans farce il y a plus de carts de golf sur le camping que sur le terrain de golf voisin. Un camping occupé en majorité par des saisonniers avec très peu de sites pour les voyageurs, et aucun effort pour que les voyageurs se sentent bienvenus. Il n’y avait pas de vous pour le feu de camp à vendre, mais ils ont quand même été très gentils de nous vendre un ti maudit paquet de bois d’allumage pour 8$… Eille merci! Alors pourquoi 2 étoiles? C’est un beau grand domaine qui offre quelques endroits avec des belles vues sur la vallée, le terrain de golf semble très beau, et la plage est bien. Nous avons profité d’une promotion qui offrait un taux réduit pour la fin de semaine et on a quand même apprécié malgré tout (on arrive quand même à dormir si on met des bouchons dans les oreilles), mais cet endroit ne vaut certainement pas le prix régulier. Il est évident qu’ils ne se soucient que de leur clientèle de campeurs saisonniers et les voyageurs ne reçoivent aucune attention.

If you like no-rules campgrounds, this one will please you. Parties until 3am, hillbillies speeding in their stupid pimped-up golf carts while drinking, mowing their grass during supper time, using campground water to wash their vehicles, cutting across other people’s sites to save a 100m detour, etc. Really there’s more golf carts on this campgrounds than on the golf course next door. Very few weekender sites on this campground and the seasonals will be sure to remind you that you’re just a visitor. They don’t have firewood for sale, but they’ll happily sell you a tiny bag of kindling for $8. As for why it still deserves a 2-star rating, it’s a very large domain tucked in a valley, with a nice golf course, nice views, and a nice beach. We benefited from a promotional rate for the weekend and we had a good enough time, but this place is certainly not worth the exorbitant price they normally charge for visitors; it’s clear that they cater only to their seasonal clientele and travellers don’t get...