Camping Le Val d'Amour — Hotel in Dole

This site has everything going for it, it has good pitches, good showers and a great fun pool, it also has a bar and snack bar which has some entertainment on certain nights, overall we enjoyed our stay here unfortunately there had been alot of rain and alot of the pitches were flooded and couldnt be used, i felt sorry for the lady cleaning the toilets and showers as it was constantly really mucky due to the wet ground and she was constantly cleaning it. I do feel the site is in need of a big overhaul as there are some very run down permanent pitches which look like they have not been used in years and should be removed as look really bad, There was also no soap at the sinks and the toilet paper was outside the toilets in a single holder so you need to pull it and bring it in with you before you enter toilet, there is also 2 standing type toilets with the hole in the ground, there was hand sanitizer on the wall outside the toilets at the entrance but everyone who used toilets could only wash their hands with water no soap which during covid times is not ideal, The toilets were clean but need to be modernised, The pool has a life guard during certain hours and the slides are brilliant but also close for a while during the day , the pool itself is lovely but again a few broken tiles.||The staff were very helpful and friendly and we couldnt fault them in anyway and maybe if the weather had of been better we would not of noticed any faults, as i said the campsite has alot going for it and the entertainment really great even though all in french.The site was extremely quiet at night and we had...

Liked: We arrived late to find we had a pitch by toilet block and washing facilities. I was a bit gutted but actually it wasn’t an issue at all, we were separated by a tall hedge and a path and the noise stops fairly early around 10pm. Very quiet in evening, great for a restful night.

Our pitch was shaded with plenty of space for our very large tent and car. The pool and slides were fab, loads of sunbeds and for three days we didn’t really leave campsite except to buy provisions from supermarket which was really near by. It’s a fairly small campsite but they have a snack bar, play park for little ones, boules pitches, grassy area for kids to play football, trampoline. It was a handy stop off for our journey back to Calais. Can’t comment on the location but I think there is a river nearby and the campsite offered kayak trips.

Disliked: Pizza van stops serving fairly early and we missed out, I think a whole table of people who were just before us missed out too. Not sure of the reason why they stopped the pizza service when there were clearly loads more customers for it. But we had burgers instead.

Toilets felt like they could have been cleaned a bit more thoroughly but were ok. There was paper...

Liked: Great location for visiting nearby cities. Very friendly staff. Food available from an onsite snack bar. Great climbing frame for kids. Shower facilities were very good.

Every day a different vendor sells local wine, crafts etc which was lovely.

Disliked: Not enough toilets for the amount of people on the site. Half were squat toilets. Toilet roll dispensers are outside the cubicles so you have to guess how much you need. No soap to wash your hands.

Decent size pitches but be mindful that many have apple trees in the middle so can cause an issue depending on the size/shape of your tent. All the fallen apples then attract lots of wasps.

Not the campsite’s fault but we visited in August and there were so many flies it was unpleasant especially when you’re eating.

The campsite itself is actually a lovely site with mature planting but it felt very crowded and I can only assume there are many seasonal or permanent pitches which give the site a very disheveled appearance. Old caravans that have had makeshift wooden shacks built around them etc. it just changed the feel of the place.

The swimming pool is not as nice...