We stayed at Domaine Laborde in our motorhome for a week in July this year and thoroughly enjoyed it. It is a beautiful and well maintained camp site with nice indoor and outdoor pools and pleasant walks in the nude around the small lakes. We found the staff very friendly and helpful and the food in the restaurant was good, although it isn't open every evening. The power hook-up on site requires the old style two-pin euro adapter. The on-site shop isn't very well stocked so we did our food shopping in the Intermarche in Ville Real which was about 10 to 15 minutes away on our wee motorbike that we carry in the motorhome's garage. If you love beautiful scenery the places I'd recommend you visit in the Dordogne are Domme and Beynac.

We've been to both sites with our campervan and they are both excellent. On balance, Laborde probably has the edge in our opinion, but only just.

But why restrict yourselves to going to one of the sites? Why not try both of them - a few days at each. We like visiting lots of different naturist places and stay on average 2-3 days at each, but it just depends how we feel. Might stay only one night, or might stay longer than three. Flexibility is a key benefit of using a motorhome.

I think I'm right in saying both of the campsites participate in the ACSI discount scheme, so if you've got the guidebooks with the card, you can stay for €16 euro per night, including electric hook-up.

We're off to France and beyond in a couple of hours time...

Mike

Thanks for the replies - not a bad idea to try both and we do tend to 'wander' in our van too. Nice to know there's not a problem with either site.

We're meeting (textile) friends in Angouleme and then meandering up towards home so might take in Creuse Nature as well as we have not been there.

hey adam why don't you call in at la petite brenne and look us up!

My wife Kerry and I stayed at Terme D'astor. This is a truly beautiful site with stunning surroundings. There is a swimming pool, sauna, a shop, games and plenty to do. The bar was friendly and we helped the owners support Holland during the European Championships. They put up a large projector screen to show the football and when there was a chill in the evening they lit the log fire. Both spoke great english and introduced us to dutch liqueur. We would definately go back.

We have also been to Creuse Nature. Stayed there to watch the Tour de France go past. Loved it on the site but there isn't that many attractions to see in the area.

Make sure you do the canoe trip down the river. Take your time. You can stop off on the way down, just pull your canoe over at a bar, go for a swim. It is a fantastic experience. We did 14 k on the canoe. You have a choice of 7, 14 or 21. At the end my shoulder muscles were like the hulk. All beefed up from the paddling excursion as we went a bit too fast.

Thanks Tony for the good write up - the canoe trip really appeals; going to sort out our outline route next week (busy weekend first), we cross over on the 13th (and I think it's a Friday  😮  ) which is a bit later than we'd hoped - might be able to bring it forward a day or two hopefully.

hey adam why don't you call in at la petite brenne and look us up!

Seeing your location, we might well do that instead of Creuse Nature so it'll work better for us on our way back up - do you run the site?

A Dutch-run campsite will obviously attract more Dutch visitors, with the result that you are more likely to be able to use English there - in case the French language happens to be a difficulty for you.

Good point Jacques - our French is almost good enough to get by but is not conversational standards by a long way. However, not surprisingly we have found it strange talking to Dutch people in English when in France....we feel as if we're being a bit arrogant/lazy, whereas if we use our weak French at least we feel we're 'having a try'. Hope that makes sense  sc:

....but we're probably angling for the smaller site for the quiet.

Right...both booked for during the week 14th to 20th Sept split between the two, 
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then off to Angouleme to meet up with (textile) friends, then mosey our way up to the port over a few days.

If anyone else is down that way during that week pop over and say hi!

Thanks for all the advice and views.

Well stayed at both - weather was not good so most people (us included) were dressed a lot of the time  🙁 but did some breaks to go naked  :).

On balance we preferred Terme, but Labord scored well in having an indoor pool. Both were 95% dutch - which is ok but we felt a bit like outsiders. Attended a group meal and while people were polite and tolerant of lack of dutch language, most of the conversation was in dutch so it was hard to stay involved...and to be far, if they wanted to chat in their native tongue they have every right to do so.

Unusually for us, we didn't come away with a 'must go back' feeling about either - perhaps it was the weather...

Shame you didn't get better weather. It is bound to influence your thoughts on the destinations. It certainly does for us - we had a wet stay at Creuse Nature a couple of years ago and consequently felt it might not be a site we'd want to rush back to.

As it happens, and of absolutely no help or comfort to you, we enjoyed good weather in Provence during the time you were in the Dordogne.

That is the unfortunate impression which we have gained of the Dutch en masse.
Individual Dutch families and couples we have met have always been charming and great company, though.