Bumper Boats, trampoline, mini-golf, Kids go Kart, Bouncy Castle, Pikachu Ride, trampoline elastic, Ejector, 9D Cinema Virtuel. Would you like to combine a trip to Disneyland Paris with a luxury camping holiday with the whole family? If so, take a look at camping La Croix du Vieux Pont. This camping is located close to Paris, on the Aisne river with a fantastic pool complex with long slides, a swimming lagoon and mobile homes on grassy pitches. There's plenty to do for young and old alike, and a trip to the city of Paris or Disneyland Paris is the icing on the cake. The amusement park is just over an hour away from this camping. Relax in our deluxe mobile homes after a day at the amusement park, city or on the camping itself. Swimming for all ages The journey from London to La Croix Du Vieux Pont was simple, and around the same length of time as it takes us to drive to Cornwall– making us think, why don’t we come to France more often? We took two ponies out one afternoon – Sam and I held the ponies, and the children took turns riding as we walked round the nearby roads and woodland areas. It was pretty funny, because as it turns out, handling two strong-willed ponies plus three young children is a bit of a juggle! (Watch our video of our week at Camping La Croix Du Vieux Pont to see what I mean).

You can play 18 holes at Golf du château d’humières save 50% on the green fee for customer La Croix Du Vieux Pont 16 Soissonais Caves The Folkestone to Calais Eurotunnel crossing provided a welcome break in the middle of our journey, as the children were able to get out of their seats, visit the on board toilets, and just generally wander around for 30 minutes. We took a short drive to the nearby town of Soissons one afternoon, where we walked amongst the ruins of St. Jean des Vignes Abbey . The nearby Espace Pierres Folles contains a museum, geological trail, and botanical garden . We spent the morning pottering around the pretty cobbled streets of Montmartre and the artist’s quarter. Personally we didn’t think the zip wire was very well organised and our group of kids waited for nearly two hours in the heat which could have been avoided with better organisation/splitting the sessions.A deposit of 70€ per bike will be requested on booking. I wouldn’t rely on this in high season though as it’s really popular. 2. Tower Pursuits Just over the road from the La Croix Du Vieux Pont parc is a horse riding centre. Horse lovers of the family will love having the stables within walking distance from your accomodation – you can pop by whenever to say hello to the horses or go on a pony ride. With no flights or car hire fees, and a ‘per family’ price rather than per person accommodation price, Eurocamp offers a really affordable holiday option for our family of five. We were comfortable and happy in our mobile home, and loved the way a Eurocamp holiday naturally encourages you to spend lots of time outdoors. One thing that we really loved about our Eurocamp holiday is that by nature it is a very outdoorsy sort of stay. The children spent 90% of their time outside, soaking up the vitamin D and running around with friends they’d made. It felt like a completely different vibe to our usual family life at home – which is exactly what we like from a holiday. La Croix Du Vieux Pont has various different accommodation sections, we were staying in the Ancient Gardens. We found this location perfect, as it was a short walk to the swimming pools and main complex (but not too close to be noisy), and the pitches were a great size and set up.

There were also loads of outdoor activities at Camping La Croix Du Vieux Pont – archery, a climbing wall, pedalos, trampolines, go karts, mini golf, and a bouncy castle. (You do have to pay extra for these, though). Next, we ambled down the Seine, ending up at our final tourist destination of the day: The Eiffel Tower. We rode the elevator right up to the top, which the children thought was extremely cool.The tennis court is in really good condition and is on the other side of the road. You get to it by heading up past the kids club tents and walking though the underpass. Over May half term our family spent a week at Camping La Croix Du Vieux Pont, staying in a Eurocamp Azure mobile home. Camping La Croix Du Vieux Pont is situated 1 hour from Disneyland Paris, 1.5 hours from Paris city centre, and an easy 2.5 hour drive from Calais. Rental : 7€ per hour ( they lend you the equipment if you haven’t taken your own and you make your booking at the reception desk). 5. Table Tennis Getting to Paris from La Croix Du Vieux Pont can be done in a number of ways and will form the subject of a full blog post at some point, as will the Paris Metro itself. It is however possible in around 1hr 30 minutes and is well worth doing.

If you don’t have your own car, or you simply don’t fancy driving yourself, Eurocamp put on coaches to Paris and Disneyland Paris, leaving at 8am and returning around 9pm.One of the jewel’s in Camping La Croix Du Vieux Pont’s crown is the swimming complex. There are four pools: A children’s splash park, children’s swimming pool, main indoor pool, and an outdoor swimming pool. All the pools have fun features like fountains and slides. We felt that the Camping La Croix Du Vieux Pont parc was a very social and safe space for the kids. At 8, 6, and 3 years old, we didn’t let them out of our line of sight, but even just on the path in front of our mobile home, there was never a shortage of children to play with from the mobile homes in our row of pitches. Cheaper and less busy than Disneyland Paris. You can get to Parc Asterix in 1hr from La Croix Du Vieux Pont. We didn’t choose to head to Disneyland Paris this time as we had recently spent a long weekend at Puy Du Fou near Nantes (incidentally that’s amazing) but Disneyland Paris is accessible from La Croix du Vieux Pont in a number of ways. How to get to Disneyland Paris from La Croix du Vieux Pont

Illustrating this event are a statue of Marshal Foch, commemorative monuments and a museum containing the railway carriage in which the Armistice was signed. Another fantastic feature of La Croix Du Vieux Pont was the outdoor lake. This man-made swimming area is surrounded by soft sand, and beyond that, large stretches of grass. On a sunny day, it makes a great place to base yourself as it’s perfect for paddling, sandcastle building, and picnics on the lawn. Château de Pierrefonds is only a 20 minute drive from La Croix Du Vieux Pont and is a stunning Château in an equally stunning village.

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It’s hard to know where to start with the entertainment options at La Croix Du Vieux Pont, as there is just so much to do! Between the bowling alley, laser quest, soft play, playgrounds, discos and evening entertainment, we thought there was a great selection of activities to suit all age ranges. You get great service from Didier and his mother is the chef. The rest of the family work there too, a real family affair. 15. Golf