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On balance I liked this site, but I am going to say some very frank things about it. It's just outside town and right by the sports pitches. We met several very friendly middle-aged French couples and had several nice chats, and we had a picnic on all the lovely grassy bit they don't let you camp on.
We picked this site because wanted to be able to walk into Castelnaudary and eat cassoulet. This worked well and the cassoulet was good.
To say the site is disorganised would be to understate it. We arrived in the dark and were dispatched to our pitch without a map or directions. There are a few pitches at the top by Reception, the rest are a long way down a hill by the Canal. There's what looks(in daylight) like a grassed-over skate park that we nearly drove over by mistake!
When we got to our pitch there was hardly any grass, just dried mud with tyre tracks. We're tent campers, this isn't our favourite. I know it's in the south, and it had been very rainy earlier in the season, but I so wanted to plonk my tent on the beautiful, green football pitch! Or on the grassy skatepark. It seems strange to have so much space with just 35 pitches tucked away at the bottom of the hill. And the football groundsman should definitely have the job of maintaining the camping pitches.
The pitches are quite big, though the hedges between are very high and have gone a bit 'leggy' so they don't provide the privacy you'd expect. And it's a long walk up the hill to the loos in the night, with undergrowth on both sides of the track.
The sanitaires. Well, what can you say, they were dreadful. They are the (old?)sports changing rooms and at first we thought there were only 2 toilets until we found 2 more round the side. The showers are through the changing rooms and the light in the showers is on a time switch located in the changing rooms. The showers themselves are fine.
There is a track through the trees at the back of the site and some children had been throwing sticks over the fence and made a hole in our neighbour's tent. The towpath on the other side of the Canal Du Midi is actually a road, so there were quite a few cars & motorbikes going past.
The staff are all local youngsters and their hearts don't really seem in it. You never see them outside the office. When we left the girl was late back from lunch & we were waiting to pay. Then she couldn't find our booking and questioned how long we'd really stayed. Well, if I was going to short change her I wouldn't have hung around for her to come back from lunch!
There's a tv room with no tv. There is a fridge and a freezer for campers to use.
This could be such a great campsite with new toilets and just a little bit of effort.
It's right on the Canal du Midi and quite a few customers were cyclists, so I don't suppose the council thinks they have to try all that hard.
Castelnaudary is a pretty, sleepy little town and the locals we met were all very friendly. The cassoulet was very good too!
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Tent Pitches 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
No Statics for Hire 
No Statics for Sale 
No Seasonal Pitches 
Electric Hookups 
No Hardstandings 
No Fully Serviced Pitches 
Families Welcome 
Not Members Only 
No Rallies 
Not Naturist Site 
Dogs Welcome 
No Dogs Allowed 
Groups Welcome 
Toilet Facilities 
Hot Showers 
Washing Up 
No Bathroom 
No Baby Changing 
Laundry On Site 
Drinking Water 
Disabled Friendly 
No Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
No Gas Exchange 
No Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
Motorhome Point 
No Wifi Access 
Shop <1 mile 
Bar <1 mile 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile 
Kids Playground 
TV Room 
No Games Room 
No Evening Ents 
Fishing <1 mile 
No Wild Swimming 
No Indoor Pool 
Outdoor Pool <1 mile 
No Horse Riding 
No Cycle Hire 
No Golf 
Tennis On Site 
No Beach 
No Watersports 
No Boat Launch 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport <1 mile
No Dog Walk 
On balance I liked this site, but I am going to say some very frank things about it. It's just outside town and right by the sports pitches. We met several very friendly middle-aged French couples and had several nice chats, and we had a picnic on all the lovely grassy bit they don't let you camp on. 
