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We has a most enjoyable stay at this site during the last week of July, although fully booked we were the only British on site, about seventy percent NL with the remainder F, B, DK. It never felt crowded and the Jura area as a whole was fairly quiet. The site is about five miles west of Clairvaux les Lacs and made an excellent base for exploring. The site is on the bank of the lovely River Ain, although none of the emplacements have direct river access. There’s a grassy area for sunbathing where you can enter the river, its very clean, fairly deep in the middle and slow moving but an easy swim across to the other side where there’s a stony beach accessible from the village. A hundred yards upstream the river turns shallow and rocky, with characteristic ‘potholes’ and rapids – I never found out how to access that bit though ( see photo in my profile). You can rent pitches ‘Comfort’ which are well defined, approx ten by ten metres with EHU and plenty of taps, or you can pay a bit less for a pitch ‘Nature’ with no EHU, and a slightly longer walk to the taps. I’d recommend the latter as they’re bigger pitches and less defined. Plenty of shade everywhere – we certainly need it as it was very hot for the duration of our stay. Toilet blocks spacious and clean. There’s a bar, takeaway and small shop selling essentials, they’ll also freeze ice packs for you. It’s a half km walk over the bridge into the village of Patornay which has a small Spar supermarket, an interesting Epicerie, a bakers, small butchers, restaurant and a couple of gift shops. I did see a mobile pizza van complete with inbuilt brick pizza oven one night, and there was a tiny market on one occasion. Tips: the bakery sells out fairly early in the day. The Epicerie/Greengrocers sells litre bottles of frozen water, they keep cool longer that icepacks and cost less. There’s a swimming pool, a paddling pool and a couple of slides with their own plunge pool, a large open building providing welcome shade for kids activities. There was entertainment on most nights, the ubiquitous Euro disco, a live music another night. The Saturday ‘fun’ didn’t stop until midnight though. Weekly visits from vendors of jewellery, henna tattoos, local wine and produce. The ‘stage’ was in front of the toilet block one night, so the audience was treated to a full view of male campers using the open style urinals, which made us laugh. The River Ain opens out into Lac de Vouglans- we found a lovely quiet bit of grassy lakeside there for swimming and sunbathing at the tiny settlement of la Gringalet, six miles south of the camp. Clairvaux les Lacs is a ten minute drive away, there’s a small supermarket and a Netto which wasn’t very good. Several restaurants including a pizzeria that does takeaways. Clairvaux has a beautiful blue lake with beach and diving platform, plus a snack bar for salads, steak frites etc. Head west for wilder scenery the rocks of Pic d’Aigle, loads of waterfalls including the Cascades de Herrison – further west takes you to Switzerland, Nyons on the shore of Lac Geneva. Geneva makes a good day trip, especially if the weather isn’t at its best, onwards for proper Alps. A short drive to the north takes you to the popular Lac de Chalain, east to the nearest large town of Lons le Saunier. Also worth visiting is the spectacular cirque at Baume-les-Messieurs, walk down from the viewpoint at the top and visit the cave. I’d recommend this site and the Jura as well – a less well known part of France with some lovely scenery, although statistically it gets more rain than most. We drove from Southampton to Dover for a lunchtime crossing to Dunkirk, stayed overnight near Douai then drove for another five hours to the site.
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Is Camping Le Moulin child friendly? YES, it accepts children & has a playground View all facilities
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Tent Pitches 
Caravan Pitches 
Motorhome Pitches 
Small Campervans 
No Glamping Units 
Holiday Homes 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 
Chemical Disposal 
No Battery Charging 
Gas Exchange 
No Recycling Facilities 
No Kitchen Facilities 
No Freezer / Fridge 
No Motorhome Point 
Wifi Access 
Shop On Site 
Bar On Site 
Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site 
Kids Playground 
TV Room 
Games Room 
Evening Entertainment 
Fishing On Site 
No Wild Swimming 
Indoor Pool On Site 
Outdoor Pool On Site 
No Horse Riding 
No Cycle Hire 
No Golf 
Tennis <5 miles 
Beach <10 miles 
Watersports <5 miles 
No Boat Launch 
No Sea Views 
Not Working Farm 
No Campfires Allowed 
No Waterside Pitches 
Public Transport 
No Dog Walk 
We has a most enjoyable stay at this site during the last week of July, although fully booked we were the only British on site, about seventy percent NL with the remainder F, B, DK. It never felt crowded and the Jura area as a whole was fairly quiet. The site is about five miles west of Clairvaux les Lacs and made an excellent base for exploring.
