Family holidays can be tricky to plan. With both adults and children to take into consideration, you need to find a break that can be all things to all people all of the time.
My family and I (two adults and two very active boys aged five and three) headed across the Channel to the French region of the Vendee for a week's stay at Eurocamp's Le Pin Parasol holiday park. The complex is in the mid-western region of our closest neighbour, an area that is sometimes overlooked by Brits who either make the long journey to the south or stay closer by in the north.
Our journey across the Channel
As we were driving across we plumped for a boat and the Brittany Ferries' Portsmouth – Caen/Ouistreham route. Making our across the Channel this way meant that we only had a four-hour drive on the other side. There are plenty of other crossings that you can choose from (mostly from Portsmouth) that will get you within five hours of the park. The closest you can get is by using the St Malo route.
