Terres De France - Les Hameaux De Pomette

“A pleasant holiday, but location is remote”

Our holiday was a package holiday organised through LoveHolidays. Cazals is located about 3 hours drive from Bordeaux Airport and there was no transfer available with the package. So the remote location of Cazals is an issue to consider. Hameaux De Pomette is a small site. There is a Reception area… more

Our holiday was a package holiday organised through LoveHolidays. Cazals is located about 3 hours drive from Bordeaux Airport and there was no transfer available with the package. So the remote location of Cazals is an issue to consider. Hameaux De Pomette is a small site. There is a Reception area, but opening hours are very limited. The accommodation was excellent. I would have like an oven in the kitchen but this is a minor item. The premises were clean and other than the oven issue, well equipped. However, the fee for bedlinen and towels was an unexpected expense. As was the cleaning fee. The person on duty has extremely limited English and whilst they made every effort in using a translator app, I found it difficult to make anything other than straightforward queries. So, if you have good French language skills, this is not an issue. If you do not, as is the case with me, you might find this frustrating. Also, the site is based on a hill. Not an issue for me, but definitely an issue for the rest of my family - our accommodation was based almost at the top of the hill. Again, this is more than likely something outside the control of those operating the site - with the minited size of the site, it would have been difficult to move us to a location closer to the bottom of the hill. Nonetheless, the fact that the site is based on a hill may be a factor to people with limited mobility. The site has a good sized swimming pool and we made a lot of use of it - definitely a very positive feature of the site. The site is located about 2km from Cazals, a small village which is an absolute pleasure to visit. The village has a reasonable sized supermarket, chemist, several restaurants and a regular market. As mentioned previously, Cazals is remote. If you have a car, dont mind a long drive from the airport and appreciate excellent countryside and lovely quaint French villages and you are looking for a nice relaxing holiday (and not looking for high octane thrills, clubbing etc), and you have good French language skills, this is an excellent holiday. My family enjoyed their stay. However, the constraints imposed by our package holiday (i.e. a very expensive and long transfer from Bordeaux Airport) and the language issues detracted from our holiday.

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“Good base for day trips”

We stayed a week in this park with family members that stayed in another chalet. First thing to note is that we had booked a 6-person chalet, which appeared completely the same as the 4 person chalet that my relatives were staying in. The park itself is quiet and there is not much going on at the… more

We stayed a week in this park with family members that stayed in another chalet. First thing to note is that we had booked a 6-person chalet, which appeared completely the same as the 4 person chalet that my relatives were staying in. The park itself is quiet and there is not much going on at the park itself. For someone looking to spend a lot of time at the park, that may turn out disappointing. The chalets themselves are well equipped and relatively new, though they have little luxury. Like many self catering places the inventory lacks useful items like scissors, kettle and wine glasses. There is only wifi at the reception building and to get a decent signal you need to loiter close to the reception door. There is a facility to order bread for the next day that can be collected in the morning. On a warm day the swimming pool lacks sufficient chairs or sunbeds. Check-in is only between 4-6pm. Check out strictly before 10am at a pre-agreed 10 minute time slot. I would say that this park is pleasant for making day trips and not spending much time on. There are lots of interesting places to visit within a 1 hour drive radius. Opinions on the friendliness of reception staff seem to vary, but we had no problems and thought they were friendly and helpful.

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