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le sourire village- villeneuve-loubet

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Wrapped in pretty Provençal countryside, this enchanting park is just five kilometres from the French Riviera.

In our opinion, Le Sourire couldn't be better situated. An easy ten-minute drive away from the bustle of the Côte d'Azur beaches, this Provençal park is your perfect bolt-hole set within shady gardens and enjoying enough facilities to keep the most energetic families happy. That said, Le Sourire Village is first and foremost a relaxed, easy-going park, with plenty of places to stretch out and soak up the reviving South of France sunshine. Give the park a weekend of your time and, chances are, you'll fall for its laid-back charms and the wealth of treasures on its doorstep. A restaurant, bar, take-away and supermarket ensures you'll be kept well-fed and there's an inviting pool (and one for kids, too). A clutch of sociable sports are also available to try – from crazy golf to volleyball, boules to tennis. In summer, entertainment keeps the tempo going well after the sun sets. Open all year, Le Sourire brings good living on the Riviera within easy reach of everyone. It is particularly suited for couples and young families who are in search of an approachable, medium-sized park in an excellent location, tailor made for day trips into the seductive South of France countryside.

Some facilities are mid-summer only and some are payable -

Dining

Restaurant: On park restaurant

Take-away: Take-away and snack bar

Bar: Welcoming bar with pool table

Shopping

Small supermarket and boutique

Swimming pools

First pool: For all the family and heated with sun terrace and sunloungers
Second pool: children’s paddling pool

Activities

Tennis
Crazy golf
Volleyball
Basketball
Boules
Aqua gym and water games
Games room
High season daytime and evening entertainment
Discos
Exercise machines
Children’s playground

Other services

Washing machines
Linen hire
Safety deposit boxes

Lavender, jasmine, wild orchids and roses – all combine to make the perfumeries of Grasse simply irresistible to those with a nose for a good scent. You can visit this charming town with ease – it's just 15 kilometres west of your park. The pretty village of Haute de Cagnes is closer. As Provençal villages go, it's surely up there with the most photogenic – with its flower-decked cottages sheltering beneath a hilltop castle. The French Riviera is a procession of grand villas, stylish boutiques and elegant promenades, but in the cluster of streets which make up Nice old town, the accent is far more traditional: its bistros and flower stalls evoking an altogether more captivating side of authentic French life (meals are cheaper and better here than along the promenade too). Adjacent to your site, the Parc de la Vanade is a leisure park featuring a nine-hole golf course and equestrian centre.

activities

Local Facilities
Adjacent to the campsite there is a leisure park – the ‘Parc de la Vanade’ with a 9 hole golf course, a riding centre set in 65 acres of parkland and a tennis complex with 55 courts including 43 quick courts.

Walks and outings
• The old, typically Provençal village of Villeneuve-Loubet, with its floral balconies, colourful façades.
• The verreries de Biot, which brings to life the tradition of glassblowing.
• Grasse - the capital of perfumes and fragrances
• Saint-Paul-de-Vence - a village of character and home to several show business celebrities
• Nice - to wander around the narrow streets of the town and stroll along the famous Promenade des Anglais.

Shopping

- Nice
- Cagnes sur Mer
- Cap 3000 shopping centre near Nice airport

Typical markets:
Wednesdays and Saturdays - Villeneuve-Loubet
Saturdays - Grasse
Sundays - flea market at Villeneuve-Loubet
Everyday (except Mondays) - flower market in Nice

Attractions & Towns to visit

Marineland - the Parc de la Mer, with dolphins and seals, at Antibes
Aquaparc - at Antibes
Kindiapark - the leisure, sports and adventure festival at Villeneuve-Loubet
Villeneuve-Loubet Village - Culinary Art museum, in the birthplace of Auguste Escoffier, the creator of "peach melba"
Grasse - the International Perfume Museum
Monaco - Oceanographic Museum, one of the largest in the world with 90 tanks and 4500 fish.

Local events

Feb - March: Nice carnival
May: Cannes film festival, Monaco Grand Prix
June: ‘Chevalet sur la place’ (painting exhibition) at Vallauris; Pétanque festival at Vence
July: Antibes-Juan-Les-Pins Jazz Festival in the Arènes de Cimiez in Nice.
August: Fêtes Gourmandes (culinary fair at Villeneuve Loubet)

With flights to Nice from many regional airports in the UK, fly drive is a popular choice. However, the route from Calais is direct for those preferring to drive and stop-over.