It's time to think about summer hols and where to go. For a couple of years we have gone to Vallorcine, up the road from Chamonix. The benefits are:
- it's the Alps hence super scenery and hiking of different degrees of difficulty
- chairlift nearby for lazy days/quick access to higher levels
- restaurant for when you're sick of camp cooking
- near enough to Chamonix for if it really pisses down
- small campsite - quiet and mostly tents, not overrun with caravans
- northern Alps, so not so far to drive from UK
But - maybe it's a bit boring going to the same place all the time. Any other ideas that tick some, or all, of these boxes?
Austria is amazing
[url= http://www.camping-oetztal.com/ ]Camping Ötztal Längenfeld[/url]
great road and rail links, very good restaurant on site, large pitches, quiet family friendly and a toilet block so ornate Elton John would think it was extravagant
We had a great holiday to camping in lauterbrunnen.
Campsite is a bit caravanny but very scenic. But walking network and mechanized assistance brilliant
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I stayed in Lauterbrunnen over 10 years ago. Of all the places in Austria and Switzerland + Chamonix this is far and away my favourite. There is no end of stuff to do in what I think is the most picturesque settings. The only negative is that I prefer French food to Swiss.
We stayed at Saas Fee a couple of yaars ago....... Lovely campsite, plenty of local eateries, some fantastic walks right from the site