Eurocamp Normandy comes down to what your family wants from the week. La Vallée is the lively one with five kids’ clubs, Riva Bella sits minutes from the Caen ferry, Château Lez Eaux is quieter with an indoor water park while Les Pommiers is close to Mont Saint Michel.
Which Eurocamp Normandy park suits your family?
Start with how busy you want the parc to be.
Eurocamp sorts its parcs into three main types and that label tells you more than the photos do. A Campsite is small and tranquil. A Village is bigger with plenty of on-parc activities, while a Resort is large and packed with entertainment from dawn till dusk. Nothing we list in Normandy carries the Eurocamp resort label. La Vallée is a Village Plus and the rest are Campsites.
- Clubs for mixed ages: La Vallée
- Shortest drive off the ferry: Riva Bella
- Quiet grounds with an indoor water park: Château Lez Eaux
- Mont Saint Michel 4 km away: Les Pommiers
| Park | Type | Style | 2027 dates | Pitches | Pools | Kids’ clubs | Beach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château Lez Eaux | Campsite | Relaxing | 19 Apr to 31 Aug | 229 | 3 | None listed | 4 km |
| La Vallée | Village Plus | Lively | 26 Mar to 31 Oct | 372 | 5 | 5 | 1.5 km |
| Riva Bella | Campsite | Relaxing | 26 Mar to 31 Oct | 300 | 3 | 1 | 2.6 km |
| Les Pommiers | Campsite | Relaxing | 26 Mar to 31 Oct | 106 | 1 | 1 | 16.3 km |
Those figures come from each park’s own Eurocamp page, read in November 2026.
Who each parc suits, going by its published facts
La Vallée at Houlgate: busy days for mixed ages
Eurocamp’s Homair page credits this parc with Super Fun Station kids’ clubs, the kind it says it keeps for its most popular parcs. The pool complex has indoor and outdoor pools. Toddlers get a jungle-themed spray park with four small slides around a paddling pool, while older children get waterslides including a spacebowl plus a climbing wall.
Safari cars run for ages 4 to 10. You’re 1 km from town with a station 1.3 km away. Facilities on site include a restaurant plus a supermarket with a bakery. Evening shows run on the entertainment stage. It’s the dearest in our price check.
Riva Bella at Ouistreham: younger children and D-Day days out
Children can feed chickens and pygmy goats at the mini farm. Rain isn’t a disaster either, thanks to a heated indoor pool on top of the waterslides. Eurocamp says you can walk or bike to Ouistreham, 1.3 km away, with Plage Riva Bella at 2.6 km. If you’d like to explore the Normandy coast, it puts Cabourg 25 minutes away with Deauville 45 minutes away.
A tent or Coco Sweet lodge brings the cost down.
Château Lez Eaux: make your own fun
The setting is the grounds of a primrose-coloured manor house. Its waterslides start indoors, twist outside then come back in, so a wet day still works. Bring a rod, because Eurocamp lists direct lake access with free fishing. There’s a market on parc every Tuesday in July and August with concerts twice a week.
Food means the takeaway or the bar. No sit-down restaurant appears on its page, nor any kids’ club. Sports run to tennis plus trampolines, with a playground for little ones.
Granville is nearby, which makes a beach day easy.
Check dates at Château Lez Eaux
Les Pommiers: the one Eurocamp files under Brittany
Search Normandy on Eurocamp’s site and this parc won’t appear. Yet its postcode is 50170 and its own page places it in Manche on the Cotentin Peninsula, which is Normandy. It’s the location to pick if the Mount is why you’re coming, with a covered pool for all-weather swimming plus Ange Michel theme park 35 minutes away. You’ll need the car for Plage de Cherrueix, 16.3 km off.
When is each parc open in 2027?
This one catches people out. Château Lez Eaux opens on Monday 19 April and shuts on Tuesday 31 August, so you can’t book it for Easter or October half term. The others run from Friday 26 March to Sunday 31 October, with that first day being Good Friday.
Eurocamp says not all clubs run all season long and staff usually rest on a Saturday, so ask before you build an April week around one.
How long is the drive from each French port?
Normandy’s short travel time from the UK is the big draw, but only if you land at the right port. We ran one routing source for every journey so the numbers compare, rounded up to the nearest 5 minutes with no stops or queues.
| Port | Château Lez Eaux | La Vallée | Riva Bella | Les Pommiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caen (Ouistreham) | 1h35 | 35 min | Under 10 min | 1h40 |
| St Malo | 1h15 | 2h25 | 2h05 | 45 min |
| Cherbourg | 2h | 2h10 | 1h50 | 2h20 |
| Le Havre | 2h25 | 1h | 1h15 | 2h30 |
| Calais | 5h | 3h30 | 3h50 | 5h05 |
Brittany Ferries gives these average crossing times:
- Portsmouth to Caen/Ouistreham: 5h45
- Portsmouth to Le Havre: 5h30
- Portsmouth to Cherbourg: 3h
- Poole to Cherbourg: 4h15
- Portsmouth to St Malo: 8h45
A worked example from the Channel
Take Houlgate. Portsmouth to Caen means nearly 6 hours at sea followed by about 35 minutes in the car. Going by Dover swaps that for a short crossing, then roughly 3h30 at the wheel across northern France with French motorway tolls on top. Our Calais drive times help if that route suits where you live.
What does a week cost at each park?
We ran the same booking search at each one: 2 adults with 2 children for 7 nights from Saturday 22 May 2027. Each price is per party for accommodation, with your travel on top.
| Park | Comfort 2 bedroom | Cheaper stay available |
|---|---|---|
| Château Lez Eaux | £271.53, checked November 2026 | None |
| Les Pommiers | £350.00, checked November 2026 | Classic 2 bedroom: £337.89, checked November 2026 |
| Riva Bella | £356.02 with air-con, checked November 2026 | Tent: £277.55, checked November 2026 |
| La Vallée | £410.34, checked November 2026 | None for that arrival day |
Arrival day moves the figure too: La Vallée also showed a different Comfort home from Tuesday 18 May at £343.91, checked November 2026. Local taxes apply to most bookings, shown during booking. Book by 31 January in the year you’re travelling and the deposit is £99, checked November 2026, then 25% after that. Deals on a Eurocamp holiday are on our special offers page.
Which parc puts D-Day or Mont Saint Michel within reach?
Pick your base by the day out you most want, since the eastern and western parts of this region sit a long way apart. Same routing source again.
| Day out | Château Lez Eaux | La Vallée | Riva Bella | Les Pommiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pegasus Bridge | 1h30 | 30 min | Under 10 min | 1h35 |
| Arromanches | 1h45 | 1h05 | 45 min | 1h50 |
| Utah Beach | 1h25 | 1h35 | 1h15 | 1h45 |
| Mont Saint Michel | 40 min | 1h50 | 1h35 | Under 10 min |
| Honfleur | 2h05 | 40 min | 55 min | 2h10 |
| Parc Festyland | 1h20 | 40 min | 20 min | 1h25 |
One warning about history trips.
Bayeux’s famous 1066 embroidery is at the British Museum in London until 11 July 2027. Its home museum in Bayeux says it’s closed until autumn 2027, so don’t plan a summer holiday around seeing it. The landing beaches are still there.
What to check before you book
- Your dates against the parc’s 2027 opening dates
- Which kids’ clubs run in your week
- Your port against the drive table above
- Arrival days either side of your first choice
Not sold on Normandy after all?
Brittany is next door if the drive from St Malo suits you. Our northern France parks look wider, with more in our Eurocamp guides.
Questions families ask about these parks
Can you fly instead of taking a ferry?
You can, but every page here says car recommended. Eurocamp puts Caen airport 44 km from Houlgate. Our parks near an airport are an easier fit if you don’t want to drive.
Do these parks take dogs?
Yes, on a lead, though Les Pommiers charges for them when you book.
Which one is closest to the beach?
La Vallée at 1.5 km, then Riva Bella at 2.6 km. None of these is on the sand, so plan on bikes or the car.
What about teenagers?
Eurocamp says its Super Fun Station clubs have activities for every age group, which points to Houlgate. The pages for Riva Bella and Les Pommiers list one club without saying who it’s for, so ask before you book.