Maisonneuve Campsite travel tips and stories. Vacations ideas, cruises, spa and resorts

Maisonneuve Campsite is situated along the banks of the river Le Ceou at Castelnaud La Chappelle, a truly lovely site, just us and one camper van – warm sunshine at last! The nature-lovers will appreciate relaxing in the quiet and rest in peaceful surrounding. Each caravan is suitable for up to 4/5 persons. Extra persons will have to put up a tent on the ground and pay the camping rate.

The Dordogne is a department of the south-west of France, situated in the Aquitaine region. The Dordogne department is spread across the Perigord plateau. In the east it is a raised limestone plateau and dips in the west to the Saintonge and Guyenne plains. Many rivers run through the Dordogne : the Bandiat, the Dronne, the Isle, the Auvezere, the Dordogne, the Vezere and the Dropt. The Landais and the Double forests cover the west of the department.

Walking tours, bike and mountainbike tracks, horse riding tracks, mountaineering (various levels), the camping-site is on the edge of one of the most beautiful areas in southwest France. In the village you can hire canoes and there is a beach on the Dordogne, Sightseeing the Castelnaud castle with a medieval arms museum, A “Gite d’etape” (an accomodation for hikers) with 10 beds, fitted with all conveniences (open daily), A fine resting-place in a picturesque mountainous surrounding, For nature lovers: mountaineering, canoeing, caves.