Peace and tranquility personified
Le Petit Trianon de St Ustre
Another one of the Castels chain of sites and it doesn’t disappoint. Located in the grounds of a quintessential French château standing in the centre of a traditional sleepy French village makes this site stand out. We were allocated a pitch in front of the Château with one slight disappointment was that the dividing hedge between ourselves and the next pitch had obviously failed and therefore had been removed.
Notwithstanding that fact we were more than happy. I have to say overall the site delivered all of our expectations. A couple of minor issues that maybe could be addressed for future relate to the water service points which required a treasure hunt to find them. The main toilet facilities in the converted outbuildings had been refurbished to a high standard, but unfortunately the floors were always awash with water. Although other fields within the site had their independent toilet facilities which were more of a traditional French Campsite standard, people tended to migrate towards the main toilets, which also included the launderette and the only dishwashing facilities on the whole site making them overcrowded at times.
Outside the main Château to the front there is a restaurant and terrace, whilst to the rear is the swimming pool, a small mini-golf, children’s play area with inflatable attractions for the younger children.
The general demeanour of the site is peace and tranquility in a small village in a rural location (other than the fact that it was disturbed from time to time as site is less than a mile away from the mainline railway line). Overall it delivered on all our expectations, especially the peace and tranquility, and should we be in this area again, and we would have no hesitation in returning
