Last Updated on 5 June 2026 by Colette
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We stayed at Les Alicourts, Loire with Eurocamp for two nights as part of our adventures in France during May half term – one night either way provided us with a stopover to break up the long journey to the South of France (we did Calais to Les Alicourts which takes about five hours, and then onward to Les Sablons). This is something we paid for to make the long drive easier and as such isn’t something I’m under any obligation to write about however, although we only stayed at Les Alicourts for two nights, and in fact less than 24 hours each time I wanted to share some things we noticed about the site!
(Edit June 2024 – Les Alicourts is no longer a Eurocamp site)
It’s worth noting that our stops basically fell either side of May half term. The first night we stayed at Les Alicourts it was like a ghost town. We only saw a handful of other families in the bar and at the take away, however on the way home at the end of the half term the park had come to life and was buzzing with people and activity. Les Alicourts is a large campsite with around 500 pitches and opens for the season at the start of May.
Les Alicourts Resort, Pierrefitte, Loire
The waterslides at Les Alicourts are a highlight!
The waterslides at Les Alicourts are fabulous – with a variety of pools and slides to suit varying ages and abilities including indoor and outdoor swimming spaces and a wave machine. The swimming pools and slides were a real highlight of our overnight stop (especially as they’d not been amazing at Les Sablons!) The kids were gutted that they only got a couple of hours to make the most of them!
Men in shorts!
While we’re talking about swimming pools, the general rule in France is that men must wear proper swimming trunks rather than swimming shorts – this is something we’ve experienced parks being really strict on (in fact we saw several people being stopped from getting in the pool at Les Sablons) but at Les Alicourt the rules seemed to be more relaxed and we saw lots of guests at the pool wearing swim shorts. Of course I wouldn’t take this as read, it’s worth being prepared with a pair of swimming trunks just in case – especially if you want to use the spa as the website clearly states swim shorts aren’t allowed in there!
Comfy poolside beds and lots of them
The poolside beds at Les Alicourts are really comfortable, and whilst there is a lot of them, there’s probably still not quite enough – though I’m not sure there ever is enough beds at a resort like this. Obviously having only stayed overnight, we didn’t get to the pool till after 4pm so I can’t comment on what the beds are like on a day to day basis – but on the day we arrived, the park was really busy and the poolside beds were all very busy. We were lucky to spot a pair together to be able to have a bit of a sit down near the shallow pool and watch the kids play.
A lovely lakeside bar
Although Les Alicourts is in landlocked Loire, there is a beautiful lake and lovely sandy beach to play on (I mean are you even on holiday if you don’t make a sandcastle?!). The lakeside bar is a lovely place to spend the evening though drinks are really expensive – we bought a pint of beer, a gin & tonic (which I think is generally expensive abroad) and three lemonades and found it cost us around 20% more than at Les Sablons. The location of Les Alicourts means you are a captive audience and as such it does feel that they “do you” a bit for drinks / food – there isn’t really anywhere else to go! Even on the first night we stopped when the park was super quiet, there was evening entertainment for the kids – Ben was far too cool to get involved in this but Amy loved it.
Onsite shop
We found the onsite shop closed really early at 7pm (I’m not if sure it opens later during peak season in July / August?) so it’s worth making sure you bring supplies to see you through the first night / morning. This is especially important at Les Alicourts as the nearest supermarkets are a bit of a drive.
Les Alicourts onsite takeaway
We used the onsite takeaway the first night we arrived – we didn’t really have any choice as we didn’t have any supplies with us, the campsite shop was already closed and to be honest the one restaurant on site was a bit fancy (expensive!) for what we wanted after a long day’s travelling. In all honesty we weren’t very impressed – aside from being expensive (again taking advantage of the fact you don’t have many other options) it just wasn’t very nice – the pizzas were all under cooked and nobody ate their full meal. We avoided the campsite takeaway on the way home having arrived prepared with food for a BBQ instead. Of course having only eaten from the takeaway once I can’t say whether it was generally a bit naff or just having an off night . . . if any of you have experience of it do let me know!
Gorgeous freshly baked pastries
On the other hand, the fresh baked goods were amazing. Fresh croissants and pain au chocolat feature heavily in our Eurocamp diets . . . and when I say feature heavily, I mean they are a daily breakfast law! The pastries at Les Alicourts were absolutely delicious – soft, fresh and super tasty – you won’t be able to resist them, and nor should you! Get down there first thing every morning while they’re lovely and fresh!
Nice play area
We really liked the outdoor play area at Les Alicourts – it’s not huge but it was big enough. The floor is sandy which is great for cushioning falls but not so fabulous if you’re all showered and washed for dinner and then your kids decide to play . . .
The play area is situated near the take away and restaurant which meant it would have been easy for the kids to play while we waited for food – but it was too far from the bar for them to play while we had a drink
Kids’ Clubs
As we only stayed over night (literally arriving late afternoon and leaving after breakfast) we didn’t access the Kids’ Clubs at Les Alicourts – these are run by Les Alicourts Resorts rather then Eurocamp however all guests are welcome to access them. As I’ve mentioned above there was evening entertainment in the lakeside bar – but you’d need to check the timetables to see if this was a nightly thing!
Internet coverage / phone reception is patchy to say the least
Now for some people, poor internet coverage and dodgy phone reception is a blessing in disguise on holiday and in all honesty, when I’m not working, I do quite enjoy being forced to switch off from social media – I’ve said before that when your job is online, it can be really difficult to switch off from that. We generally don’t allow the kids access to the internet when we’re on holiday so not having coverage isn’t a problem there. WiFi is available at a charge but this is only available in certain parts of the park. If you do need to be contactable while you are at Les Alicourts, you might need to explore the site a bit to find the best places to pick up mobile reception!
Les Alicourts tent pitches look nice and big
We noticed that the tent pitches looked nice and big (we have a huge tent so this is important to us!) and were lovely and grassy – something we were really aware of after staying at Les Sablons for a week which is quite dry and dusty in comparison. Although we were staying in a Eurocamp holiday home, we both said we thought that Les Alicourts looked really well set up for tents and we’d have definitely camped there.
Parking onsite
The first holiday home we stayed in had space to park just outside, whereas the one we stopped in on our return had a designated parking space in a nearby car park. This was a bit of a pain in terms of packing / unpacking as you had to carry stuff further, but it was nice not to have your car right outside, blocking your line of view and potentially getting in the way of the kids playing – it’s swings and roundabouts on this one I think – mostly I quite liked the car being out of the way.
From what we saw of Les Alicourts it is a really lovely (if expensive) campsite and one where you could easily spend a week without having to leave the site (which is just as well as it feels really far from anything!)
Have you stayed at Les Alicourts? Would love to know your thoughts!
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