Friendly welcome at the reception, gourmet and tasty moments, cocooning breakfast, holiday library or bicycles ready for adventure: discover some of the few services offered by your Camping Les Baleines in pictures!
A 4 star campsite At your service
At the Camping Les Baleines ****, you live in harmony with Nature… with the services of a four-star campsite!
Anything to make your life easier and help you switch off!
4 * SERVICES
At Les Baleines, everything is designed to ensure you have a wonderful holiday.
Our bakery is open from early May to mid-September (depending on our remaining stock before closing) every morning from 8.00 am. Freshly baked bread and pastries await you!
In the summer, we serve delicious breakfasts. Take a seat on the large wooden terrace and enjoy a ‘fair trade’ coffee or a nice cup of tea, with a view of Les Baleines lighthouse, accompanied by birdsong and the sound of the waves.
Our Guinguette, open from 6.30 pm from early May to mid-September, serves local produce for pre-dinner drinks. Sardine stew, a plate of oysters with a delicious white wine, and appetiser platters – we look forward to welcoming you for a relaxing time.
Pop into our grocery shop to stock up on essentials and local produce.
You’ll also find a launderette, a library/book exchange and bike hire on site, so you can explore the island with the wind in your hair!
Our reception team is here to welcome you 7 days a week with a smile, ready to help you organise the holiday of your dreams.
On-site services
A friendly and warm Welcome
Smile, warmth, availability, listening and expertise: here are the keywords of the Les Baleines reception desk. Séverine Bastien and their team are awaiting you at the reception every day:
- May, June and September from 09:00 am to 12:00 pm and from 02:00 pm to 07:00 pm
- July and August from 09:00 am to 01:00 pm and 2:00 to 8:00 pm to help you have an excellent holiday!
Here is what our guests have to say about Reception at Les Baleines, a few extracts of posts they wrote on our website :
« … a really friendly team, they listen to the guests and give very good advice on activities and places to go to on this gorgeous île de Ré … » Julie M.
« I really enjoyed the professional and human intelligence I found in the campsite » Laurence M.
« The welcome and availability of the campsite managers and employees ranks right up there!!! » M.Dupuch
Bakery, snack-bar And Bar Lounge
OUR BAKERY
During the whole season, at our bakery you can find as soon as 08:00 am fresh bread, puff pastries and good coffee from fair trade to help you wake up in a gentle mood. Our bread and puff pastries are cooked on the site.
In July and August, from 08:00 am to 11:00 am, you will even be able to treat yourself to a full delicious French breakfast which includes:
- ½ baguette
- 1 puff pastry (croissant or chocolate croissant),
- 1 organic orange juice,
- 1 tasty local jam (confiture du Clocher île de Ré),
- Butter from the Viète,
- 1 choice of drink: fair trade coffee, loose tea, hot chocolate.
OUR SNACK BAR
Feeling peckish? In July and August, our snack offers tapas style bites along with a glass of île de Ré wine.
OUR LOUNGE BAR
Comfortably sitting on our wood terrace, enjoy the long summer evenings! Our Lounge bar offers in July/August:
For a good meal:
- a plate of oysters
- a plate of organic shrimps
- tapas to nibble onwith a glass of cold white wine.
For refreshments:
- local organic beer La Rocheloise
- wine and pineau from the île de Ré,
- fruit juices
Our other Services
The Camping Les Baleines also offers a whole range of 3* services to make your daily life easy:
- a small grocery shop for little emergencies and local products at the reception (at reception opening hours),
- a laundry with 2 washing machines and a dryer. Tokens are sold at the reception: 5 € to wash, 5 € to dry. An ironing table and an iron are at your disposal for free,
- Free but limited Wi-Fi access. You can connect in the communal areas, such as the reception, the snack bar and bakery, the pergola and the children’s play area. This limited access is a business decision designed to allow you to switch off whilst on holiday in Les Baleines, at the tip of our island.
- a library / book box at the reception: take the opportunity to read during your holiday! Borrow or swap books in our little library,
- bicycle rental at best rates or roadster type bicycle with basket and lock, electric bike, children bicycle, bicycle trailers, tandems, helmets and bike child seat.
