Domaine de la sablière (Naturiste)

The Domaine de la Sablière with its many hiking opportunities "au naturel" is and remains one of our favorite places for naturist holidays. The well-equipped resort is nestled in the wooded hills of the Cèze Valley. Apart from a few exceptions along the river, we got the impression that naturist ethics are being followed very well. Family-friendly facilities, such as the new, spacious water slides, but also unclothed lifeguards and animators, as well as many permanent tenants with children, certainly contribute to the fact that the nudist ideals are also lived by the young people. Most of the 250 different types of rental accommodation (many with dishwashers and other amenities) and just as many camping pitches are somewhat hidden under trees. Sun worshipers will find more than enough sunbathing areas by the two pools, one of which is covered. The new sauna convinced with its generous opening hours. Sun-kissed sand and pebble beaches can be found along the river Cèze. Sablière's landmarks are certainly the two rock outcrops that tower over the water. The distance from the reception to the swimming pools and the very good creperie is almost a kilometer. After another one you reach the very good grocery store and the restaurant, which is unfortunately a bit disappointing this year, as well as the bathing beach on the Cèze. During high season, the resort even offers a shuttle bus operated by a professional public transport provider. Thanks to the natural atmosphere, La Sablière is ideal for both new naturists and those who like well-equipped, spacious resorts in a natural environment.

Great scenery with impressive views. However, the sanitary facilities smelled horribly and half the showers were out of order. Curiously, you couldn't select a water temperature in the showers either and the water came out very hot, which was quite annoying given the constant 36 degrees in the shade. The river is very nice for bathing, the outdoor pool with its 3 new slides is good for children, although it is very crowded and there is hardly any shade in the whole pool. The restaurants appear to have recently been taken over by a new operator who is widely seen as completely incompetent by campers. Our two restaurant visits were accordingly. What was ordered didn't come, half the table had eaten long before the others were served anything. There wasn't what was on the menu and the pizzeria didn't serve pizza "because it would take too long to prepare pizza for all the customers" (quote from the waiter). Kids activities were ok but only suitable for kids who like crafts. Unfortunately there were no outdoor games, there were no clubs for mini golf and the sports fields were always dead. There is hardly any mobile phone reception or internet anywhere on the site. There is a WLAN place at the reception, but there is hardly more than no network available. This makes it extremely difficult to plan day trips. Last but not least, we actually thought it was a good thing that campers are encouraged not to use their cars on site, but to leave them near reception. Unfortunately, this was generally disregarded, not least because the whole area is extremely steep and there were not often shuttle buses during the week and no shuttle buses at all at weekends. All in all it was a nice 2 weeks, from which we would have expected a bit more professionalism.

Idyllic setting, but in recent years this little paradise has lost its wild side that we loved so much. Go there out of season to avoid noise pollution (karoke, dance evenings, concerts blasting the balloons) every evening until midnight … for peace and quiet you have to camp downstairs and at the bottom near the river. We hope that the evenings will be more limited this year for the respect of nature and the tranquility of vacationers looking for rest.

On the camping side, not too much to say, even if everything is not perfect, the place is very nice. On the other hand, on the catering side, it is a disaster! To flee ! Very expensive, of very poor quality, lack of napkins to eat a "very practical" burger and we will tell you take your napkin we have more! Ditto for the mayo if you want it go look for it at the top because here there is more. No need to discuss with the person in charge of the restaurant points he will tell you "I don't care what you tell me" here is the answer after so many years of loyalty. Keep your money to treat yourself outside the campsite, even the bar is too expensive, and the doses are not respected in terms of savings. Apart from 2 very professional and smiling young girls, the rest of the servers had no respect for the customers. Next year it will be all the family expenses outside the campsite period. Finally, the evenings with a menu if you want to find yourself with your paper plate in your mouth when cutting your poor little piece of meat and your 2 very small potatoes at 17€ it's perfect!