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5 best Center Parcs in France 2019

Center Parcs is a popular option for a family holiday in France with loads of activities (most of which you pay extra for) as well as good quality accommodation and places to eat.

They are often considerably cheaper then the UK Center Parcs and are not all that difficult to get to (particularly from southern England).

There are six Center Parcs to choose from in France, but we’ve ranked our top 5 by looking at customer reviews, value for money, activities and location. Here they are, in order:

1. Center Parcs Le Bois Aux Daims

Le Boix Aux Daims isn’t the closest Center Parc to the UK (about 5 hours 30 minutes from Calais by car or you can fly to Tours in 90 minutes), but it gets good reviews and is one of their newest parks having been built in 2015.

When we checked, customers were giving it an average of 4/5 on TripAdvisor and just slightly more than 4/5 on Google reviews.

According to the official website it has about 100 activities, putting it on a par with the five other CenterParcs in France.

Price: In our price comparisons, we looked for a week in August 2019, a week in October 2019 and a week over Easter 2020 for a family of four (cheapest accommodation available, excluding any upgrades). We found that Le Boix Aux Daims was somewhere in the middle each time. A family of four people would pay from £1608 in August, from £1495 at Easter and from £708 in October.

2. Center Parcs Les Trois Forêts

Les Trois Forêts is similar to Le Bois Aux Daims in many ways, so if it’s cheaper for the week you are planning on travelling then I would choose that one instead.

It gets similarly positive reviews from customers (4/5 mostly) and it has a similar number of activities as Le Boix Aux Daims. It was built in 2010, so it’s another new park although not quite as new as Le Boix Aux Daims.

It’s also a similar driving distance to Le Boix Aux Daims (about 5 hours 30 minutes drive from Calais).

Price: Much like Le Boix Aux Daims, Les Trois Forets was somewhere around the middle in all our price comparisons. A week in August 2019 for a family of four started at £1456 (about £150 cheaper than Les Bois Aux Daims), whilst a week at Easter 2020 was about £200 cheaper at £1302. However, a week in October 2019 was about £50 more expensive at £756.

3. Center Parcs Les Villages Nature Paris

Center Parcs Les Villages Nature Paris is an unusual Center Parcs because it is a joint venture with Disneyland Paris. As a result, you get the facilities of a CenterParcs alongside easy access to the theme parks at Disneyland Paris.

Of course, that means you pay considerably more than you would for the other Center Parcs in France. In fact, it was the most expensive option in all our price comparisons often by hundreds of pounds.

Customer reviews average about 3.5/5 on TripAdvisor or 4/5 on Google reviews so a little bit behind Le Boix Aux Daims and Les Trois Forets.

However, it is a couple of hours closer to Calais than Le Boix Aux Daims and Les Trois Forets and you get the very definite advantage of being able to visit Disneyland Paris without facing a big drive at the end of the day.

There are a comparable number of activities to the other Center Parcs in France and it’s very new, having opened in 2017.

Price: as mentioned earlier, Les Villages Nature was the most expensive option in all our price comparisons. A week for a family of four in August 2019 started at £2127, which is nearly £900 more expensive than the cheapest Center Parcs in France. At Easter it was £2096, about £800 more expensive. In October 2019 it was £920, just under £400 more than the cheapest option. It’s worth noting that in October 2019 Les Villages Nature was only a couple of hundred pounds more than Le Bois Aux Daims and Les Trois Forêt.

4. Center Parcs Les Hauts Des Bruyeres

Les Hauts Des Bruyeres is a good choice if you want a cheap Center Parks in France. In our price comparisons it was similarly priced to Les Bois-Francs but was getting slightly better reviews (3.5/5 on TripAdvisor compared to 3/5).

Les Bois-Francs is an hour closer to Calais, so is a bit easier for UK travellers.

Les Hauts Des Bruyeres has plenty of activities (all the Centre Parcs in France have between 91 and 107 activities according to the official website). It’s one of the oldest Center Parcs in France, having opened in 1993.

Price: Les Hauts Des Bruyeres was the cheapest option (or thereabouts) in all three of our price comparisons. A week in August 2019 started from £1269 for a family of four, whilst a week at Easter 2020 was £1373. At October 2019, it was £611.

5. Center Parcs Le Lac d'Ailette

For UK travellers, the main advantage of Le Lac d'Ailette is that it is the closest Center Parcs to Calais (2 hours 30 minute drive). That might make it a good option for a long weekend as you can get to Calais from Folkestone with the car on the 35 minute Eurotunnel.

Besides that, Le Lac d'Ailette was somewhere in the middle in all our comparisons. It scored 3.5/5 on TripAdvisor, offers about 100 activities and opened in 2007.

So, it isn’t the newest or the oldest and it doesn’t get the best or worst reviews. For football fans, it is achieving a mid-table finish, much like Everton.

Price: Le Lac d'Ailette was somewhere in the middle on our price comparison. A week in August 2019 was from £1474 for a family of four. A week at Easter 2020 was from £1280. A week in October 2019 was from £626.