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Winter holidays: more and more French people are choosing to go to the sea
More and more French people are choosing to spend their winter holidays at the sea. Report from the Issambres campsite in Roquebrune-sur-Argens, in the Var, one of the few open all year round. – (France 3)
More and more French people are choosing to spend their winter holidays at the sea. Report from the Issambres campsite in Roquebrune-sur-Argens, in the Var, one of the few open all year round.
A stone’s throw from the sea, the Issambres campsite in Roquebrune-sur-Argens (Var) is ideally located. “This morning, the weather is great, not a bit of wind, the sea is going to be flat, it’s going to be perfect”, rejoices Manuel Archer, a vacationer from Lyon. 15°C, a rolling sea: the conditions are ideal for a paddle session. Winter seaside holidays are becoming more and more popular. At the Issambres campsite, prices are 30 to 40% cheaper compared to August. And that’s not the only advantage: “Here, it’s great, traffic is easy. We can go everywhere, we get around well”testifies Michel Villevieille, originally from Vaucluse.
“We realized that there was a real need”
In the middle of February, the occupancy rate is 55%. The campsite is one of the few to be open all year round. “We realized that there was a real need and we have more and more customers. And today, it’s quite interesting to open year-round. Afterwards, we have a customers who are very pleasant, who are curious about everything, who come to discover the region…”explains Pascal De Mattéi, the owner of the campsite.
