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1 rue Johnson | Maisons-Laffitte, 78600 Paris, France
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Camping International de Maisons-Laffitte
3.5 of 5 stars 48 Reviews
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London, United Kingdom
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“Good if you're on a budget.”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 January 2012
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We started a 3 month trip by visitng Paris and we stayed here. For those reasons it was fine for us. It provided a base for us to explore Paris and it's easy enough to get into the cntre of Paris on the metro. This was all we were looking for so it did the job. I've read some other reviews describing the run down facilities etc, but this was not my experience. The site is fairly basic, but I though everything was perfectly up to scratch. It's got everything you need, such as a resteraunt/shop etc, and the facilities were all very clean. If you're looking for a basic base from which to explore Paris, this place will do a great job. If you're someone who likes their home comforts, then go for a hotel room in Paris. That will cost a lot more though. For me, I'd happily stay here again.

  • Stayed May 2011, travelled with friends
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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“Good choice for a family break in Paris and Eurodisney”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 November 2011
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We ie me, my wife,son, daughter in law and grandkids 2 and 5yrs- wanted to visit Paris and Eurodisney. We drove down from Calais avoiding the Autoroutes, to see the countryside and avoid the tolls.
We chose this site from the list of one of the Sun GBP 9.50 holidays.
My wife son and I had camped there almost 30 years ago en route back from Spain!
To be honest not a lot had changed. In a good way.
The site is still on a small island in the Seine, in a smart residential area.
It is generally quiet although mainline trains nearby can make their presence known to light sleepers.
It is a 15 minute stroll to Maison Lafitte station (more later) which has an RER service Line 1 which gets you to the Place D'Etoile/Arc de Triomphe in about 20 mins, and direct to Eurodisney ( Marne la Vallee) in just under one hour.
It can be reached fairly easily by car by Autoroute or free Routes National routes without having to endure the Peripherique.
Once you are parked up you do not need a car unless you choose to.
There is a huge Carrefour Mall about 10 minute drive away.
Maison Lafitte is an excellent choice, in my opinion.

Accomodation.
We chose what I would call a mobile home.
I am no expert but it looked quite new, and had 3 bedrooms. One double bed, one with two singles and one with a bunk bed.
Space was tight, as normal with a mobile home, but just about adequate. There is reasonable clothes storage.
There were several UK 3 pin sockets as well as 2 pin European ones, a very useful feature.
The living/dining area was spacious and again quite adequate.
The whole place was spotless when we arrived. This is very important to me.
We were here a couple of weeks before the end of the season, but there was nothing to fault.
The shower does warrant a mention. It is in a curious enclosure with a seat/step which does not seem to be either, in practice.
The shower itself I have to mark down, as controlling the temperature defeated us all. Separate hot and cold fawcets. Goes from very hot to cold without any obvious reason. Be careful not to scald yourself, the seat/step hinders movement. Could just have been us!
We were fortunate with the weather for October,however the place never became cold or clammy, and we only used the lounge gas fire a couple of times.

Facilities:
This was end of season. There is a shop on site but to be honest it looked tired and as though it was winding down. It opened at 8 and french loaves took a while to arrive.
I would suggest stocking up from the convenience store across from the station.
There was allegedly a pizza parlour next to the site shop it but it did not appear to be open when we went past it. WiFi available I think EUR 5 for 1/2 hour. Did not try it.
Again, opposite the station there are several bars and a Turkish takeway.
There is a laundromat but we did not use it.
Eurocamp and Keycamp both had representatives. Seemed friendly and helpful.
The camp has a reception with discount Eurodisney tickets. Again helpful.
On our last day we had to leave the accomodation at 10am. We had some final sightseeing to do in Paris, we asked and and were allowed to leave our cars on site until we came back mid pm,which we thought was a nice touch.

Getting around:
Probably the main reason for choosing this place is that it is a great base for travelling without the car. I have driven in and around Paris and it is not something I will willingly do again.
Maison Lafitte Station itself is unmanned outside commuter hours ( around 10am I think), when you are at the mercy of two automatic machines which seemed to confound not only tourists of several nationalities but locals as well! I thought I had wasted almost EUR 50 on the wrong tickets, fortunately the ticket office man a couple of days later took pity and exchanged them for the right ones. Top geezer.
Tips:
M-L is in Zone 4.
Eurodisney is in Zone 5.
The cheapest way to Disney is to buy a daily Mobilis ticket covering Zones 1-5 inclusive. EUR 14 ish.
To go sightseeing in central Paris, buy a MOBILIS ticket covering Zones 1-4. EUR 11ish.
For children buy a junior Paris Visite day pass, this is cheaper than the Mobilis.
The Mobilis ticket covers the RER services, the Metro, buses and even the funicular railway that takes you upto Sacre Coeur. Brilliant.
You can get all these out of the machine, if you persevere!
You have to sign and date all of these cards- you can be fined if not,I was told.

Overall, I would recommend the International Camping site. I would definitely use it again.

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  • Stayed October 2011, travelled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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“Wouldn't go again”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 November 2011
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Used this site as a base for Disneyland and to see Paris.

The site is tired with run down facilities and old Keycamp mobile homes - booked a Villa Nova to be allocated an ancient Super Nove. It was clean - but smelled terribly and all the
matresses were stained and uncomfortable.

There was alot of noise late into the night too - which made sleeping difficult.

Had to leave early to get to the ferry - car park locked so had to park a long way away - not ideal with small children in sleepy mode at 5.00am.

Certainly would not stay here again

  • Stayed August 2011, travelled with family
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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“Disappointed with tired facilities”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 October 2011
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We decide to spend the second week of our French holiday near Paris. As we had 3 generations on holiday and needed more than one bedroom for our accommodation. A mobile home with 3 bedrooms on a campsite was a reason for choosing this location.

The site is within easy walking distance to the local RER station and was within 10 mins by car to a huge Carrefour. The area felt very safe, and aesthetically pleasing.

The mobile home was found to be dirty on arrival. My wife and mother-in-law spend 2.5 hours cleaning it. We watched one day as the cleaning party entered a neighbouring mobile home to clean it, they spent most of the time sitting, eating crisps, chatting and texting on their mobile phones; not a thorough clean!!

The camp site I found to be tired and in need of renovation, the shop and restaurant had a good range of items, but was too expensive. Daily bread and the occasional milk carton were our only purchases.

Paris was within easy reach by train, and Disneyland Paris was only just over an hour away by car.

I was disappointed by the lack of cleanliness of the mobile home and the 70's feel of the camp site. I would not return to this campsite, I would look for an alternative for Paris.

  • Stayed July 2011, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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“dirty smelly caravan....enough said. Don't go here if you can help it!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 September 2011
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stupidly, i had booked 2 nights in a comfort caravan with deck for 2 nights as a base to explore Paris city center before i ran the reviews for this site. So i knew when we arrived i was not going to blown away with the place but i was not ready for what we got!!

I'm a massive fan of caravaning so tried to think positive, but this seriously was a smelly, very very tired van that had not had a good clean all season! everything was sticky, the bedrooms smelt nasty, and the only postive i can give it was that the loo was very clean and the staff were nice. under the 'decking' you could see loads of litter, and the sun parasol looked rotten at the bottom. try not to look too hard at the matresses and drink a bottle of wine before you attempt to go to sleep is my best advice. You hear train noises for the majority of the night and the on site shop/bar look shabby and tired to say the least.

you can easily catch the train into paris center, which was the whole point to our stay here, but i will not ever ever use these guys again.

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  • Stayed September 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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