Les Ormes, Domaine & Resort

This holiday park is in a great location for exploring Brittany, but let's itself down in many ways. The negatives are: very late check in (5pm) and this appears to be enforced, no facilities open before 10am... Pool is closed till then, no breakfast cafe etc. Very loud events that disrupt sleep on a Tuesday night. Pedestrian zones have many hazards, like escooters wizzing at 30mph, not great with young kids. No recycling bins provided in rooms, yet requirement to separate out every item, literally hours of the trip spent recycling. Limited on site food options. The positives are generally good activities and location and general setting is great.

It's a big site with a variety of accommodation. We stayed in a Tao cabin which was OK but the bedrooms were very small and, if there had been a family of 4 in it, clothes storage could have been a problem. I was surprised to find that we were expected to clean the cabin when we left. There are no instructions for the microwave and the TV doesn't have any English language channels (although, to be honest, that's not surprising because the majority of people when we were there were French). There's a wide range of onsite activities but I have reservations about some of them. There are several aerial activities - climbing up nets, onto platforms, sliding down zip lines, some of them very long and there's no doubt that they were enjoyed. However, there was no supervision. Every person on the activity had a safety line but I have no idea what would have happened if somebody had fallen and was hanging from the safety line or reached a point and realised that they couldn't continue to the end of the course. On the archery, nobody was given any protective equipment (arm guard, finger tab etc) until it was clear that they needed it. I didn't realise that the nerves in my middle finger were being damaged until after the activity finished. It's now 3 days since the activity and my finger has still not recovered. I didn't realise either, that there were extra charges for all the activities apart from the Dome which is great although, again, there is no supervision on the waterslides. In summary, I'd recommend this as a family destination with some reservations.

We have visited here a few times now and enjoy it. We always go out of season when it's quite as it is a big site with everything going for it. For us, peak season would not be our cup of tea as we suspect it would be far too busy and noisy, that's just us though. If you have kids, in peak season this is the place to be as every activity for all ages is covered. The Dome pool complex is out of this world. We're looking forward to seeing the new development finished. There are loads of lovely places to visit in the area. The nearby town, Dol du Bretagne is worth a visit. The main ancient street with it's timber buildings are fab as is the Saturday morning market. Get there early to get parked. Also in the town area are a couple of big supermarkets, petrol station, car wash, restaurants etc so well catered for. Coast about a 10-15 minutes drive away. We would recommend and we will certainly be back but as I said off season for us, enjoy your stay.