Portland, a luxury campsite just a stone’s throw from Omaha Beach
Just a stone's throw from the Normandy Landings beaches and the town of Port en Bessin, the 5 star Portland campsite is located. This high-end establishment, a member of the Yelloh! Village group, having an exceptional aqua park and numerous other leading leisure facilities is also a perfect holiday resort to discover the memorial sites packed with history…
An exceptional campsite in Port en Bessin
Opposite the Sémaphore signalling station in Port en Bessin and five minutes from the centre of this coastal town in Normandy, you find the Portland campsite. Laid out within superbly landscaped grounds, some one hundred metres from the English Channel, this campsite with all modern conveniences has many facilities, pitches and accommodation to satisfy tourists wishing to stay in the region and discover the most famous places in the Normandy landings.
You can set up your tent, caravan or camper on delightful, lush pitches laid to lawn, whose average surface area is 130 m². For maximum comfort, campers can choose to stay on a Premium pitch, with a private, heated sanitary block! The cottages are equally numerous and varied, but comfort is the common thread running through each one! The holiday rentals in the Premium ranges are the most luxurious, they in particular have two bathrooms and enhanced sound insulation!
Portland has 270 pitches and holiday rentals in total, laid out in a 10 hectare park, overlooking the English Channel and cliffs of Port en Bessin, near the renowned beach known as Omaha Beach. Amidst the grounds, a lovely small lake is ideally suited to fishing!
A 2,000 m² water park by the sea
In addition to these holiday rentals and pitches, laid out in the heart of a neatly maintained park, this luxury campsite in the Calvados department offers holidaymakers several high-end facilities. These include the impressive 2,020 m² aqua park, ultra modern and enabling holidaymakers to swim all year round!
This aqua park consists of a large indoor area, with a swimming pool heated to 29°C, waterfalls, paddling pool and aqua play area. The outdoor section comprises a swimming pool (also heated), Jacuzzis, relaxing hydrotherapy benches, water slide 48 metres long, sunbathing area and sunloungers.
Moreover, in addition to the aforementioned lake, the campsite has three other lakes, enabling fishermen to indulge their passion. The other play and leisure facilities here at Portland, include an inflatable play centre, the multi-sport ground, pétanque court, beach volleyball court, outdoor play area and ping-pong tables.
Calvados, the stronghold for the Normandy landings
Staying on the Portland campsite in Port en Bessin, enables holidaymakers to enjoy the perfect location to quickly reach the main memorial sites linked to the D-Day landings in Normandy. The Calvados coastline, and more broadly the coast in Basse Normandie, boast many historical sites, museums and military cemeteries associated with this famous day, 6th June 1944. This day marked the beginning of the Allied liberation in mainland Europe, during the Second World War.
The Portland campsite is located just a stone’s throw from the beach known as Omaha Beach, one of the five landing beaches together with Juno, Gold, Utah and Sword Beach. Nearby we find one of the most important American cemeteries.
Amongst the other must-see attractions of the Normandy landings are the Pointe du Hoc promontory, the Longues sur Mer, Merville and Grandcamp Maisy artillery batteries, Saint Mère Eglise museum or even the Mémorial Pegasus museum in Caen. A stay on the Portland campsite enables you to discover them all.
Calvados also features numerous tourist sites unconnected with the D–Day landings. A very good example is the medieval city of Bayeux, located 9 kilometres from the campsite. There are many half-timbered houses in the town centre, a magnificent cathedral and the famous...Bayeux Tapestry!
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