Food is a BIG part of a Eurocamp holiday. We cook most of our meals ourselves, but we also love trying the campsite takeaway, restaurant and food nights.
This is what we actually eat, whether we’re in a tent or a mobile home. Nothing fancy, just easy meals the girls will eat.
Our go-to Eurocamp meals
We do a LOT of salads and pasta. Neither needs an oven, which matters more than you’d think (more on that below).
Breakfast
- Croissants and pastries from the campsite bakery or a local boulangerie
- Eggs on toast
- Scrambled eggs on a baguette
- Porridge
Lunch
- Salads, salads and more salads: chicken, tuna, salmon or steak
- Hummus
- Soups
Dinner
- Pasta (lots of it)
- Sausages
- Curries
- Sweet and sour chicken
- Chilli nachos
- Pizza on the BBQ
- The occasional chicken nugget and smiley face night (cooked in a frying pan!)
Cooking without an oven
Lots of French mobile homes don’t have an oven. Our premium lodge at Camping le Vieux Port didn’t, just a microwave with grill features. So we plan stove-top meals, and if we do get an oven, it’s a perk.
Everything above can be done on a hob, a frying pan or the BBQ. That’s half the reason we eat so much pasta…
If you’re in a tent, remember you’ll be walking to the shower block to wash up (one thing we hate doing!). If washing up is the bit you dread, it’s worth looking at a mobile home with a dishwasher, which we cover in our Eurocamp accommodation guide.
The BBQ
Most of our Eurocamp mobile homes have come with a gas BBQ. At Camping Bel, Tranche Sur Mer it was a gas flat-top grill, and we used it every single day for breakfast, lunch AND dinner.
Charcoal is banned on a lot of sites, especially in the pine forests because of the fire risk. At Le Vieux Port you can’t BBQ on your pitch at all, but there are communal BBQ areas instead. Check what your accommodation comes with before you go.
Food shopping
At La Croix du Vieux Pont we did one big shop at the local supermarket, then popped to the campsite shop for the little things we’d forgotten. Campsite shops are handy, but they cost more and can be hit and miss for fresh food.
- At La Vallée the shop had no salad or fruit at all, so we drove to the supermarkets at Dives-sur-Mer.
- At La Croix du Vieux Pont there were days all we could get was a tomato! The crisps selection was better than the big supermarkets though…
- At Le Vieux Port the on-site Spar had everything we needed, and there’s a much cheaper Super U a 15-minute walk away. Get there early though: in the morning rush the bakery and checkout queues wrapped right round the back of the shop, and that was when the campsite was hardly even full!
- At L’Océan in Brem-sur-Mer the shop was one of the smallest we’ve seen, fine for essentials but you couldn’t live off it. We used the big Super U 7 minutes’ drive away a lot, and there’s a Lidl 4 minutes away too.
Top tip: bread and croissants often need pre-ordering at the shop the day before, with your pitch number. Ask on arrival so you don’t miss out.
We’ve put everything we take for the kitchen (sharp knife and chopping board included) on our Eurocamp packing list.
Eating out on site
We don’t cook every night. Sometimes we’ll make a salad and grab chips from the takeaway to go with it.
Campsite pizza is a bit of a lottery. I judge every campsite on a Margherita: under €10 is a good price, under €8 is a great price, and anything over €10 is too much. Le Vieux Port only just scraped into my good price category at €9.50. The worst one we’ve ever had was at La Vallée, which looked like it was made by a 5-year-old doing food tech for the day.
Some of the best food nights have been the campsite events. The cheese and wine night at La Garangeoire was one of the highlights of our holiday (skip dinner first, the portions are huge), and our eldest loved making her own pancakes at the crêpe party.
Keep an eye out for themed food nights too. At Le Vieux Port the Arena has a different one every night, from moules et frites to paella and BBQs, and you can even order pizza by phone and have it delivered to your pitch.
Kids’ menus aren’t always flexible either. At Yelloh Village La Roche Posay they wouldn’t do a smaller salmon salad for our youngest, so she ended up with a full adult one.
Want to know what’s on site before you book? Our guide to Eurocamp facilities covers restaurants, bars and takeaways.
Ready to plan your own? Have a look at what Eurocamp have for next summer.
Food on a Eurocamp holiday: FAQ
Do Eurocamp mobile homes have an oven?
Not always. Lots of French-owned mobile homes don’t have an oven at all, because they use the space for a dishwasher instead. Our Yelloh Village cottage at Loupiac had no oven, and the premium lodge at Le Vieux Port had a microwave with grill features instead. Check the kitchen details before you book if an oven matters to you.
Can you have a BBQ at a Eurocamp campsite?
Usually, yes. Most of our mobile homes have come with a gas BBQ. Charcoal is banned on a lot of sites because of the fire risk, and at Le Vieux Port you can’t BBQ on your pitch at all, only in the communal BBQ areas.
Is the campsite shop expensive?
A little. Campsite shops cost more than the big supermarkets because you’re paying for the convenience. They’re great for bits you’ve forgotten, but do your big shop at a supermarket if you have a car.
Do you need to pre-order bread at the campsite?
Often, yes. At La Vallée you had to pre-order bread and croissants in the shop the day before, with your pitch number. Ask on arrival so you don’t miss out.
What kitchen things should you pack?
A sharp knife. The ones provided never seem to be good enough! We also take tea towels and oven gloves. Everything else is on our Eurocamp packing list.
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