Le Ragis

Le Ragis campsite covers 10 hectares of wooded parkland, deep in the countryside at Challans, about 5 minutes from the town centre. Saint-Jean-de-Monts, Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez are about fifteen kilometres away, Nantes 65 km. The site is rated 4 stars and grew out of a family farm taken over in 1972; it now has 213 pitches.

Plots of 100 to 180 m² take tents, caravans, vans and motorhomes, with a 10-amp hook-up. The rental fleet includes mobile homes with one to four bedrooms for 2 to 8 people, a canvas bungalow and a furnished rental. For leisure, there is a water area with a covered pool, a heated outdoor pool, a paddling pool and three slides, as well as a mini farm, a fishing pond and a mini golf.

Opening period: this is not a campsite open all year round. According to the official website, mobile homes can be booked from April 1 to October 30, 2026, and pitches from mid-February to mid-December, even for a single night. Vendée Tourisme, for its part, gives an opening from February 17 to December 14, 2026. The campsite is therefore closed for about two months, from mid-December to mid-February, and no rental accommodation is offered from November to March.

The water activities and entertainment described on the website mainly concern summer; off-season, it is best to ask the campsite which facilities are in operation.

Three sanitary blocks are spread around the site: toilets, free showers with a time-limited badge system, washbasins, a baby area, dishwashing sinks and facilities adapted for people with reduced mobility. A laundry room with recent machines, which use 13 litres of water per cycle, completes the offer. Motorhome owners have a service area to empty grey water and chemical toilets and to fill their fresh water tank. A European plug adapter is lent against a deposit.

Each mobile home has a fitted kitchen, a dining area, a living room with television, a bathroom and a covered terrace with garden furniture. The top-of-the-range models add air conditioning and a dishwasher. The website also mentions a snack bar, without specifying when it operates.

The water area combines a covered pool with slides, an outdoor pool and a paddling pool, all heated according to the website; opening hours and dates for the pools are not published. The campsite has also committed to an eco-responsible approach: eco-labelled cleaning products, timed showers, cigarette butt recycling and a second life for used furniture.

On site, children have three play areas, a bouncy castle, two trampolines, a multi-sport court, a volleyball court, a pétanque court, a mini golf with club hire at reception, table tennis tables and a games room with table football, video games and pinball machines. The mini farm, home to Chocolat the donkey, the campsite’s mascot, and the private fishing pond can be visited all season.

In July and August, the programme includes a kids’ club for ages 4 to 12 from Monday to Friday, 10.30am to 12pm, with drawing contests, face painting and group games, football, volleyball, basketball and pétanque tournaments, then evenings: a welcome drink on Sunday, karaoke, bingo, pool disco and magic or hypnosis shows depending on the week.

Around the campsite, the Vendée is best explored by bike: bikes are hired out on site and safe cycle paths run along the coast. The beaches of Saint-Jean-de-Monts, Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez and Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie are about 15 minutes away; in Saint-Jean-de-Monts, dogs are banned from the beach in summer between 9am and 7pm. The Passage du Gois, Noirmoutier and the Île d’Yeu are among the suggested outings. These activities are described for high season.