Sites et Paysages Le Fief de Melin

The friendly staff

Lovely owners who were super helpful on arrival

We cut short our 6 night stay after 2 nights as we were bitten at least 30 times from mosquitoes. Now we know that they are common but we felt the pitch was clearly near to a nest of some kind which was a shame as the island is amazing. This is clearly outside of the site owners control but she never asked why we decided to leave after 2 days - I guess as we had paid then no issue for her!

The site has a good pool and is reasonable cycle ride away from local attractions. The younger man and woman on site were friendly.

This poor visit started with a poor welcome! We arrived around 2, after a long drive, to find reception closed from 12-3. Come 3 o’clock we joined a queue of people waiting to talk to reception. This queue turned out to be very slow as one lady very slowly processed each enquiry. It felt like the lady went out of her way to be difficult. She sent me to check our pitch and whilst I did so sent us to the back of the queue, shouting at our children. When we finally got checked in we were led to a different pitch.. Irritable and clearly unhappy owners. Even the electricity boxes are padlocked

Friendly staff. Nice pool Restaurant

Couldn’t control the temperature of the shower

Pitch was ok

No toilet seats, toilet roll or handwash

Nice quiet site, tucked away.

The pitches aren't very well maintained, weeds, tree roots and mud sum them up. The toilet and kitchen cleaning area have been forgotten about and seem to have been left in the 1990's. Oh and there's no toilet paper on site so you'll need to take your own (which we always carry a roll just in case) This site is no where near a beach like the photos show

This was our second year in a row visiting this site and Oleron. Very friendly and well run site with clean big pitches and excellent sanitary blocks. The pool is pleasant and there are plenty of loungers. The best beaches are only a cycle away. The family who run it are polite, friendly and not intrusive. The citadel is only a short spin on the bike and if you're like us you'll go down there every evening for food in the many restaurants.

The bar seems only to be open in High Season so there's nowhere on site for a drink in June, however this is a small point.

We liked the great welcome et the attention during all our stay