Anybody any experience of Camping de l'Ill at Colmar?

[PlacidoD]

I am planning my annual September trip to Switzerland and the Italian Lakes.

I am thinking of travelling down to get the Dover-Dunkirk ferry on 2nd September and then to overnight somewhere near Dunkirk followed by French/Belgian/Luxembourg motorways before dropping down to Colmar through Les Vosges du Sud on 3rd September.

Anybody any experience of Camping de l'Ill at Colmar?

Camping de l'Ill - Colmar - Stay in the heart of Alsace

This 5-hectare campsite on the banks of the Ill river is the ideal starting point to discover Colmar and the Alsace region at any time of the year.

www.campingdelill.fr

I am thinking of spending two night there before heading off to visit family in Switzerland for the weekend. Looks OK for a couple of nights - riverside location, 2km from Colmar centre via a cycle path - an on site cafe for the first night after a long days travel etc, etc.

Anywhere else people suggest I might stay which ticks all those boxes?

P.S. Suggestion for an Aire or campsite near Dunkirk also appreciated. I am likely to be on the 16:00 or 18:00 out of Dover arriving 18:00 or 20:00 so somewhere quite near preferably with a nearby eatery!! I have no experience of travelling via this ferry. (I am very used to the Aire within spitting distance of the Dieppe ferry terminal so something like that would do nicely!)

TIA for your answers!!

 

[mapman]

We are planning similar route to Switzerland. We plan to stay at Camping Verdun (?) at Neuf Brisach 15 k east Colmar. Large supermarket next to the site and very interesting town in walking distance of site. Easy drive to German autoroute and on to Switzerland.

 

[gpat]

Nicer sites at Turkheim, Eguisheim and Munster which are close enough to your route.

 

[DerryW]

First nights got to be Gravlines, surely.

 

[lorger]

We stayed at the Aire in Munster (France) it’s just behind the train station so ideal for train to Colmar.

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[Brains]

We did a similar route.
For you, Bolton via Kettering to Harwich - (260 miles)
Overnight on the ferry to Hoek of Holland
Dortmund, Frankfurt, Heidelberg (350miles)
Stop in Heidelberg (we did two nights)

Rather than carry on to down to Colmar and Switzerland we turned right via Constance and into Austria and the Italian lakes area.
Much the same distance and via Switzerland
(We also kept to the toll free German Autobahns)

 

[MichaelT]

I am planning my annual September trip to Switzerland and the Italian Lakes.

I am thinking of travelling down to get the Dover-Dunkirk ferry on 2nd September and then to overnight somewhere near Dunkirk followed by French/Belgian/Luxembourg motorways before dropping down to Colmar through Les Vosges du Sud on 3rd September.

Anybody any experience of Camping de l'Ill at Colmar?

Camping de l'Ill - Colmar - Stay in the heart of Alsace

This 5-hectare campsite on the banks of the Ill river is the ideal starting point to discover Colmar and the Alsace region at any time of the year.

www.campingdelill.fr

I am thinking of spending two night there before heading off to visit family in Switzerland for the weekend. Looks OK for a couple of nights - riverside location, 2km from Colmar centre via a cycle path - an on site cafe for the first night after a long days travel etc, etc.

Anywhere else people suggest I might stay which ticks all those boxes?

P.S. Suggestion for an Aire or campsite near Dunkirk also appreciated. I am likely to be on the 16:00 or 18:00 out of Dover arriving 18:00 or 20:00 so somewhere quite near preferably with a nearby eatery!! I have no experience of travelling via this ferry. (I am very used to the Aire within spitting distance of the Dieppe ferry terminal so something like that would do nicely!)

TIA for your answers!!

When we visited collar Christmas market in 2021 we stayed here

Rue Henry Willhelm

Details for Rue Henry Willhelm a Overnight parking - no services Colmar, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France, 68000

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For Dunkirk either of the Gravelines stops would do you.

PAarc Rives de l'Aa

Details for PAarc Rives de l'Aa a Overnight parking - no services Gravelines, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France, 59820

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Gravelines

Details for Gravelines a Overnight parking - no services Gravelines, Nord [59], Hauts-de-France, France, 59820

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[seasideBill]

We stayed at Camping de l'Ill at Colmar a few years back. It’s a perfectly good site, walking distance into Colmar. I recall the ground conditions weren’t good on grass pitches alongside the river, but plenty of hardstanding.

 

[Puddleduck]

We stayed at the marina in Colmar, some years ago so not sure if it is still open?

 

[cyberyacht]

Riverside eateries are all very well. Had a canalside meal in Venice once and was eaten alive by mozzies.

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[namwaldog]

We stayed in a couple of Camping Car Park sites near Colmar last Spring...

Dambach is a typical Alsation town, full of timbered buildings etc about 1/2 hr walk from the site.

The site at Volegrun is on an island between the Rhine and the Rhine Canal.
Nice walks along the Rhine. Interesting watching the industrial size Canal Locks.
Breisach is a short walk over the bridge into Germany.

 

[scotzsue]

Last time we stayed in Colmar we were on the beemer. Keep meaning to go back as it was a lovely place.
Watching this with interest, despite havin booked the Santander ferry

 

[Puddleduck]

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Read the recent reviews as it is some years since we were there.

 

[PlacidoD]

Thanks all for the input. Much appreciated!

My plans are now well advanced. I am now thinking to book overnight Hull-Rotterdam on 1st September while I can get a decent deal this side of March. (I hate what P&O did to their crews but no point in cutting my nose off to spite my face!). I will then take the A1/A73 down to Venlo then into Germany and on to the A61 down past Karlsruhe to stop overnight at at the Staedly campsite at Roeschswoog:

Camping du Pays Rhénan - Le Camping du Staedly

Le Camping du Staedly est ouvert du 1er avril au 31 octobre et propose 150 emplacements. Nichée dans un écrin de verdure, la zone de loisirs du Staedly offre une nature préservée, des équipements attractifs, dont un plan d'eau surveillé.

www.camping-paysrhenan.fr

Plan is then, next day, to meander down the wine trail in the foothills of the Vosges du Sud north-west of Strasbourg and then stay two nights in Colmar exploring locally on my Ebike. Thereafter it will be:

Weekend with my family near Zug
4 nights at Lake Como taking the scenic route there via the Julier and Maloja Passes (or maybe the Bernina) then
Another weekend with the family (They will be working or at school weekdays in between!) then
Zug back to Roeschwoog this time via the B500 and Black Forest then
Roeschwoog to Rotterdam and the overnight ferry home for Wednesday 17th Sept

I would like to have made the trip slightly longer but I really need to be back for a Hallé rehearsal on 17th Sept. (My trips abroad are more constrained by singing rehearsals than they are by work!!)

So I may book that in the next couple of days and then I really need to get back to sorting some plans for my short break in Normandy end of April travelling Newhaven-Dieppe. That was booked last September but I have only the vaguest of plans to date. My plan is to visit the D-Day landing sites.

 

[Cockers]

We stayed at the marina in Colmar, some years ago so not sure if it is still open?

We stayed their last year, great location and easy walk into town..

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