Reviews Normandy Garden

Finding the place and booking in were good. Accommodation very basic. You have to clean the accommodation yourself on departure and it appeared that the previous residents had not cleaned the toilet (smell of wee and dirty light switches) Our stay was out of season, there was no evening entertainment and the Restaurant only provided burger or pizza unless you ordered fried chicken the night before. Restaurant staff not attentive (after waiting at the bar to be served for 10 minutes with no one else in the bar) In summary a place to sleep only.

The location is good but the services are bad! Everything is paid the crew are not kind... a very small detail but shows how not friendly they are: was impossible to get new towels. I travel for so many countries and so many hotels and never see it in my life!

The whole place is in serious need of modernisation and a thorough clean. The activities on the park are poor and it felt like being on a campsite even though we had paid enough money to go to a 5 star hotel!! There is also a small shop on the site which we thought was good but unfortunately it had really strict opening and closing times. Nothing else to say apart from we will not use Pierre & vacances ever again and won't recommend it to anybody.

Positives Resort reception siutated in front of resort/ gated resort/safe resort/ has a arge seminar room for hire/ large activity hall with kids play area/ free parking spaces/ a shop & restaurant on site - pricey but no exception to P&V/ has washing/drying facilites on site/ excellent architecture in French urban townhouse/ initial reception at resort good/ good decking area outside front door / has all-weather furniture for 4 people/ has spacious lawn in front / Resort makes good effort to entertain kids free - undermined by competing fee-payment activies in main play/activities hall/ has other free outdoor play facilites / excellent pool/ indoor/outdoor pools/has jacuzzis/ has lidl/aldi shops nearby/lots of history nearby to get to by car Negative no resort bus shuttle/ follow up resort reception dismissive of family needs/ resort roads have no pavements in resort excepting outside reception/pool areas/ however, there is unpaved footpath in middle of resort for walking up/down resort/ no markings on roads/ no speed limit signs on roads / 15km/hr speed limit seen in one resort area/ frugal welcome pack/ poor housekeeping/ limited supply of fresh towels/linen/ no clock in townhouse/ very lmited kitchen - missing scissors/trays/ cooker has no oven/ limited cutlery/ has microwave/ French TV only- limited channels/ resort & nearby area information in french langauge only/ difficult to get to P&V Branville - poor signposting exceptig nearby/ economy space townhouse/ limited storage for groceries/ on average French friendly only/ you pay to store valuables inside safe in townhouse/ need a car in resort/ to drive to nearby shops/resaurants/ nearby lidl/aldi more expensive than UK

Swimming pool was so crowded could barely move, very unpleasant experience, much smaller than expected and filthy dirty. Outdoor pool nice but loose tiles/ rough- both children cut themselves. Shop not open in afternoon. Restaurant only did a buffet for 25 euros while we were there (in the evenings) no where very close to drive to, so used take away service which was nice food. Nothing going on in evening, bar shut up by 9.30. Was a karaoke happening in arcade, but no where to get a drink. Not much atmosphere with the place. Superior house was very nice- clean, well equipped well designed but rest of site a let down- expected it to be like Centre Parcs as part of the same group but really was nothing like it. Fine for a couple of night before returning home but that's it.