hello, I'm a french girl, I have stayed in many youth hostels and campings, and though this camping isn't too clean, well, try those in Biarritz, it feels like living in a garbage bag. yuk. I advice people who want to see the Avignon Drama Festival (in July) to come to the camping, coz it's cheap, sunny, and there's a swimming pool. I reckon it's not GREAT, but it's not that bad. And as for the clerks, they're typical rude people (not typical FRENCH people, how can you be so racist?) , it happens..
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Anonymous
Denmark
Please don,t try it. 27 December 2002
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(Review ID: 8132)
I mean it.
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Anonymous
Houston, Texas
Worst Hostel Ever 14 August 2002
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I stayed at Bagatelle in late June. After backpacking for almost two months, Bagatelle was by far the worst hostel. The rooms are very tiny with far too many people crammed into one room. The bathrooms, although cleaned daily, still continue to reak of all too familiar smells. The staff are stereotypical French. Nuff Said. This is the only official hostel in Avignon, but I would spend the money and buy a cheap hotel room to avoid this place.
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CJ BARJOS
Glamrock City Limits.
Crabby Scrabby Frenchy Horrible 15 July 2002
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If you like France then you'll probably love the Bagatelle. It's like a microcosm of all the arrogance, rudeness and inbreeding which have made France the great nation she is today. (Jesus Christ..it scares me to think they've got a nuclear arsenal!!) I don't damn well know why, but I've stayed at the Bagatelle several times in the past few years. Most everything about it is thoroughly obnoxious, including the horrible French 'Bohemian' types who stay there during the Festival and wear silly hats and talk about you, thinking you are 'ze stupide engleesh' and that you don't know EXACTLY what they are saying in their piss-easy monkey-language. Good things about the Bagatelle are..Showers- you will regularly find human and animal excreta in the cubicle. Toilets- No seats, No paper, NO WAY. The Shop- Very stale old food, esp the bread. I managed to bugger myself with a french stick from the shop and the loaf showed no signs of deterioration afterwards (plus it tasted better.)The Ground Itself- Impossible to properly pitch a tent there because the ground consists of 80% ants, 10% flies and 10% dogpoo.The Management-A family of Horrible inbred, ugly, stupid fools. They all resemble Quasimodo. There's an old man there who was very, very rude to me. I was forced to burn him.The Security- They think NOTHING of smashing your teeth with a huge MagLite torch and then throwing you and your belongings into the river. (seriously) Make sure that you are well-armed and prepared to die.The Camel-Jocks- The Bagatelle is on the Ille De Barthelasse on the Rhone..The local asian community congregate outside the camping to try to rob and beat campers as they emerge from the Bagatelle. God help you if you should choose to sit by the river at night. You'll certainly be raped and eaten.There's so much more that I could tell you about, but in the end, I'd say..just go there and enjoy a relaxing break in the ancient city of the Poops.Its all true.
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Keith Moon
Wembley, or the moon!
Great location 4 July 2002
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This place is within walking distance despite what the taxi people tell you because I walked o the station with a backpack in the mid-day sun. It is opposite the Pont d'Avignon and the opes palace which are the main highlights (or only?) and does cheap food. The rooms really depend on whether you stay in a challet, hotel room, or camp/caravan
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Nikki
California
At least I had hot water 3 June 2002
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This definetly is one of the worst places i have stayed. It is cheap and has a beautiful view of the city from across the river, but the conditions aren't the best. The building with the rooms, was very dark, with jail like conditions. The building had no plumbing that was working, no water, no toilets, and for our needs, we needed to walk all the way out to the camp grounds with all the scummy looking people and share the facilties with them. The building with the beds had some definite problems, as everytime you entered, you were hit with this overwhelming dank smell that is a cross between sewer and old man. Not exactly a great thing. There were no pillows, they were underneath the sheet cover, but judging by the shape of the blankets, I dont think I would have wanted to use it anyways. There was a nice younger French girl who was on the staff, that spoke near perfect English, and was pleasant to talk with. The city itself was great. If you go, just so you know...
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Egor Sviridenko
Germany
Nice, pretty cheap and close to center 4 November 2001
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I stayed there several times - great place ecpecially during the Festival: it's 5 min. walk to the central part, cosy place, a camping/hostel/bar whatever you need. Going there next week myself.
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smestos
london, England
poor standard, badly run campsite 18 September 2001
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After staying on the campsite for 2 weeks, I was only too happy to leave! There was no hot water, day or night, the shop charged exhorbitant prices for poor quality goods (the bread was weeks old!) and the staff were unfriendly to the point of rude! I would advise all readers to stay at the far more accomodating Municipal camping, just a 5 minute walk further down the road.
