Last-minute camping in NormandyA spur-of-the-moment urge for the sea: a 5-star campsite above the Channel, with real-time availability
Sunshine on the forecast, children to keep busy, a week that suddenly frees up: ten kilometres from Bayeux station, Portland welcomes you in a fully equipped cottage, with nothing to plan.
Going camping at the last minute is easier than you might think, as long as you choose accommodation where everything is already ready. At Camping Portland, a five-star Yelloh! Village in Port-en-Bessin, the cottages sleep four to eight people, heated and equipped, and in every category except the 3-flower cottages, bed linen and towels are provided: all that is left is to pack your bags. Availability is shown in real time on the Yelloh! Village booking centre. At the end of the season, the last window is the autumn half-term holidays: the campsite stays open until 1 November 2026, indoor water park included.
Book quickly
Good habits- Onlinereal-time availability
- By phone+33 2 31 51 07 06
- 1 Nov.last day of the 2026 season
The booking centre shows the accommodation still free on your chosen dates. For arrival the same day or the next, the safest option is to call reception, who know the state of the campsite at that very moment.
Nothing to plan
Everything is on site- 4 to 8people per cottage
- Heatedall cottages
- 30 °Cin the indoor water park
Equipped kitchen, separate bedrooms, bathroom and terrace: you arrive and drop your bags. The bar-restaurant, the grocery shop and fresh bread on site even spare you the shopping on the first evening.
Getting here quickly
From home- 10 kmBayeux station
- 40 kmCaen and its airport
- 50 minthe Ouistreham ferry
Bayeux station, ten kilometres away, is on the Paris-Saint-Lazare to Cherbourg line; Caen and its airport are forty kilometres away, and the port of Ouistreham, where the ferries from Portsmouth dock, is fifty minutes away: a departure decided the day before is still an easy one.
Why Portland can be booked at the last minute
Cottages ready to live in
An improvised stay doesn't cope well with improvising on site. Portland's cottages are handed over ready: equipped kitchen with crockery, separate bedrooms, bathroom, heating and terrace. From the 3-flower cottage to the eight-person Premium, by way of the Nautilhome cottages, there is one for every family, including a cottage adapted for people with reduced mobility.
The accommodation pages give the details of each model: floor area, sleeping arrangements, equipment. Enough to choose in a few minutes, then check straight away what is still available.
Normandy weather no longer calls the shots
You book at the last minute because you've seen the forecast; in Normandy, you know it can turn. The campsite's water park is covered and heated to 30 °C: a grey sky spoils neither the swimming, nor the counter-current river, nor the children's afternoon.
And when the sun comes out, the harbour and beach of Port-en-Bessin lie just below the campsite, and the sand of Omaha Beach is five kilometres away.
Children busy from day one
A short stay leaves no time to look for activities. Here, they are on site: Club Kids for 5-7 year-olds and Club Juniors for 8-12 year-olds, a games room, a playground and paths to ride around on bikes. The clubs run five days a week and are included in your stay.
During the autumn half-term holidays, the programme takes on Halloween colours. For outings, our ideas around the campsite are gathered on the page what to do during the autumn holidays in Normandy.
Dinner on the first evening, without shopping
Arrive at the end of the day and have dinner without preparing anything: the bar-restaurant serves lunch and dinner, seven days a week, until the end of the season, also prepares takeaway dishes, and bread and pastries for the next morning are available on site.
That is often what makes the difference between a successful spur-of-the-moment weekend and a weekend spent looking for an open supermarket.
The last weeks of the 2026 season
The 2026 season ends on 1 November. Until then, the autumn half-term holidays, from 17 October, are the most popular period of the late season: they are also the last availability of the year.
The 2027 season will open on 2 April and end on 7 November 2027.