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A carved pumpkin and autumn leaves at camping La Capricieuse during the October half-term holidays
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Halloween at the campsitePumpkins, trick-or-treating and fancy-dress evenings: see you in October 2027

It is the party children look forward to all year, and it closes every season: the campsite is decked out with pumpkins and garlands, the entertainment team gets the costumes out, and the pools stay heated to thirty degrees.

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Halloween returns in October 2027. The 2026 season ended on 1 November, after two weeks of entertainment; the 2027 season is open for booking, from 2 April to 7 November. Every year, during the last weeks of the season, the entertainment team transforms the village: carved pumpkins, cobwebs and lanterns along the paths, craft workshops in the afternoon, trick-or-treating from cottage to cottage and a big fancy-dress party at nightfall. Everything is run by the campsite team and included in your stay, with no paid registration. The dates and programme for Halloween 2027 will be published on this page as soon as they are set; what changes for a late-season stay is gathered on the campsite open in October page.

Good to know

The dates

2027 season
  • 2 Apr.the 2027 season opens
  • OctoberHalloween is back
  • 7 Nov.last day of the season

The dates of the Halloween 2027 entertainment will be announced on this page as soon as they are set. In 2026, it livened up the last two weeks of the season, from 18 to 31 October.

The beach huts of the Côte de Nacre at sunset, at the end of the season

The entertainment

On site, included
  • Workshopspumpkins, masks, decorations
  • Huntfor sweets along the lanes
  • Eveningsfancy dress, karaoke, music quiz
  • Kids' club 5-12five days out of seven, included

Activities are run by the campsite team and included in your stay, with no paid registration. The kids' club runs five days out of seven, Monday to Friday; at the weekend, activities are offered for the whole family, and activities are specially arranged for teenagers.

An evening event at camping La Capricieuse

Comfort

In the late season
  • 30 °Cin every pool
  • Heatingin every cottage
  • Games roomfor rainy days

The indoor water park stays open until closing day, the restaurant and bar serve every day, at lunchtime and in the evening, and the pitches remain open with heated washrooms. Everything a late-season stay changes is set out on the campsite open in October page.

The heated indoor paddling pool at camping La Capricieuse
The spirit of Halloween

What happens during Halloween

Costumed activity leaders and pumpkins during Halloween week at camping La Capricieuse
Every autumn

Pumpkins, sweets and one big evening

It all starts with the decorations: carved pumpkins, cobwebs, lanterns and garlands transform the lanes and the terraces. The entertainment team hands out pumpkins to families, who carve them and then enter them in the contest for the most terrifying one — decorated cottages compete too, and the prizes tend to go to the most inventive.

Children dressed as witches, ghosts and little monsters go trick-or-treating, march in the Halloween parade and meet up for the big fancy-dress dance party. Mini-disco, karaoke, a horror music quiz, concerts and evening gatherings for the bravest round off the programme.

The campsite mascot and a child from the kids' club at camping La Capricieuse
Five days out of seven

The kids' club, included in your stay

The kids' club does not close in the late season: it welcomes 5 to 12-year-olds five days out of seven, Monday to Friday, and it is included in the price. On Saturday and Sunday the club takes a break, but the team offers activities for the whole family. No paid registration, no supplement, no day to be booked weeks ahead: you drop the children off in the morning and enjoy a quiet few hours, a few lengths in the pool or a walk on the beach.

During Halloween, the whole kids’ club programme takes on the colours of the party. In 2026, children stirred Hocus Pocus cauldrons, made masks and face paint, broke piñatas and took on Fort Boyard challenges. Older children are not forgotten: there is no teen club as such, but activities are specially organised for them, such as the quiz, musical bingo or the Werewolf evening game.

The large indoor pool heated to thirty degrees, under its timber roof and palm trees, at camping La Capricieuse
Between two frights

Thirty degrees in the water, and heated cottages

Halloween here is celebrated in a swimsuit as much as in a costume: the heated indoor pool and the outdoor pool stay at thirty degrees until the last day of the season. In the evening you come back to a heated cottage, with its covered terrace for tea and for the pumpkins still being carved.

Everything else that makes up a late-season stay — what stays open, the exact dates, camping in a tent or a van in late October — is gathered on the campsite open in October page. And for days out around the campsite, our ideas are collected on what to do in Normandy during the October half-term holidays.

In pictures

The Halloween mood at the campsite

Booking

The 2027 season is open for booking

The 2027 season runs from 2 April to 7 November: bookings are open, and Halloween will be back in October, during the last weeks of the season.

Families who come for Halloween often book from one year to the next. The dates of the 2027 entertainment will be published here as soon as they are set.

Before you come

Frequently asked questions about Halloween at the campsite

Is the campsite open for Halloween?+
Yes, at the end of every season. In 2026, Halloween livened up the last two weeks, until closing on 1 November. The 2027 season runs from 2 April to 7 November and Halloween will be back in October 2027. Details of a stay at this time of year are on the campsite open in October page.
When do the Halloween activities take place?+
During the last weeks of the season, in October. In 2026, it ran from Sunday 18 to Saturday 31 October, with the same programme each week: the kids’ club in the morning, family games and workshops in the afternoon, and evenings at the bar-restaurant, with a horror music quiz, karaoke, concerts and a fancy-dress dance party. The 2027 dates will be announced on this page as soon as they are set.
Is the Halloween entertainment included in the stay?+
Yes, every activity run by the team — craft workshops, pumpkin competition, trick-or-treating, evening events, kids' club and teen activities — is included in the price of your stay, with no supplement and no paid registration.
Do we need to bring a costume?+
It is not compulsory, but most children have one for the big evening. The workshops held during the week also let them make masks, hats and accessories on site, to take back to the cottage afterwards.
Do teenagers have their own programme?+
There is no teen club as such, but some activities are reserved for them each week, separate from those for younger children: a teen quiz, music bingo, the “Impossible challenge”, a pizza night and a Werewolf game evening. They also join in the fancy-dress dance party.
Is the water park heated at that time of year?+
Yes, and so is every pool: the indoor pools and the outdoor pool alike are heated to thirty degrees until the last day of the season, whatever the weather. During the October holidays they are just as pleasant as in August, and far quieter.
What is there to do in the area during the autumn half-term?+
Normandy's great sites stay open and queue-free: the D-Day landing beaches, the Caen Memorial, the Bayeux Tapestry, Mont-Saint-Michel. On the doorstep, the autumn tides uncover the foreshore at Luc-sur-Mer. Our ideas for days out are gathered on the what to do in Normandy during the October half-term holidays page.

Book your 2027 season

From 2 April to 7 November 2027: heated cottages, pools at 30 °C and the beach fifty metres away, in Luc-sur-Mer.

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Village map — La Capricieuse
Map of La Capricieuse campsite: Omaha, Juno, Sword and Gold districts, water park in the centre and direct access to the D-Day beach
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