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A carved pumpkin and autumn leaves at camping La Capricieuse during the October half-term holidays
At the campsite · Luc-sur-Mer

Halloween at the campsiteTwo weeks of pumpkins, trick-or-treating and fancy-dress evenings, from 17 October to 1 November 2026

It is the celebration children look forward to all year, and these are the last two weeks of our season: the campsite fills with pumpkins and garlands, the activity team brings out the costumes, and every pool stays heated to thirty degrees.

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Yes, the campsite is still open for Halloween. The French autumn holidays, from 17 October to 2 November 2026, fall entirely within our season, which ends on 1 November. During those last two weeks, from 18 to 31 October, the activity 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. And since this is also a seaside stay in the late season, the pools and cottages stay heated: the details are gathered on the campsite open in October page.

Good to know

The dates

Autumn half-term 2026
  • 17 Oct → 2 Novthe holidays, across all three zones
  • 18 → 31 Oct.the Halloween activities
  • 31 Oct.Halloween night, a Saturday
  • 1 Nov.last day of the season

The autumn half-term is the same for all three French school zones: it runs from Saturday 17 October to Monday 2 November 2026. The Halloween programme, the same for both weeks, is set out day by day below and posted at reception; it may be adjusted to the weather.

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 programme

The Halloween programme, day by day

Here is the entertainment programme for Halloween 2026, as it will be posted at reception. It is the same for both weeks of the holidays: from Sunday 18 to Saturday 24 October, then from Sunday 25 to Saturday 31 October. Everything is run by the campsite team and included in your stay, with no paid registration. It may be adjusted to the weather: the day's version is always posted at reception.

  • Kids' club
  • Daytime and sports
  • Evenings

Monday

  • 10:00Hocus Pocus cauldronsages 5-12 · Kids' club
  • 10:00Walk around Luc-sur-MerReception
  • 11:30Aqua aerobicsPool
  • 15:00Family pumpkin timeKids' club
  • 16:00Teen music bingoPergola
  • 18:30Pumpkin contestBar-restaurant
  • 21:00Horror blind testBar-restaurant

Tuesday

  • 10:00Mask making and face paintingages 5-12 · Kids' club
  • 11:30Halloween paradeReception
  • 15:00Trick or treat!Multisports ground
  • 15:00Sweet huntKids' club
  • 15:30Impossible challenge (teens)Bar
  • 17:30Mini discoRooftop
  • 18:00Yellito, the mascotTerrace
  • 18:30Aperitif gameBar-restaurant
  • 19:30ConcertBar-restaurant
  • 19:30Teen pizza night and Werewolf gameBar-restaurant

Wednesday

  • 10:00Flying pumpkinsages 5-7 · Kids' club
  • 10:00Flapping batsages 8-12 · Kids' club
  • 10:30DartsGames room
  • 11:30Aqua aerobicsPool
  • 14:00Fort Boyardages 5-12 · Kids' club
  • 14:30Petit bac (word game)Pergola
  • 15:30Table tennisTable-tennis tables
  • 17:30Aqua mini discoPool
  • 18:00Yellita, the mascotPool
  • 18:30Aperitif gameBar-restaurant
  • 21:00KaraokeBar-restaurant

Thursday

  • 10:00Coco's piñataages 5-12 · Kids' club
  • 11:30Aqua aerobicsPool
  • 15:00Bingo locoRestaurant
  • 16:00Teen quizPergola
  • 17:30Mini discoRooftop
  • 18:00Piñata blastRooftop
  • 18:00Día de los MuertosBar-restaurant
  • 18:30Aperitif gameBar-restaurant
  • 21:00Fancy-dress dance partyBar-restaurant

Friday

  • 10:00Halloween gamesages 5-12 · Kids' club
  • 10:30QuizPergola
  • 11:30Aqua demonsPool
  • 12:00Witches' lunchRestaurant
  • 14:00Autumn stained glassages 5-7 · Kids' club
  • 14:00Escape gameages 8-12 · Kids' club
  • 15:00Hitster, the music gamePergola
  • 17:30Aqua mini discoPool
  • 18:00Yellita, the mascotPool
  • 18:15Normandy cocktail workshopBar-restaurant
  • 20:00Horror evening at the kids' clubKids' club
  • 21:00Halloween quizBar-restaurant

Saturday

  • 10:30Monster huntPergola
  • 11:30Aqua aerobicsPool
  • 15:00Halloween impossible challengePergola
  • 19:30ConcertBar-restaurant

Sunday

  • 10:00JoggingReception
  • 14:30PétanqueTerrace
  • 16:00Discover your kids' clubKids' club
  • 18:00Welcome cocktailBar-restaurant
  • 19:30Magic showBar-restaurant
  • 20:00Face painting and Halloween balloonsBar-restaurant

Download the programme (PDF, in French)

A fortnight of monsters

What happens during Halloween

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

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 on a sweet hunt, march in the Halloween parade and meet up on Thursday evening for the fancy-dress dance party. Mini disco, karaoke, a horror blind test, concerts and spooky evenings for the bravest round off each week.

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 both Halloween weeks, the whole kids' club programme takes on the colours of the festival: Hocus Pocus cauldrons, masks and face painting, piñatas, Fort Boyard, an escape game for 8 to 12-year-olds and autumn stained glass for 5 to 7-year-olds. Older children are not forgotten: there is no teen club as such, but activities are organised especially for them: a quiz, music bingo, the “Impossible challenge”, a pizza night and a Werewolf game evening.

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

Two weeks, the last of the season

The 2026 season ends on 1 November: Halloween is the last window of the year, and every accommodation on the campsite stays open until then.

Families who come for Halloween often book from one year to the next. For these last two weeks of the 2026 season, it is best to check availability without delay.

Before you come

Frequently asked questions about Halloween at the campsite

Is the campsite open for Halloween?+
Yes. The 2026 season runs from 3 April to 1 November: the French autumn holidays, from 17 October to 2 November, are the last opening period of the year, and they come with a full activity programme. The 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 two weeks of the season, from Sunday 18 to Saturday 31 October, with the same programme each week. The kids' club runs in the mornings, afternoons are for games and family workshops, and evenings take place at the bar-restaurant: a horror blind test, karaoke, concerts and a fancy-dress dance party. The day-by-day programme is published on this page and posted at reception.
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.
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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