Camping de La Joie

Clean well-maintained campground with good size lots. There are big playgrounds and pool snd water activities. online requires a two night minimum to book, but we called ahead and there were many spaces available and would accept a single night booking at the gate

Pretty, leafy campground with mostly shady, full hook up sites. Campground layout is a long loop that goes up a steep hill but despite this, campsites are well leveled. Spacing is normal (relatively tight) but I had no problems navigating with my small rig. They ask about rig size at check in and seem to assign you to a site that is appropriate for you but larger rigs may have more difficulty maneuvering.

Campground was full but it had a good vibe with friendly people and was impressively quiet. At night, it seemed every single camper wanted to have their own campfire (August) and the air was thick with campfire smoke, though this is to be expected with most campgrounds at peak times.

The outdoor pool had lifeguards and was a good temperature, the laundry machines were front loading and very affordable. Beatrice at check-in was lovely and helpful in answering all my questions. Check in was 1pm - I arrived at 12:30 with no reservation on a Tuesday and it was no problem at all.

Note there is a daily shuttle to downtown Quebec that goes 4x per day at a cost of $10 per one way trip. I didn't take it but it is available.

Smoking fast internet - 75 down and 19 up on my speed test. Apple iPhone 12 on AT&T.

This campground is up the hill from the city. We ran/walked down into town (this took a while) and took the shuttle back. The shuttle is reliable and easy, but requires advance reservations ($10/person/each way). The campground store is well stocked.

The sites are decently spaced. The bathhouse was very clean with good showers.

Wifi wasn't free, but with the cost ($2/day/device) came good wifi.

The entire campground is on a hill, so our site near the top had a greater elevation than the office. The shuttle was planned so we were riding with others nearby our site and the shuttle dropped us off near the site rather than at the office. Which was very nice.

I would definitely stay here again in QC.

Easy to find, close to major city freeways (but no noise). Super convenient, 15min to Old Town, 20min to amazing Montmorency Falls but you feel you are in the woods, quiet suburban neighborhood with lotsa trees (nicely trimmed back).
Close to local markets (cool Le Grand Marche w/ local foods, cheeses, wine and beers), but even a Costco 5min away.
Super friendly staff, happy to speak English if you not French fluent.
Nice pool w/ lifeguard for the kids, plus games, hoops and playground. Clean bathrooms and showers.
Easy to manuevar our 34ft Dynamax and tow car. Mostly back-ins but we had small pull thru on end of row. Saw number of Class As and large 5th wheels.

Staff was very friendly and helpful. Bathrooms were clean and water was hot. Although our site was a bit small (a smaller electric one), we didn’t mind, but some have more room and 3 sides of privacy. Rustics are nice as well.

Traffic was consistently bad while we were here, so it was more like 30min to Old City in Quebec. But this is the perfect location for day trips to the city.