Camping Le Floride, one of Europe’s 10 water paradises

PiNCAMP magazine recently published its selection of the 10 best “water paradises” in Europe. It should be noted that PiNCAMP is, as it calls itself, “the camping portal” of the ADAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club), which in turn, with some 21 million members, represents the largest automobile association on the continent and an institution of great influence and prestige in the camping sector in particular and leisure and tourism in general. In any case, by “water paradises” PiNCAMP means campsites with extensive aquatic facilities, in other words, with swimming pools and “really spectacular water slides“.

Indeed, as the magazine points out, European campsites are outdoing each other with increasingly sophisticated “bathing landscapes”. Among the elements that contribute to these “landscapes”, and to making them more sophisticated, is always their theming. Amusement Logic has created a very special theming for one of the 10 campsites that PiNCAMP has now selected. This distinguished campsite is Camping Le Floride, located in the village of Le Barcarès, Pyrénées-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon region, France.

The work that Amusement Logic carried out for the theming of Le Floride campsite included the research, design and manufacture of ethnographic themed elements such as totems. A totem is an object or landmark, usually carved in wood, which is considered sacred and represents a symbol or emblem of a group of people such as a family, a clan, a lineage or a tribe.

In their case, Amusement Logic was inspired by the indigenous peoples of the northwest coast of North America on the Pacific Ocean. In the culture of these peoples, totem poles of monumental size, carved according to zoomorphic motifs, such as bears, birds, frogs, etc., are traditional, but also made with anthropomorphic motifs and even according to the appearance of supernatural beings and aquatic creatures.