Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum - I'll be back when its finished!
Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum - I'll be back when its finished!
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As a parent with 2 children I am always on the lookout for cheap family holidays. I have been an avid camper for many years, but due to the weather thing I won't camp for longer than a weekend in the UK.
We had used Eurocamp and Keycamp on previous occasions, the sites are generally very well kept clean and with all the usual facilities, the couriers are always on hand for any info required. The cost for the hire of a Eurocamp tent in peak season is in the region of £800 - £900 for 12 nights but that includes ferry and tent, which is a reasonable price for a family holiday (up to 5 people).
Last year we worked out that if we did it independently taking our own tent we could halve this price. We decided to drive down to Italy and I bought a Europeancampsite book and chose the site I wanted to use. From a languange point of view I speak good French, OK German and no Italian so I thought if I phoned the site I would be able to converse in at least one language but got the dreaded answerphone and didn't leave a message. Then by accident I stumbled across an advert for Eurocamp Independent. They have independent pitches on most of the sites featured in their regular brochure. So I phoned and booked straight away the whole holiday (excluding petrol) cost £450 for 2 weeks, including ferry. For this price you get to use the Eurocamp courier as well, we also booked a couple of nights in one of their tents on the way down and back up for convenience.
The site was, as expected very well organised and clean with a good swimming pool and, being Italy, an excellent restaurant and pizzeria. We stayed in Cecina in Tuscany. We had the choice of pitch, all with electric and chose one in a family area with a small hill leading down to our tent. That was our one mistake as it did flood one day with a torrential downpour but, our fault, we should have known better. The Eurocamp representatives were nice enough and the kids got to borrow from their large games chest (things like connect 4, chess, draughts) which is great as you can cut down on the baggage. I think they can also use the kids clubs but there wasn't one available on our site. As is usual with all the Eurocamp sites I have stayed on the shower facilities are very regularly cleaned and their are plenty of them, and with a basic shop on site, a newspaper stand and a speciality local produce stand selling loads of fresh fruit and veg. The continental shops all have fresh bread and a deli in them as well, but you have to be early for the bread.
For anyone that likes camping and has a family this is an excellent way of going abroad, cheaply, for a couple of weeks. I will definately use them again but there are advantages of spending the extra money and using one of their tents, in that you have less baggage to pack and you tend to be amongst other English people, whereas with the regular pitches you are with the locals.
If anyone wants to contact them for a brochure the telephone number is 01606 787951 as they are administered separately from the regular service.
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I only came here since you directed me from Haggerston castle(could you not have been outside the place before we went in!!lol)anyway this is something im going t o look into for next year as it sounds brilliant..thanx..
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Advantages: Reasonable price, lots of safe open space for kids to play, outdoors life Disadvantages: mobile home small at cheaper end of scale, some not done up for a while
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Advantages: can be economical, good way of holidaying with children Disadvantages: tents can be very hot in summer, Italian pitches are often not very large
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