Choosing your
Campsite
We know that the right choice can make or break your holiday so have
taken great care in preparing this information for you. The perfect site
varies for each family so it is worth taking a few extra moments to check
carefully before booking that your chosen site is one that will suit your
tastes. The following points should help with your decision but if you have
any queries, please ask our staff who will be happy to help.
shown in each site entry but are intended
Planning your journey Special Requests
The separate map provided shows all the
as a guide and may be subject to external
When you have made your booking
camp sites in our brochure with distances
pressures beyond the sites’ control. If you
through the Caravan Club, details
from a local town to each port shown on
require particular facilities on specific
including the outfit size are sent through
the reverse. Access to Via Michelin, to
sites, please telephone us before booking
to each site. If you have a special request
help you plan your journey in easy stages,
and we will be happy to provide you with
please advise us at the time of your
is possible via our website
more information.
booking, eg, if you wish to be located
www.caravanclub.co.uk. As a general
Many members like to take their holidays
close to another family. We cannot
guide, we recommend not more than
in low or shoulder seasons when they can
guarantee, however, that the request will
around 250 miles per day. It is better to
enjoy good weather without the crowds.
be met by the site administration, and
arrive safely and not too tired to enjoy
In the high season, facilities and
those sites which have indicated they are
your holiday! To locate a site, check the
entertainment are in full swing and pitch
unable to accept such requests show the
map to see where you want to visit, make
areas and sanitary facilities are under
relevant note in their entries.
a note of the site numbers in the area
most stress. If a site has the “Action
In Spain it is usually standard procedure
and refer to the Index of European Sites
packed” icon you can be sure that during
to choose your pitch from those available
which will give you the page numbers for
July and August it will be busy, with
on arrival, rather than have it allocated
more details of those sites. These are all
plenty going on and probably noisy!
by the site administration. Many sites will
colour-coded to help with your planning.
However the character of a site can
only accept up to 5 or 6 people on one
change completely before the beginning
pitch and pitch sizes vary from region to
Star Ratings
of July or as visitors leave after the second
region, country to country. Members may
The Club works with a wide range of sites or third week of August and facilities are
find pitches in Italy particularly tight.
to suit all tastes, from small, family-run closed.
Inevitably on all sites some pitches are
two-star sites to large, busy, highly
All the sites we work with have either all
better than others. If you are unhappy
commercialised sites. The grading or star
or some WC-type toilets. In the low season
with your pitch, please take the matter up
rating quoted is given by the authorities
there may be fewer sanitary blocks open
with the site administration on arrival. If
where the sites are situated and are not
and these may be unisex. Toilet seats,
the problem remains unresolved then
linked to The Club’s own sites or any
toilet paper and sink plugs may not be
contact The Club during office hours and
other system in the UK. As we do not own
provided on some sites. Many campsites
we will do our best to resolve the
or manage sites abroad we would
are keen to be environmentally friendly,
situation.
never be totally happy making specific using solar panels to heat the water for
recommendations but every site in this showers, separating recyclable refuse, etc.
Dogs & cats
brochure has been happily used by Some of the campsites we work with are Whilst many of the sites will welcome
members in previous years. Please note, members of Green Key, an international your pets, some have special restrictions
however, that different countries have eco-label for tourism (see www.green- regarding the number of pets per pitch
different standards and regulations, and
key.org for more details). Those sites with and the size or breed of dog accepted.
even amongst sites in the same category green credentials are shown by use of the Please advise our reservations staff when
the facilities can vary greatly from one “tree” icon as shown on page 11. making your booking if you will be taking
location to another.
As campsites start to provide more
your pet and check if there are any
sophisticated facilities for their visitors, it
restrictions at the sites you will be
Site Facilities
is becoming more usual to find a sauna,
visiting.
Please note that outside July and August
fitness room, whirlpool, etc, available for Ferry bookings where you are taking your
many facilities may be closed due to
visitors’ use. These sites are marked with pets cannot be made via the website. Site
fewer visitors on-site, weather conditions,
the “hand weight” icon as shown on charges for pets should be paid direct to
etc, and this is normally reflected in the
10
page 11. the sites on arrival. All dogs must be kept
price. Opening dates for facilities are
on a lead on all sites, some sites have
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