Caravanning in Italy - overnight stops

[Rebecca_5111877]

Hello,

we are intentding to take our caravan to Naples in July, so want to stop en route but just for one night in each stop. Can anyone suggest any potential sites we can try? Thanks

 

[BarryB_5039906]

Hi there Rebecca

One place for an overnight is at Modena, near Bologna. The camp is within 500m of the toll booth at the NORTH exit for Modena. The site is adequate with a small old pool, but good for a cool off. The toilets were ok. The big advantage is the great restaurant. For 13 Euros we had a 3 coure meal with wine, which included 3 types of pasta to start with. The restaurant is used by many lorry drivers as there is a lorry park near, but don't be put off....this is no transport cafe. The site was not noisy and we slept well. We will certainly use it again.

Happy travels BarryB

 

[NorfolkMike]

Hi.

Going on Monday For a month. Will use both caravan cheques and camping cheques ACSI.Will therfore deside where to stop about an hour befor as that is the (no Planning Involved) idea of my hols. So not much help to you.

The only plan is Belgium, Germany, Austria (via Insbruck) Dolamites, Venice Rimini, Bay of Naples,Rome, Verona, Garda,and back. The worry is that someone seems to be playing with balls in Germany at the time of our return which could be a bother.

Sticker on the back says Leaving Britian for the Football.

ttfn

 

[Lutz]

Anyone planning to go the same route as Norfolk Mike is welcome to stopover behind our back garden. We're just five minutes off the Autobahn, close to the Wiesbaden A3/A66 interchange. A mains hookup can be arranged, too.

 

[Rebecca_5111877]

Hi Barry - would you happen to remember the name of the site? I'm quite to new to all this and don't want to end up spending the night in a lay-by somewhere and getting arrested!

 

[MikeA]

Hi Rebecca,

You will probably find it difficult to pre-book sites in northern Italy for just one night in July (and August) because they do so much business. Having said that, if you just turn up early enough (before 3.00 p.m.) you will almost always get on.

No recommendations (other than use a good guide such as Alan Rogers) but at the risk of having this post pulled by the mods, one anti-recommendation. We once used a site that was mentioned in an overnight stay booklet published by Select Sites. To be fair, Select Sites did preface the whole booklet by saying that they did not endorse the sites because they had not inspected them - they were just recommendations from customers.

Well we arrived at this site about midday and found it a little downbeat but perfectly acceptable. You had to pay cash and hand over your passport. There were no marked pitches (we found out why later) but plenty of shade under trees. we were almost the only outfit there. As the day continued, more and more caravans, campers and tents arrived; and even a coach full of Japanese tourists which pulled an enourmous trailer in which they slept in coffin-like slots horizontally across it.

The inflow never stopped, and to cut a long story short we were knocked up by the owners at about 11:00 pm to ask us to move our car from alongside the van so that they could get another camper van in. It had to park so close to us that we couldn't fully open the door of the van! The whole site was an anarchic conglomeration of vans and campers with an average of about a metre between them. A big british outfit arrived about midnight and they tried to fit him onto the edge of the swimming pool. He refused. By one of life's coincidences we met up with him at reception of another site the following day and he told a story about how difficult it had been to get his passport and money back - it had taken ages of arguments and threats to call the police. The name of the site? Well so this dosn't get pulled by the Mods, I will just say that it thought itself to be International and was in Como.

Have a great time,

Mike A

 

[BarryB_5039906]

Hi Rebecca

The camp at Modena is called International Camping Modena. We asked at the toll booth just where it was.....He laughed...it is here, pointing round the corner....If I remember correctly 70 yards from the pay booth, turn left anf you can see the large sign over the entrance to the site.

Happy travels BarryB

 

[bernadette_5039937]

Hi Rebecca,

You will probably find it difficult to pre-book sites in northern Italy for just one night in July (and August) because they do so much business. Having said that, if you just turn up early enough (before 3.00 p.m.) you will almost always get on.

No recommendations (other than use a good guide such as Alan Rogers) but at the risk of having this post pulled by the mods, one anti-recommendation. We once used a site that was mentioned in an overnight stay booklet published by Select Sites. To be fair, Select Sites did preface the whole booklet by saying that they did not endorse the sites because they had not inspected them - they were just recommendations from customers.

Well we arrived at this site about midday and found it a little downbeat but perfectly acceptable. You had to pay cash and hand over your passport. There were no marked pitches (we found out why later) but plenty of shade under trees. we were almost the only outfit there. As the day continued, more and more caravans, campers and tents arrived; and even a coach full of Japanese tourists which pulled an enourmous trailer in which they slept in coffin-like slots horizontally across it.

The inflow never stopped, and to cut a long story short we were knocked up by the owners at about 11:00 pm to ask us to move our car from alongside the van so that they could get another camper van in. It had to park so close to us that we couldn't fully open the door of the van! The whole site was an anarchic conglomeration of vans and campers with an average of about a metre between them. A big british outfit arrived about midnight and they tried to fit him onto the edge of the swimming pool. He refused. By one of life's coincidences we met up with him at reception of another site the following day and he told a story about how difficult it had been to get his passport and money back - it had taken ages of arguments and threats to call the police. The name of the site? Well so this dosn't get pulled by the Mods, I will just say that it thought itself to be International and was in Como.

Have a great time,

Mike A

...and once your're in you have trouble getting out s you have to turn left onto an extremely busy road...and we got nasty midgie bites there too