Camping Aquarev

The pitches are spacious and flat, with a lovely view over the lake, and the cycle paths are good. It could be a wonderful site, but the facilities let it down. The taps make filling a motorhome with water a nightmare: none take a hose, and you have to hold down the button while water trickles at very low pressure into a watering can. There’s no toilet paper or toilet seats either. The site is about a 30-minute walk from town. There’s a snack bar, but it didn’t open until 7/5, and the bar shuts at 7pm. There’s no shop, not even for milk. I’d only want to stay one night. These are issues that should be easy to fix. I’ve seen better facilities at Aires charging much less. Such a shame.

The pitches are usually a decent size, but it was disappointing to see caravans and motorhomes placed on the green space. There was a big event on and some pitches had two or three units on them. The electricity kept cutting out across the whole camp, which may have been because of the overcrowding. There were no toilet seats or paper, and I would expect seats at a three-star campsite. The showers are very high, including the disabled one, and you can’t adjust their height or temperature. A couple of evenings there was no hot water, and although they started clean, they got rather grubby by the end of the week. The cold water taps are hard to use too. There’s a small, clean pool that’s handy and open in July and August. There’s no shop nearby, but you can preorder bread for collection from 9am. The site could be improved with a few simple fixes.

We only strolled around the park and lake, but the autumn scenery was beautiful. There were goats and even geese, plus some interesting mushrooms growing.

The site is well kept. My only gripe is the showers, which are open to the outside air. That might be fine in high summer, but it was cold last night and the shower area was really chilly.