La Bella Vista

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Good for families

"Happy Returns?" (not this time!)

Our third winter stay here, each one from November through til March.(now back in UK, Brrr) Our first two visits were excellent, the site having a good feel about it. Pitch sizes not what they are advertised as, our twin axle gets in on the "long way" across, but mover essential and some strong Guys helping (as ever thanks Guys). The chemical disposal (only one on site) is awful. a trough with grid over, watch your feet due to splash back. Good entertainment on site watching huge Rv's trying to get on pitches, absolute farce, very close to each other no evacuation possible of units in case of fire, should stop them coming in as site not at all suitable. Pitches shabby with weeds and scruffy surrounds of hedges and plants not cared for. Helpful reception staff, Anabel, Angela and Loya. New Manager but does not appear to have much customer liason and focus skills. I think the company are looking for permanent placements of caravans on yearly contracts more than a tourist site, it seems that if you now want to pre-book for another winter stay ie 3-4 months they will not guarantee your requested pitch as before they would do. Overall, sad to say we will not be returning. It has a wonderful location right on the Med and with great walks to local bars etc. But the price is now out of our range when there are other sites available, simply a matter of choice I suppose. It does feel that the Heart has been ripped out of this once cracking winter getaway

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twonomadics

Reviewed on 17/02/2016 20:31

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Curate's Egg

This site sets itself up as a first class site. Unfortunately it was disappointing because it let itself down in a number of small ways which tended get more annoying as time went on. Wifi did not work as advertised. We were told it was because the site was full but the site is only four years old so the system should be adequate. This was frustrating because the wifi sometimes worked but maybe only for 10 minutes. The only place it worked consistanly was the bar. The pitches were smaller than advertised - our 6.2m motorhome only just fitted front to back or side to side. The pitches were uncared for - we had a pile of hedge clippings on our site left for two weeks and the pitch was weedy. As mentioned in other posts - showers did not drain well and the time delay on all light switches was surprisingly scroogelike - short time of around 90 seconds. Toilets are underground so that left you with very little light. On the positive side it did have helpful reception. A good position but some pitches subject to road noise. Good access to a beachside footpath - good for dogs.

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bressay1

Reviewed on 16/02/2016 17:19

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Rated 4 of 5

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Good for families

Ok now but not as good as it was

We went to Bella Vista over the Christmas and New Year period. This was our second visit and the place is not as good as it was. The facilities are showing signs of neglect, although still very clean, maintenance has been neglected: taps broken, shower doors not locking, flooding etc.. etc.. The pitches are in poor condition (over grown, weeds and leaves) and it is very difficult to level your motorhome as many pitches slope in two directions. The last review is spot on. "Jag 22" you need to be an inspector! Great location but will I be going back? No

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danemc17

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Reviewed on 22/01/2016 21:21

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Expensive for what's offered, location saves the day.

Great position on beach, short walk to restaurants and bars. The site facilities are clean but showers run hot and cold, flood and smell of drains. The lights in the toilets are on timers which go off in less than 30 secs. The drinks in the bar appear to be watered down as they are tasteless, we have been in Spain for 2.5 months and they are the weakest and certainly not the cheapest. We would only come back here for the location as the pitches although fully serviced are sloping and permanent caravans take up the beach front pitches. The toilet cassette emptying is near the entrance and is one of the worse we have used. Trough style with grills. Dogs 3 euros each a night, for what? Total joke. The pitches are compact, as we can get our caravan and modest porch awning in but had to park our car away from our pitch. Leaf blowers and hedge cutting noisy and constant. Location 5* site 3* at a push. Expensive site for what is offered.

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Jag12

Reviewed on 16/11/2015 17:56

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Rated 4 of 5

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Good for us

My wife and I spent ten days at this site at beginning of October. It suited us very well. Well laid out pitches all fully serviced. First class toilet facilities and kept spick & span all the time. Staff very friendly. Some road noise from A7 but only noticed it occasionally. Pitch was just big enough for our caravan (23ft) plus a full awning and car but only with some thought as pitches are rectangular and not square so caravan needed to be along one of the smaller sides so manoeuvring did require judicious use of mover. Otherwise there are a few car parking spaces available by the (smallish) pool or near reception if you can't fit your car on pitch or not happy with it partly on the access roads. Site is not cheap but we have paid more on sites with more facilities which we did not use! One small regret is that the is that the sand on the beach (which is clean) is of the grey variety not the 'golden' colour we prefer - fussy are we not!

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John101

Caravanner

Reviewed on 18/10/2015 18:43

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Good Site but.....

The good points about the site are, it is located right on the beach, the pool area is good and the toilet/shower block is excellent, in fact one of the best we have ever seen on both UK and European sites. The down points are, the price is too expensive for what the site offers. Although the site has an excellent bar and function room there is no entertainment provided by the site, we would not expect entertainment every night but a couple of evenings a week would be good. The pitches are smaller than you normally get in the UK but they are OK but you have to accept that if you have a caravan and awning you may have to park you vehicle in one of the car parks. A very annoying aspect of our stay was that they were continuously strimming and cutting the grass and hedges which was very noisy, I can't believe this happens all the time so perhaps we were unlucky. The site has a lot of long term UK campers and we found them very helpful and friendly. The staff were very friendly and helpful.

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devontraveller

Reviewed on 19/06/2015 16:59

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Rated 4 of 5

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Great location next to the beach

Really nice site next to the beach on the Costa Del Sol. Clean and generally friendly. But as others have said it is a bit tight to manoeuvre. A bit disappointing when a Spanish caravan pitched next to us and installed a whole kitchen unit, including sink and drainer within the kitchen cupboards,on their pitch as well as the caravan. However I understand why some people spend all the winter months on this site.

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tezza3350

Caravanner

Reviewed on 12/06/2015 13:15

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Rated 4 of 5

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Good for families

Too expensive

This site is too expensive nice shower block but who spends all day in the toilet block we would not stay there again as most sites are around 13 to 16 Euros too much at 29 euros not as advertised 23 euros pool not even open

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warhorses

Motorhomer

Reviewed on 15/05/2015 18:43

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Nice but tight

This is probably the most neat and tidy site you will ever stay at. The facilities are first class and the site is immaculate. The problem is that the roadways are very narrow and the pitches too small. OK for motor homes but no good for any caravan over 5 m without movers. We tried 3 pitches before getting on and had to use the empty pitch opposite to get on and off. Considering everything is brand new you would have expected level pitches but we were on the more level upper ones and still needed about 60mm to level. The bar/restaurant is fine but soul less. Easy access walking/cycling to la Duquesa port but little else. Free WiFi was OK for us. Site also listed in ACSI but off season is 29 Euros. Pool closed over Easter.

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The Leahs

Motorhomer

Reviewed on 14/04/2015 08:36

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Good for families

Could be so much better.

This is my second stay at this site, the first gripe is that the internet is pretty much non existent, it was last year and it is this year. Most of the Winter it has been pretty full yet management will not pay to heat the pool, I have friends who live here and they have pools roughly the same size yet they heat them in the Winter so I find it a bit cheap skate not to heat the site pool. In 2014 the cafe, bar and restaurant were open all day, now they open at 6pm and there is unfortunately a gang of Brits who stand at the door waiting for the bar to open and then ganging up around the bat making it intimidating for other campers, of course they leave their dogs back at their vans tied up to bark and annoy other campers. This is a problem reported about for many sites across Spain, sad. The only WC dump is in the top corner of the site making it a good trek for most people on the site, why it is there is beyond me, it would have been impossible to place it in a more inconvenient position. The sites themselves are ok and all are about 64m2 making it impossible to have a car and awning on the pitch, the alternative is to leave your car in the car park which is often full or leave it in the car park outside which is not a good idea for obvious reasons. The main A7 dual carriageway runs alongside the park so it is noisy 24hrs a day with that plus you have the doctors helicopter pad a few hundred metres away and they take off and land at all hours. The entry system itself is a pain as one has to get out of the car to push a bell to open the barrier, even if the staff see you arriving and recognize you the procedure still has to be followed as they cannot push their button until you have pushed yours, trust me after a few weeks stay it gets depressing, its a 10 minute pleasant enough stroll along to the marina but from the site there is no where else to walk to except the supermarket which is all by itself some 5 minutes walk away, however you do have to cross the A7 dual carriageway and it does have the dubious distinction of having more pedestrian fatalities than any other road in Spain. So for a short stay its fine unless you want to join in with the bar crowd, but there are far better places to stay in the Winter.

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Seely

Motorhomer

Reviewed on 12/03/2015 18:41

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