A great park
26 June 2019 at 15:25:04
We stayed here for just over a week over May half term. We had a great time but there were many good and bad points. Usually peak season starts after a particular Italian (and German) holiday, the time of which depends on Easter so was later this year than normal. This made the park much quieter than... usual at the time we were there, something we liked. It is mostly Germans on this park, which means it's not as Italian or European as I'd have liked. I would prefer a site with a big mix of nationalities and languages.
With this being not peak season the park had a feel of not quite being ready yet for guests. We had some terrible weather for the first half of our holiday (non stop rain) which may have contributed to the delay. The beach wasn't cleared yet and looked a bit grubby.
There usually is siesta time, where cars can't be driven around the site and the water slides and pool music is switched off. The driving restriction wasn't enforced during the bad weather. The children's activities weren't run during the days when it was raining even though there were sheltered areas around the play park and kids (and parents!) would really have appreciated some activities.
The staff who ran the activities were super friendly and invited you to take park in the activities but weren't pushy. There was evening entertainment, including a mini disco and a cabaret show. The disco was good, the show awful. Several short sketches poorly acted and often based on national stereotypes. Not sending good messages to kids!
The on site restaurant was great, the supermarket was small and more pricey than the ones in town as you'd expect. The town was a short drive away, easy to cycle but a bit far for walking. There is a fantastic selection on restaurants, gelato shops and tourist tat shops. It is a beautiful town but very setup for tourists.
The Canvas reps were amazing and helps us sort out some games and activities for the cooler weather. Again their office didn't seem set up yet for the season, it was rarely manned and the contact phone number displayed didn't work but once we knew where to find them all was ok and they put in an amazing effort to help give us a good holiday. The cabin we had was lovely, beautifully clean and well stocked. The cabins are very close together, again this would be more of a problem in high season but we could hear the group behind us (reps?) chatting on their deck till midnight and you could see people moving around the bathroom of the cabin in front.
The biggest downside to this park was the mosquitos. The couldn't be avoided whatever the weather. I believed spraying ourselves reduced the bites but we all got a fair few. Our cabin had nets over the bedroom windows but not the other windows or doors, meaning you didn't want to leave them open and reduced the feeling you usually get on this type of holiday of the outdoors/indoors being one space.
While there were many things we liked about the park we won't be planning a return visit. With the poorer weather we spent a lot of time exploring the local area. While this is beautiful we feel we saw all there was that would interest us. Also the mosquitos and the lack of different nationalities on site are big negatives.
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