Cheap Holidays to Venetian Riviera, Italy

Venetian Riviera, Italy Holiday Review - pra'delle torri caorle

Submitted by: debbie
Date of travel: 28-May-2010

We have just spent ten days at pra'delle torri holiday park in Caorle. We stayed in a mobile home with air con and decking and really enjoyed our holiday. It was 24 degrees and we only had one rainy afternoon. The swimming pools were crystal clear and there were trees for shade on the well kept lawns around the pool area. The beach was a ten minute walk from 'base' and there was a huge choice of activities on site from mini golf and a huge golf course to well maintained football and games areas and baseball nets and baskets to practise shooting goals. There was a bicycle hire which we took advantage of and spent two days cycling the lovely safe cycle tracks which were provided and kept in pristine condition all over the Caorle area. It is very level and so easy to get around. It was also possible to hire surrey cycles and they were often seen around the site We ate out most evenings and the food was expensive for what it was approximately 10 euros for a dish of pasta with a sauce i.e garlic and chilli and 5 euros for a tiny bowl of salad but was quite tasty and well presented and the restaurants we went to were clean. There were not enough toilet facilities in the area and to use the public toilets if there were any was one euro fifty!! It seems to be usual practise to have a coffee and use the facilities provided by the cafe not always convenient!!. We found Venice crowded dirty and disappointing. I relly wanted to look around the cathedral in St marcs square but the queue was two hours long. Maybe we were there at the wrong time but it was far two busy to feel relaxed and enjoy our visit. We also found the venetian shopkeepers very unfriendly. We had a thunderstorm and torrential rain during the afternoon of our visit and were asked to move on twice as we tried to take shelter under awnings outside different shops. My advice would be don't risk organised coach trips if you can avoid it because we also spent 4 hours in a traffic jam in our coach during the journey back to the campsite. We think Venice is best visited and explored by staying in accomodation in Venice itself. Maybe a two centre holiday would be good. We will definitely be going back to caorle at that time of year though. A lovely relaxing holiday.

Venetian Riviera, Italy Holiday Review - Avoid in August if possible

Submitted by: Glen
Date of travel: 14-August-2007

I went to the Venetian Riviera in August and let me tell you that it was fantastic the weather, the people and the food all complemented each other. The beach was clean and although there was a lot of sand it was really hard to see it because the beach was just so packed. If you want a spot you better get up early and mark your territory as the beaches over there fill up fast and they stay that way all day. The shopping is classy and the whole area oozes style and you will feel like you are an Italian aristocrat walking around the Venetian Riviera.