Advantages: Brand new caravans that are well kept. Disadvantages: As with all caravans a little on the pricey side.
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The site office is clean and well run and is open at around 8.30am through to 4pm. The staff are always pleasant and accommodating.
Myself and my husband took our two kids for a surprise weekend there once, due to the fact that we had to pay for the standard three day break, but couldn?t actually get there until the Saturday, they threw in my son?s (a baby at the time) travel cot and high chair (available to hire for a small fee, around £5.00 each for a week), for free as a goodwill gesture, it was appreciated.
Also on site is a roving maintenance man, again very pleasant and willing to attend to your every maintenance need, whatever the time, should you need him outside of office hours there is a welcome pack in the caravan when you arrive that holds vital numbers for such things.
I tend to use him or the office the first minute we arrive ...
Advantages: Plenty of space and surprisingly quiet setting Disadvantages: Outside the town so you'll need transport to get around
On a group tour of Iran in 2006 we spent two nights at the Caravan, a large hotel located a few miles outside the ancient desert city of Yazd. The Caravan is close to a large but surprisingly quiet road and takes the form of lots of small white single-storey apartment-style chalets set back from the road and surrounded by gardens. Ciao have done a great job of finding a good photo that shows what these look like. There was nothing else anywhere near the hotel so be aware that once you are there, unless you have transport, there's nothing to see or do nearby.
Pulling off the highway from the airport, the driveway brought us past a large building that housed the reception, the restaurant and other shared facilities and then to the accommodation area. Our tour leader hopped off the bus to go and get the keys whilst we unloaded the bags ...
Advantages: plenty to do on and off site, entertainment every night Disadvantages: amusements were expensive
Perran Sands Haven Site was ideally situated in Perranporth, Cornwall and had its own beach - accessed from a steep hill and had no car park near the beach. However, it was excellent for body-boarding and we enjoyed this for several hours. The only down side was the climb back up !! There was no life guard - but we did got out of season, so this was to be expected.
The caravan we used was a Silver type which came with duvets, microwave and had a gas fire in the living room. The kitchenette was quite big and we had 2 toilets, 1 with a shower and the caravan had 3 bedrooms.
On site was 2 amusement arcades, a Burger King, 3 or 4 bars (we did not visit the Surf Rider to see what it contained), a mini supermarket and Crazy Golf and a ride which was similar to bumper cars but span you round and had lasers on it, which cost £1 a go ...
