Camping Le Palme

We used this site as it was close to Verona and had been to the Garda area before. The site was fairly easy to find and to book in, but you have to go into the car park then walk back to the Reception...not clear. The pitch was fine but we noticed that the pitches were generally on the small side. Also the level of late night/early morning loud conversations from other guests was a bit annoying (nothing one can do about that I guess) and there was very loud building activities going on next door, but again, nothing we could do about that either. The facilities were excellent though...great pizzas, two lovely pools (sadly we didn't have time to use these). The bar was very good but we didn't use the restaurant due to time consideration, but the menu looked very inviting. Electric hook up and water supply was available for our pitch, which was great, however, grey water disposal was not so good as the drain was slightly above the ground (meaning a bit of a struggle to lift the Wastemaster and as it was blocked, the water overflowed and went down slowly. A bit annoying. The laundry facilities were ok, but there was very little clarity in the way of instruction on how to use them, just a few lines in three languages, which did not really explain that there were 3 sizes of token that you use. A couple of the machines' menus could be played around with to give English/German/Italian instructions (which I found eventually). As with most things, it was a bit of trial and error and the staff were obviously used to visitors asking for more tokens because they had gone out of sequence and pressed the wrong button at the wrong time! The lake was a short walk through the side with a private gateway onto the lakeside path. This led to the villages to both the left and the right of the site. Excellent for a leisurely stroll or brisk walk. Views over the Lake were very pretty. Garda is an interesting town to visit, with a number of older buildings to explore. The long promenade was packed with stalls selling a wide range of foodstuffs, drinks, trinkets and other market delights. Of note in the town was a “traditional” camping equipment shop selling a wide range of items. Reception staff were very helpful and friendly - even though it was quite busy site. I would recommend this site - certainly for families with smaller caravans - lots of facilities to keep everyone happy (Gardaland is literally 3 minutes down the road) but it's probably more suitable for camper vans - these outnumbered caravans by about 10 to 1 .