Family Fun in Lake Garda

This year our family holiday took us to the Bela Italia Campsite in Lake Garda. It was a different experience for us as a family as we had never done the camping style holiday before. We always did All-Inclusive in Spain or Portugal but I felt this year the children were older and were looking for something different.

We just fell in love with Italy. The little village of Pescheria was so picturesque. We were staying nearby so it was very easy to either walk or cycle into Pescheria in the evening. There are so many beautiful restaurants and ice cream shops and those lovely cobbled streets and shops to stroll around in the evening.

We stayed at the Bella Italia Campsite, a fabulous site - very big, but well spread out. It has a selection of bungalows, apartments, hotels, mobile homes and tents all well laid out on site. We stayed in the mobiles which were very spacious and had a lovely deck where we spend a lot of time. We used to love barbecuing in the evening time.

The complex itself has so much to offer for all age groups. It has lots of little playgrounds dotted around the camp site, and 4 pool areas with plenty of slides and water chutes. There’s plenty of sun beds in each area - take note it does get very busy in high season and can be difficult to get sun beds by the pool. During the day, there is lots of entertainment for the kids including an onsite kids club with a soccer school and many other sports activities.

In the evening, they always have entertainment for the kids and the adults in the main entertainment area. There are also three other restaurants on site and a sports bar, pizzeria, supermarket (great choice and reasonable) and bike hire.

There’s direct access to the Lake from the complex. At night, there’s often entertainment down on the lake including fireworks displays. There’s a nice selection of bars and restaurants along the lake which are very child friendly. During the day, you could hire out pedal boats, jet skis etc. We hired the pedal boats twice and the kids just loved it.

We chose not to hire a car, to be honest if you are flying into Verona airport you really don't need car hire. The transfer is approx. 30 mins to the campsite and taxis are very easy to get. However, if you chose to fly into Bergamo airport car hire might be a better option. This is approx. 1 hr 10 mins away and a return taxi could cost €130 each way.

We also went to Garda Land one of the evenings. The weather was so hot we chose to go in the evening. The cost for the evening ticket is 20 Euro between 5.30 and 11pm. I would definitely recommend doing this as the rides are not too busy from 9pm onwards. We also went to the Aqua Park and Movie Land. There is a ticket you can get which combines both parks at a cost of 28 Euro per person and there is a bus that leaves outside the campsite at 10am and drops you back at 6.30pm.

We visited Sirmone one of the days. Took the local bus from the Campsite, a 15 minute journey. Sirmone is so picturesque and quaint. I would definitely recommend a trip here. The ice cream is to die for. Another day we visited Verona. Again, there is a bus from outside the camp site takes approx. 50 mins. Beautiful city.The hop on hop off bus is a great way to see the city.

I would definitely recommend the Bella Italia Complex and Lake Garda as a great choice for a great family holiday destination.