Camping El Jardín

We stayed in a cute little wooden cabin, it had everything needed from pots and pans to washing up liquid and wine glasses. Plus a two burner stove and microwave. The beds were great, comfortable with good pillows and bedding. Hot water and a decent sized shower. Cabins also come with air con/heating and a tv. I was impressed! Check in was quick, staff professional. The site itself is mainly for motor homes and I enjoyed watching them park up from our cabins porch. The pitches look tight and many a motor home needed help getting into them! They all managed it! Lots of sinks for dishes and toilets for those in their motor homes. Plenty of showers too! All immaculately clean and well cared for. The pool does open at funny times, like the previous review states, which is annoying but not a deal breaker. The site is next to a tennis club so expect to hear tennis match noise till late at night! But that’s it, this site was very quiet apart from that. It has a great location, supermarket 10 mins walk. Beach 10 mins walk. Bakers 5 mins walk. I loved running in the morning followed but a French croissant on the way home. Really enjoyed our stay here, think it’s a wonderful place to use as a base. Liked the variety of people staying here from Dutch to Brits to Spanish. This site has almost everything you need, maybe could do with an on-site shop as we arrived on a fiesta day! Our mistake for not realising! Hope to return one day! Thank you for such a great stay.

Just arrived , 1st impression is that the place looked busy and welcoming. Checked in and proceeded to our plot to settle in ( Motorhome) easy connect to electric and water although the plots are a little small. Got the Motorhome sorted and thought we would take our 9 year old daughter to the pool to have a splash around before lunch, this is where the ridiculousness started, the pool is gated adjacent to the bar and the campsite is also gated, so only residents can enter the campsite. However we were told to leave the pool as we didn’t have an armband , was told to go to reception where we were supplied with 3 bands as we are a family of 3 ( paper bands and last 1 swim only ) was told each time we enter the pool we need to go for a band. After getting the bands we went to get a drink ready to settle down around the pool with my daughter, to be told no drinks allowed around the pool ! Not a problem, the bar is 3meters away from the pool so we can enjoy a drink while my daughter is swimming, but no, you are not allowed to leave kids unattended in the pool area , even though there is a life guard there. All the chairs around the pool were taken so I said to the life guard so what am I supposed to do, stand staring at the pool to watch my competent swimmer daughter in 33 degree heat without a drink !! Basically she said yes but I could bring a water ! - the 3meters between the bar and pool is not good enough to be able to watch my daughter, I HAD to be inside the pool area, ( other side of the fence) my daughter at this stage was reluctant to go in because of the meanness , but she did, and I sat in full sun on a chair watching her with no drink , absolute joke, we live in Spain and visit various campsites , pools are never gated, kids can go in on their own, and everyone is free to drink around the pool as long as they are in plastic cups, and pools never close during the day!! It’s closed 3 pm to 5pm !!! When asked what we should, we were told to go to the beach ! If you are thinking of going camping on the costa Blanca, go to Almafra in L’Alfàs de pi, worlds apart from here such as kids are free to do as they wish, there is a kids club and entertainment, pool does not close during the day and there is raven a poolside bar so you can sit around the pool with a drink and actually enjoy your holiday rather then feeling like you are inside a concentration camp. Sorry for the rant I’m just not looking forward to the next 6.5 days