Posts by Mary

The regions surrounding Lake Garda are a food and wine lovers paradise, there are vineyards stretching as far as the eye can see.   You can drive or cycle around the country roads easily and stop in to taste the wine at many of these wine producers.  Just outside Bardolino you will find the Wine [...]

As the England cricket team go through their preparations for the upcoming Ashes series, cricket fans are licking their lips at the prospect of a first win down under  since 1987. The banter between Aussies and Poms will no doubt reach its usual fever pitch and run and run through 2011. So a plus for [...]

Bonjour from Le Brasilia, Canet en Rousilion, France! It’s June, the sun is shining and the campsite is buzzing with energy and excietment. One of the reasons the campsite is thriving with spirit is because of – you guessed it, that thing that every man world wide is glued to the TV for – THE [...]

Hello and welcome to the Thomson Al Fresco Blog for Le Camping Brasilia in Canet-en-Rousillion, France. Within this Blog the Le Brasilia / Al fresco representative team (Emma-Louise, Andy) and myself (Loren) shall be updating our readers on exactly what’s been happening out and about within the Le Brasilia Campsite near the Beautiful city of Perpignan. [...]

Summer is finally upon us here on ‘Bella Italia’ and not before time!  The first half of May was a complete washout with crazy storms all across the lake.  The first of which not only brought down our gazebo, but a couple of trees too!  Luckily no-one was hurt and the gazebo has been given [...]

Some of the best days out around Lake Garda are Movieland’s Aquastudios and Gardaland.  Gardaland which is Italy’s largest theme park, is Disneyland meets Thorpe Park with something for the whole family. For the Dads who like a bit of adrenalin you have the ‘Blue Tornado’ inverted roller coaster, for Mums who would prefer the [...]

If you’ve ever wanted to visit EuroDisney but have been put off by hugely inflated accommodation prices around Paris then glamping in a luxury mobile home at La Croix du Vieux Pont, Berny Rivière could be exactly what you are looking for. Nestled in the Royal Compiègne countryside, close to the sleepy town of Vic-sur [...]

Being appointed as the new PR team for Thomson Al Fresco means having to learn about their holidays, their sites and generally take in the Al Fresco experience; which also, for us, meant… Hello Italy! On a whirlwind tour of the Lake Garda sites of Altomincio, Eden, Fornella, Europa Silvella, Del Garda and Bella Italia, [...]