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We set off from our campsite at Lake Garda at 9.30am with a midday eta for our next destination at Lake Maggorie. On arrival we checked in and we’re given a plan of the campsite with number 88 circled as our pitch. We had requested a pitch that was one row back from the beachfront as this didn’t incurre any extra charges and still had a good view of the lake. We could use our acsi card which meant it should be no more that €19 which we thought was reasonable. So we left reception and drove to pitch 88, but were a little confused as there was already a motorhome in that spot. We scratched our heads and consulted the site plan again. The occupants didn’t look like they were going any time soon as they were just about to have a meal, and wine was being poured.
So I parked the van in front of the lake wandered back to reception to find out what was going on. Both of the people on reception didn’t speak much English, but we quickly established that the people were Italian, and they seem to operate to their own time table. Oblivious to the rules of the camp site, if they wanted to stay longer than they should they were quite entitled to. They told us that they should be gone by 5pm. Great! We were given a free reign of the campsite as far as alternative pitches were concerned, but any other pitch just wouldn’t give us the views we hoped for. Knowing we had to wait I didn’t sit idle as the temptation to go out on the paddle board was too much as conditions were near perfect.
So we waited until 6pm when they finally vacated and we moved in.
Our stay was a relaxing one. After the hustle and bustle of the last week or so at Garda with the VW meeting, and Venice with the sight seeing, we found that this location was fairly isolated in a good way. The lake was there for paddle boarding and swimming, we had books to read, and took a couple of long walks to the town of Lesa a few miles up the road. We were only a mile away from a very reasonably priced supermarket, so we didn’t have to go without, or pay extortionate prices for food from the campsite.
The evenings were especially relaxing. The video below captures that time of day when the swifts take to the air to catch insects. The church bells chimed on a regular basis which also contributed to the atmosphere.
All in all our stay at Camping Solcio was very relaxing one. We were a little sad to leave, but we had lots more places to visit which made it a little easier. Next stop Interlaken!
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