Villaggio San Francesco

The campsite itself is very fine, a lot of people though. There is a lot of great pool areas. Booked through a danish agency and got a very very bad mobile home (20 years of age and no functioning A/C) had to pay 1000 euros to get an apartment instead. No refund in sight. But that regards the agency, the booking through the campsite went smooth.

A huge site, the size of a small town, and with extensive sport and recreation facilities. I don’t know how many pitches it holds, but I passed number 2056. The Eurocamp mobiles are unusually grouped in eights, facing onto a common earth quadrangle, and can be difficult to find if arriving after dark. Venice can be reached by public transport from the nearly town of Caorle, with the terminus very handy for the vaporetto into the city.

Good bits: Lots of amenities such as tennis, table tennis, basketball etc. Well stocked shops. Nice beach. Bad bits: Check in took far too long. Apartment dated. Nothing is free. General maintenence is poor, such as not repairing broken poolside tiles. It's not a bad site but certainly not 5 stars. We stayed in a 5 star French resort last year which makes this site look quite poor. We found the staff generally quite unhappy and lacking knowledge. On 2 occasions we had asked the reception staff for store and pool opening times, for which they knew neither. One of the staff at one of the restaurants seemed unhappy, upon asking if she was OK, she was nearly overcome with tears. This might not be because of her work, but why did the company not send her home? We had also not expected to have to pay for nearly every activity beside the pools. For a 5 star resort, you would not expect it. You do feel like you are being drained of all your money. On the plus side, the food is reasonably priced, and enjoyable. There are some nice touches such as the water jets near to the entrance, the kids loved playing in those. There was a staff member who was particularly nice, I forget her name, but she was frequently on the beach and beach pool asking for guests to be involved in activities. She is a credit to the company, very cheerful.

As a Campingplace i would give 3 stars , not more; first of all the toilets facilities are not so modern nor reniewed, besides i was shocked for the huge waste of water allowed in this place: people need to press a button any time they need some water in the showers or waterbasins but then it cannot be stopped when finished; water flows and flows for nothing until the automatic system ends a fixed slot of water (which is huge every time) , and this is unbelievable, if you think the emergency for drought we have in Italy in summer and last year when people in most part of Europe could not even water they plants or gardens, this is totally anti-ecological and unacceptable nowadays ,especiaolly a 5-star village, which should be putting in place measures for water saving and the environment!

We spent nice good time at the village! Beautiful green area for capers and amazing structures for couples and families. Very clean pools and places! We sleep very well! Thanks for your hospitality! We will return! Your friend, Vlad&Alessia

Had a wonderful time, beach is beautiful, restaurants all fantastic, staff lovely friendly and helpful especially the lady in the pharmacy who was very helpful when we needed something for mosquito bites and when my son got a cold. Mosquitos were a problem, I would recommend buying the 8 hour spray from either the supermarket or the shop on site. Our lodge was fine but the pillows are awful and have come home with a trapped nerve, had a problem with ants when we first arrived but this was easily sorted out with spray. Pools fantastic, the kids loved them, we especially loved the Tukan bar and tropical pool by the beach. Only downside was quiet time between 1-3 where everything closed but we managed to entertain ourselves, it was a shame though as it's a bit of a hassle queueing each time to get back into the pool for sunbeds. We had some lovely days out to Venice and Caorle which is absolutely beautiful. Buses are easy enough, the bus stop is right outside the entrance. The kids also loved the inflatables which are just next to the sports bar, 7 euros and the kids had a ball. Mini golf was ok but we all were savaged by mosquitos so make sure you have lots of spray! Didn't bother with the entertainment round the aquapark pool, went one night and it just wasn't for us but people looked like they were having a good time so maybe others would like it. All in all we had a wonderful time and would love to return