El Mirador Camper Area, Crevillent
It looks like a new camperstop is being developed in Crevillent but there is precious little information about it on-line. It looks like a possible alternative - albeit rather more basic - to staying at Alannia Costa Brava which is fully booked for the 2024 winter rally.
Has anyone actually stayed or visited it ?
https://areascamper.com/ficha/area-camper-el-mirador-en-crevillent-alicante/
https://www.caramaps.com/el-mirador-area-camper-aire-privee-crevillent-03330-319926
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Don't forget camping las palmeres, just before you get into Crevillente. Stayed there a couple of times while Alannia was being built (Marjal back then). We got to chose our pitches then even before they were built!
JK
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I've looked at both; the rally pitches are fully booked for when I want to stay.
Spaces are available elsewhere on the site but I don't like the look of them (see photo) - they look more like "aire" pitches squashed together with no delimiting hedges. Plus they charge an extra 2€50 a day for dogs. 🐶
Maybe I might just have to give Alannia a ring to see what they can offer, but I do like the proximity of the new Crevillent camperstop to the town centre, supermarkets and cafes
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Here's my pennyworth.
All the standard pitches at Alannia are 10m x 9m. As with most European sites you pitch how you like meaning some outfits only 2 feet apart. There are larger ones further down the site on the left just past the roundabout. These are basically 2 pitches with the middle hedge removed so approx 180m square. I had the RV on one of those for 6 years. The rally occupies 300 pitches at the bottom end of the site but there are hardly any hedges there as that part stands mostly empty apart from the winter rally. The acsi pitches in Jim's photo are at the front of site just past security. It's a large 1500 pitch site which used to become a small village in winter when it was always full with all nationalities but I think since the present company took over people (including myself) have found elsewhere to go. Last January we visited friends there and it was only a third full with 2 of the 5 facility blocks closed. Times change.
The Guardamar site is very nice but has gone over to more cabins.
The camper stop looks good and it's well placed as it's at the Moroccan end of Crevillente town. There's some great places there where you can haggle over prices, good fun and nice people. I had a shave in a Moroccan barbers there once, that was an experience let me tell you!!
JK
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I have stayed at the Guardamar site a few times over the years, most recently this year. Your comments about the change of ownership were interesting. I had a feeling all was not as it used to be at Guardamar, difficult to put my finger on the difference but it was perhaps more noticable at the restaurant and bar, it just did not feel the same as in previous visits. The other facilities and pitches were much the same as they had always been, very good although I could not get the on pitch satellite TV feed to work and couldn't get any sense from reception as to what might have been the problem. I was left with the suspicion it wasn't working or available any more? Nevertheless at 25 euros a night it was good value for money.
peedee
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Do you still get 4kw of electric in the pitch fee peedee? I was told at the costa blanca site the long termers have lost that.
Obviously just my opinion but the last year I was there I paid 5.4k euros for a years rent but quite often the water to the pitch would be turned off for days at a time, the voltage turned down in the evenings and the the facilities which as you know were top notch and would be serviced at least 3 times a day would go days without so after the Spaniards had been for their weekends you can imagine what they were like. The tv point was always hit and miss but as we were long term we clubbed in with the neighbours and had a 3 meter dish installed, which in that last year the site wanted extra rent for. Little things like the weekly market, the boot sale, the chicken wagon and the Dutch food van all gone because of ridiculous rent rises.
Anyway apologies to Jim for hijacking.
JK
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I have just spoken to Alannia Costa Brava and they assure me that I will be allocated a pitch in Area A which is the same standard as the Rally pitches in E & F, so I have made a booking. No deposit was required and it includes free cancellation cover !
Needless to say, I will still visit the site of the new camperstop in Crevillent and will report back here when I have further info.
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Jim, Block A is ok, the left hand side is further away from the AP7 so quite a bit quieter. Keep an eye out for the hot air balloon on a Sunday morning, sometimes lifts off from the car park. I'd recommend the Bombay Indian and the Chinese next to the Tavern pub. Enjoy.
JK
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It's only claim to fame seems to be Mercadona and a bit further up the road, Lidl. At least Alannia is only a couple of kms from El Hondo reserve.
It'd be OK for an overnight but I can't imagine stopping for any longer. I'd sooner wild camp between Carabassi and Santa Pola anyway if ever I was back down that way.
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