Northern Italy
SWMBO has decreed that we must go to Italy next year 
So, I'm after some advice as to the best sites to look at.
We'll be going in September 2018, caravan, 2 dogs that love to swim so somewhere on/near a lake that allows that is the aim.
We've done France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Slovenia in the 'van; been to Italy before but not in a caravan. Last time we went to Italy we stayed in a house near Lake Garda and were struck by how little public access to the lake there was, compared with our own lake district ...
Apart from sites, any other tips ?
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As a starting point I suggest Seiser Alm high up in the Dolomite mountains. Not far from the Brenner Pass. Fully serviced pitches available along with a warm water dog shower! Great views and on site restaurant. The area is by law dual language Italian/German. Interested to know where you have been with your dogs in Spain, Slovenia and France? We have covered a few places in Germany/Austria with our water obsessed Springer and just on our way home from our first French holiday, at Navarrenx.
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How refreshing to read someone recommending spending time in the mountains instead of the endless procession of people heading for Lake Garda.
I can also recommend an Italian mountain site - Camping Mals in the very top left hand corner of Italy where Austria,Switzerland and Italy meet, and everyone speaks German - not a cheap campsite, but modern, well equipped and in a lovely area for walking.
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I stayed at campsite Ticino at Pavia last September. There is a large river running passed the campsite, about 5 minute walk. The historic city of Pavia is an easy walk along the river. The campsite is secure, shaded by trees, has large pitches and the owner Franco speaks excellent English. Milan is a short train journey. I'm not a dog owner so can't add much more
https://www.eurocampings.co.uk/italy/lombardy/pavia/pavia/campsite-ticino-118142/?l=region
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We love Northern Italy and have visited quite a few times, preferring the Dolomites & Lake Como area, but we have stayed in a nice hotel in Garda a couple of times right on the lake shore. (We prefer to fly and then hire a car when going "over there"). The actual village of Garda itself is very nice and the lakeside walk to Bardalino is great. Bardalino is equally nice. There is a good campsite on the northern side of Bardalino on the lake shore. If you drive up the east side to Malcesine you can get a cable car to the top of Monte Baldo from where you can see where Austria, Switzerland & Italy meet as described by ET.
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This year on our way back from the Adriatic we stayed at a beautiful ACSI site at Lake Toblacher (Camping Toblacher See), close to the Tyrols in Northern Italy. Excellent restaurant, no restrictions on the lakeside and dedicated walking trails direct from site including a lakeside circular.
Facilities wise, its a mockup of roman interior architecture and very well presented.
Terraced pitches and if you choose carefully, plenty of room without upgrading to a larger pitch.
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Levico Terme is a delightful spa town on the southern edge of the Dolomites. It sits above the Lago di Levico which boasts the only Blue Flag rating of any of the Italian lakes. In the town there is a pedestrian precinct with cafes, restaurants and shops. The church and its separate bell-tower mark the centre of the town. At one end of the town there is a modern ‘spa’, while at the other is the more traditional Grand Hotel and with its own spa facilities.
The hotel sits at the top of the splendid Parco delle Terme. It’s an unusual park created at the end of the 19th century using fully grown trees transported by train from Austria. At one time the park contained Giant Sequoia the last of which died in 2007.
We stopped at Camping Lago di Levico, a largish site with its own access to the lake. Check out their website - there's a reserved beach for dogs to cool down!
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We're off to northern Italy in 3 weeks' time, but to the coast in Tuscany, somewhere between Viareggio and the island of Elba because we like to go swimming in the sea. We haven't booked anything, though. It will be the third time in 2 years that we've been in that part of the country.
The area is relatively convenient for day trips to Pisa and Florence, for example, not to mention the many smaller old towns both on the coast and further inland that make Tuscany such a picturesque place.
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