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2ubaz

14/2/2017 at 7:12pm
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Dear all,

My wife and I are thinking of spending 6 months during the winter at Camping Los Gallardos Spain and leaving our van in storage there during the summer.

Have any of you done this or know anyone who has done this. If so, could you please give us any information and advice that you think would be useful. Such as do's and don'ts.

Please also, let us know how the experience went and useful information on how to look after your caravan particularly with respect to weathering due to the heat.

Would very much appreciate your feedback.

Barry & Lynn

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Grandad Kenny

14/2/2017 at 8:23pm
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I spent 5 weeks there, it is very rustic and really rather shabby. The one ablution block is sort of okay but gets shut for three hours during the day for cleaning although you would not think so. Drinking water is only available from reception but it is free and waste is dumped in a grate by the toilets. Washing up water is Luke warm from only one tap. Los Gallardos is all about the pitch you get and all the good pitches are occupied by long termers namely all year round stayers who sort of resent any short termers. They have a nice bar and bowls club, good Sunday dinners and Friday night fish and chips but nowt much else. The storage area floods badly, (as do a lot of the pitches available for short termers), there were caravans, motorhomes and RVs in there that clearly showed where the water had got during any rains, my advice, take it or leave it is go and find somewhere else to stay for your six months and store your caravan. Los Gallardos is a very run down site as far as touring sites go.

2ubaz

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thanks for your prompt reply, we have took onboard your comments {food for throught] once again thanks ,barry and lynn

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We had a think about this place, glad Kenny gave us his insight in to the place. There is a 10 star review of it on this site by a Frank Mellors who reviewed and has never been heard of again. By coincidence there is a Frances Mellors who lives in Los Gallardos. Yeah could be a coincidence..........
Think we will give it a wide berth.

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Grandad Kenny

15/2/2017 at 7:37pm
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Tom n Gill a very wide berth, it's a tip

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A look on google streetview shows you can sit outside your caravan & wave at the passing traffic on the A-7 motorway.

Dot P

16/2/2017 at 3:21pm
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we heard the site was popular with Brits and was quite busy - we also heard it was very run down so gave it a miss, despite the great review on here.

Would be really good if someone who has been there would update the review as not everyone reads the forums, many just read the reviews.

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iwalani

16/2/2017 at 5:14pm
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I don't think anyone could take seriously a review that suggests the site has a unique and miraculous micro-climate - "It was raining everywhere else, but in Los Gallardos it was nothing but sun."

It also got a terrible review on tripadvisor.

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minicamper2001

17/2/2017 at 6:19pm
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It does actually have several positive reviews on Tripadvisor, but having read of some experiences, I would probably look elsewhere. It does make a difference whether you are on a pitch, or in a static, by the sounds of it.

Grandad Kenny

17/2/2017 at 6:30pm
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There are over 100 statics who certainly are the better looked after community, tourers are not.

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