Camping Club Del Sole Marina Julia Family Collection

Too many tiny houses, little greenery.

“I was not a permanent seasonal camper, I only frequent this campsite for a couple of months a year, but for me that place had become a real home. The value was never in the facility — decidedly neglected — but in the extraordinary community of people that had been created over time. It is heartbreaking to see how the management decided to send away all the long-time seasonal campers overnight, families who for years have supported this place despite obvious poor service and growing degradation: The pool water is often green and dirty, long periods without hot water, absence of gravel, with the result that with every rain the pitches became mud traps, etc. etc. Despite these inconveniences and the continuous costs — rates adjusted to foreign salaries but faced with enormous sacrifices by Italian families — people remained out of pure loyalty and affection. Seeing these families notified at the last minute, forced to sell off trailers and equipment in a rush, is an unacceptable lack of respect and humanity. Honestly, I don't even understand how a tourist could find such a setting pleasant: they are packing the facility with an expanse of prefabricated tiny houses all attached and stuck to one another, which almost gives the impression of a refugee camp rather than a place for relaxation. I perfectly understand that nowadays everything revolves around money and economic gain, but it is sad to see how true values are being lost entirely. Without respect, friendship, and simplicity, this world will become an even uglier and more barren place than it already is. The same can be seen in the way we treat the environment: a group of kids of all ages who were growing up together is destroyed to pursue convenience at all costs. People seek maximum comfort and end up paving over everything, but in doing so, they destroy the very nature that they will one day seek in vain, when it no longer exists. A single, deep thank you goes to the maintenance guys: exquisite, transparent people and heartfelt workers who always did their best to take care of the little greenery that was there. Families who for years have paid, maintaining a facility that today, without much thought, says goodbye to you at the last minute. A great bitterness.”

ZERO HUMANITY!

“just now New I am giving it 1 star because it is not possible to give less! I am speaking as a ten-year seasonal camper disappointed by the Club del Sole management; on August 31, 2026, the sad news arrived that contracts for flat-rate campers will not be renewed! The facility itself has never been anything special, but for us it was home; it was the place where we all grew up and where we were raising our children. For us, this was our summer home just a short distance from Trieste, and this always allowed us to live in the open air during the summer and go to work every morning. For all these reasons, we have always shown respect for the management and the facility; we have always adapted to all their changes without batting an eye, without ever complaining about the poor service (such as, for example, a month without hot water in the only communal showers or the excessive number of mobile homes crammed together, not to mention the presence of rat colonies that was never seriously managed). After all this, they were not even capable of notifying us in time, humanly speaking... They did not have the slightest respect for us, our habits, or our financial sacrifices! They have put us in a situation where we do not know where to go; we do not have a useful timeframe to be able to sell our trailers and everything that being a seasonal camper entails in order to recover at least some of the money invested in the facility... It is SAD that after 23 years, we will not be able to continue our life here, but I am much more bitter about the treatment received; they collected money as long as it was convenient and then: “BYE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE” Life goes on, Karma remembers.”

Catastrophe

“Being from a nearby city, I spend 2 months there every year. The only positive note in these years has been the maintenance workers who did everything they could to try to make everything work in an environment that was sometimes dilapidated and with the few resources placed at their disposal. Otherwise, an old facility fixed up as best as possible. The gates leading to the public beach are always, or almost always, broken. So, imagine security being zero. Because even the poor night watchman could do little in such a large facility. Pools always dirty, poor lifeguards on their first experience thrown to the wolves. The internal roads are full of potholes, dangerous even for a simple bike ride. Especially in the dark, because lighting is almost completely missing. SCANDALOUS reception, staff also thrown to the wolves here, with a manager whose kindness was disarming, I would say, but in the end, she never solved anything; to pay, for arrival communications, they never answered any of the 20-plus emails and another 100 phone calls, all diverted to the Forlì headquarters, which could do little but apologize. I had to take time off work to go to the place in person. And luckily I live and work 40 minutes from the facility. Checking in was a torture, at least an hour under the scorching sun. The bathrooms are a CATASTROPHE Broken locks Always dirty Broken and dangerous tiles The pitches are smaller and smaller and full of roots; we had to fix them ourselves each time. OURSELVES. If it rains, help—clogged drains and water up to our ankles. Do not drink the water. Likely potable, but the pipes must be 50 years old, so the water came out full of sand. The entertainment, meh. Even there, except for a few years, it has always been less trained and engaging. Restaurant absolutely POSITIVE, good prices, good food, and fast. Bar. If you see the line, you lose the desire to get coffee, and the prices are crazy. The beautiful lawn at the entrance turned into a muddy parking lot. Prices increasing every year. Which can be acceptable if compensated by the services. Now one might ask, why did you go there if everything was so negative? Simply because we had good company with whom we would have a barbecue outdoors and a chat. Because it is close to home and we were able to fully take advantage of the stay. Because we had been going there for 20/30 years, even since the previous management. In fact, everything started to get worse with the arrival of Club del Sole. And because in the end they were lucky to have simple guests who adapted to all these inconveniences. But enough now. Patience exhausted. I recommend it for a quick overnight stay. Now, dear Club del Sole. I have seen with pleasure that you only respond to positive reviews. But you avoid the negative ones. I remind you that you grow and improve more and more by facing criticism. Greetings and have a good vacation”