Camping Le Tamerici in Cecina Marina

Pool was great, lifeguard was great, staff was friendly, pizza was nice.
What ruined my experience was a camp error - a polite night guard didn't have matching entry in his occupancy print out. I hand him my place number before 7am, he checked his sheets and didn't find it. He said that I must show a proof that I payed-I couldn't find the receipt so he insisted I have to wait for the reception to open even when I told him that I have a train booked! Lucky I had transaction in my mobile.
Still, what a nonsense rule he has to follow, if anybody wanted to leave without paying (I thought everybody pays at check-in), then they would just wait until the reception opens, the night guard goes home and nobody checks who comes or goes.

Small, friendly park, clean and well maintained. Such a shame about the pool area- we are a family of 15, hired 4 bungalows. We had a lovely time. We have had take seat several times which has been lovely. Staff generally very friendly. Only issue, complaint is that there is an area for chilling by the pool.you could hire sun longer for 9 euro per day for 2 beds and a shade or go to grass area. For nearly 2 weeks we brought beach chairs and used them no issue. However earlier today life guard approached and advised were were not allowed to use them stating that it was not allowed. It’s the same life guard who has been here for the last few days. He came over with a cigarette in his hand to tell us not to sit in chair. They suggested using a beach towel but we already have quite alot of bites and want to avoid sitting in grass! One of the party has been bitten and has lymes disease. I think it’s understandable we want to avoid the grass especially when we are causing no harm. We are sitting out the way of everyone in quiet area!!! Seemingly the weight of a sun longer is okay on the grass but weight of a small beach chair is not. Makes no sense! Such a shame.

Introduction: we have been customers of the campsite for years and for our family "le tamarisk" is a place of the heart where we always feel good and always return willingly. Precisely for this reason we are very fond of this place, and it was a shame this year to see such a marked deterioration in services. Starting from the negative things. In two different periods we stayed both in a mobile home (July) and on a pitch with our caravan (August). The mobile home is comfortable but poorly maintained. The provision of crockery is essential, the air conditioning is not adjustable and can only be turned on by leaving the key inserted. Linen is not included (can be rented at extra cost). The pitches, depending on the area chosen, are quite large (others are really small and very close to each other). But even here maintenance is poor, leaf sweeping is not frequent and in the seasonal area many empty pitches are left to neglect. The public bathrooms reserved for campers are very dated (in the six years we have been coming there has never been any maintenance or improvement work). Toilet paper holders have been missing for years, and even the smallest supports for placing bottles or hanging towels are missing in the showers. The wifi doesn't work unless near the reception. The market and the bazaar, usually well stocked, this year had very little assortment (particularly the market). The restaurant, despite being discreet, has problems managing service times, especially when it comes to takeaway. The swimming pool is very beautiful but this year it was left a little too much to itself. The lifeguards never intervened to remind any of the users to respect others, allowing potentially dangerous and certainly very annoying situations to arise. There was no management of the umbrella and deckchair positions, which was promised to us several times but never kept, with the result that we had to adapt to staying in the free places rather than being assigned the requested position already when booking the stay. Finally, the real weak point this year was the animation. The choices of the campsite management have led to a constant reduction in the entertainment service over the years. This year we reached the lowest point and despite ongoing corrections we never achieved a sufficient service. In the week of maximum attendance - the August holiday - there were four animators, including the overwhelmingly oldest member of the staff, never engaging, for any age group. Making the minimum wage seemed to be the hallmark of the team manager. The other members did their best, but never achieved adequate results. If a campsite manager ever reads this review (but also the previous ones), they really should reconsider their choices for future years. I want it anyway