Country: Spain
Co-ordinates: 38.208668N : 1.108333W
Address: Camino de la Bocamina, 30620 Los Baños de Fortuna, Murcia, Spain
Good for visiting: Murcia, maybe Cartagena (my post for what we did the 1st time round is:- Relaxation in Banos de Fortuna and a post for the 2nd time is here 🙂
Website: http://www.campingfuente.com/
Date Visited: March 2024
Questions:- (This review is from the point of view of motorhomers driving a Bessacarr 769 tag axle – 8.56m)
What are the pitches like?
Good – hardstandings (small stones). Mostly a good size. This time we we were at the back with electric. The site has been almost double in size since we last visited (apparently that was our last visit…..!) with more pitches going up the hill in terraces.
We were arrayed along the wall end to end, although there are plenty of traditional pitches available.
Is there water on each pitch?
No, but 1 water tap shared by just 2 pitches, so as good as
What is the electric like?
16A – BUT only 4kw per day included in ACSI price – excess charged at 35c per kw. (However, we didn’t pay anything extra for any of our visits)
Drainage?
Yes – a big drive over drain
What’s the site access like?
Good, but a little tight if you go within the walls. Approach is through the small village of Banos de Fuente, with narrow roads (but only a short distance) – however if you go past the turn-off to the village there is another approach off the main road that is more suitable (we left this way – it’s a slightly longer way round but far more suitable).
This time we came in from the east meaning that we came across the desert and straight into the site from the back
What are the Sanitary facilities like?
There are 3 toilet blocks (the newest one being portakabins), and being in completely different areas of the site you really only have one available depending on where you are.
Inside the ‘compound’ clean and with a big stove for heating. Old fashioned. The newer ones are clean and functional, if a little small.
Toilets: Perfectly acceptable with toilet paper provided
Showers: Older block – just 2 cubicles. Fairly large with a big central shower tray. Nowhere really to put your clothes and towel without it getting soaked. Although there are several hooks in the communal area….
More modern in the newer block
What other facilities are there?
Bins and CWD
Dishwashing area (and laundry sinks)
Laundry (3.50 Euros wash, 3 Euros dry) – 1 block in each ‘area’. 2 washing machines and 2 driers in each
Reception
Thermal Swimming pool, jacuzzis etc. (This is the pulling point for this site and is used by those not staying in the campsite). Calv states that it’s the best swimming pool he has EVER been to…!)
NB: You can either pay a rate which includes entrance to the pools for every day of your stay (for 4 nights we were quoted 110E) or the ACSI price of 17E pn + 7E per person for each pool visit. We opted for the latter, visited the pool just once (due to very windy weather) and therefore saved ourselves 28E…
Bar and restaurant
Wi-fi area with plentiful seating and tables to use (quite weak signal)
Mini-market (we’ve yet to catch it open), children’s play area
Several traders visit in the morning, driving around the site selling bread, croissants, oranges, eggs, papers etc.
All open out of season 🙂
Lots of tasteful bungalows for hire
Is there any internet; if so how much and how good?
Yes; don’t know how much – sorry (free by the pool and in an area near the bar). I am having no problem with ours
Very friendly
How much is it?
We paid 17E pn including 4kw electric on ACSI
What’s the area like?
About 3km from Fortuna, which we weren’t keen on.
On the way to Fortuna you will see ‘Tina’s Cafe Bar’ – an English owned establishment serving fish and chips on a Friday and a roast on Sunday (there is a large contingent of ex-pats living in the area). We visited on bingo night (after it had started sadly), immediately after which everyone playing bingo went home! We had a pleasant evening chatting with Nicky and Tina and the bingo caller, and munching on fresh broad beans brought in by Mundo, a local Spanish farmer/goat herder 🙂
There are the Cuevas Negro close by, up in the mountains, and the original Roman thermal spa ruins are still surrounded by a big (ugly) wall. (Sssh – don’t tell anybody, but we went around the wall and visited the ruins, which have had some work done on them. Who knows maybe they’ll be opened up to the public in a few years time??!!)
The rest of the town of Banos de Fortuna is a spa town with numerous people wandering around in their dressing gowns! It’s rather lovely and I do need to read up on it’s history some more.
Suitable for 5th Wheelers? There is one here, but it would be a definite call ahead.
More detail:
This site is mostly frequented by German campers – probably 85% of the vans on here are German. We saw no other British vans this time, a couple of French and Dutch, an Austrian and Swiss. There are also a fair number of Spaniards using the site.
We liked:-
Some of the history in the area
The pool is absolutely amazing
We didn’t like so much:-
It’s lost a bit of soul from when we first visited or maybe it’s that we’re seeing it with more jaded eyes (see review of Cabopino which we felt the same about)
We hated:-
Moving On:
We headed on towards the coast via a couple of free stops in the mountains towards Granada
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