Camping Bella Italia
Camping Bella Italia is a large five-star holiday village on the south-east shore of Lake Garda at Peschiera del Garda in northern Italy, with mobile homes, bungalows, apartments, an on-site hotel and camping pitches all sharing an aquapark, four restaurants and a morning-to-night entertainment programme. Families come for the water park, the ducks and swans on the direct lakefront and a base a ten-minute walk from the train and a few minutes from Gardaland.
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Is it worth it?
The quick read before the detail: who Bella Italia suits, what you get for the money and the facts to skim first.
Camping Bella Italia is one of the largest and liveliest holiday villages on Lake Garda, and it is aimed squarely at families who want a lot on the doorstep. The draw is the aquapark of five pools, a lakefront a few steps from the units and a spot that puts the train, Gardaland and the walled town of Peschiera all within easy reach without a car. You stay in a mobile home, a bungalow, an apartment, a hotel room or your own tent or caravan, and cook in the unit or eat at the four restaurants, so a week works out far cheaper than an all-inclusive resort.
The trade-offs are worth weighing up front. It is a big, busy site rather than a quiet one, and in July and August the pools and sunbeds get very full. There is no crèche or club for children under four, and no babysitting, so under-fours are with you throughout. The pools are not heated, and the lakefront is pebble rather than sand. You will get the most from it with a child of four or over who will enjoy the Mini Club and the aquapark, and if a lively European campsite atmosphere is what you are after rather than a calm one.
Best for
You want a big, lively lake-and-pools holiday with the train, Gardaland and Peschiera all a few minutes away, you are happy to self-cater, and you have a child of four or over who will enjoy the Mini Club.
Maybe not for
You want a quiet, small resort, supervised childcare or a break in the day, an all-inclusive with meals sorted or a soft sandy beach on the doorstep.
Best ages
Four and up get the most, with the Mini Club, the aquapark and the nightly mini-disco. Babies and toddlers are welcome, but there is no club for under-fours and a pushchair is essential on a big site.
What stands out
The aquapark, direct lake frontage and a car-free base a ten-minute walk from the station and a few minutes from Gardaland.
What to check
Whether the Mini Club is included, which unit comes with a baby cot and that you are happy with a large, busy site at the peak of summer.
Where is it?
On the south-east shore of Lake Garda at Peschiera del Garda in northern Italy, about 25 to 30 minutes from Verona airport.
Quick facts for families
What the resort is like
Where Bella Italia sits, how it is laid out and what a big, multi-operator campsite means for a week with young children.
Bella Italia is a large, self-contained holiday village rather than a hotel or a simple campsite, run by the Bella Italia Group, one of Italy's largest campsite-hospitality groups, with more than 20 properties across the country. It sits directly on the lake shore at Via Bella Italia 2, just south of Peschiera del Garda, at the south-eastern tip of Lake Garda in the Veneto, which is the most family-dense corner of the lake: the warmest and shallowest water, the closest to Gardaland and the best served by trains. The site spreads back from the lakefront across a sizeable green area, with the pools at the centre and the accommodation zones around them. For the wider lake, its towns and its seasons, see our Lake Garda guide.
The feel is a busy, lively European campsite-resort, the sort popular with German, Dutch and British families, with an entertainment programme running from morning to late evening in season. It is the opposite of a quiet boutique resort, and that is the trade-off to weigh: one Mumsnet parent found it too big for a three-year-old and the walking a strain, while plenty of others on the same thread recommend it warmly. It suits families who want a lot happening on the doorstep, not those after calm countryside.
One thing to understand before you book is that the site is run by several operators at once. Bella Italia itself runs the bungalows, apartments and the on-site hotel, while separate companies such as Eurocamp, Hu Open Air, Roan and Suncamp place their own mobile homes within the same grounds. Everyone shares the aquapark, restaurants and entertainment, so where you book from changes your unit and your spot on the site, not the resort you experience.
Getting around is on foot, by bike or by the land train into Peschiera; there is no golf-buggy shuttle. The site is flat, which Peschiera is known for, so a pushchair rolls easily even though the site itself is large. The bungalow zones are car-free, which parents like for children playing, while the mobile homes have cars parked directly in front. The lakefront, branded Bel Beach, has a small boardwalk running along the front.
Getting there and around
The airports that serve it, why you can leave the hire car behind and how you move around the site and the lake.
Verona (VRN) is the closest airport, about 25 to 30 minutes by road, and Jet2 flies to it direct from Bristol. A private taxi is the quickest door-to-door option if you are not driving, at around €70 each way on a recent stay, noticeably more than the train. Bergamo (BGY), about an hour away, is the budget alternative that families flying Ryanair often use. Venice (VCE) is roughly an hour and a half by road, or 1.5 to 2 hours by direct train from Venice Santa Lucia, and Milan's airports are around 1.5 to 2 hours by road.
You do not need a car here, and a car-free week is easy to do. Peschiera del Garda station is a ten-minute walk from the entrance, on the main Milan to Venice line, with direct trains to Verona in about 20 minutes and on to Venice and Milan. A bus stop on the road outside reaches Gardaland in about 13 minutes, along with the station and Verona, and one family found children travelled free on the buses. From Peschiera port, day ferries serve the lake towns, and a Free Circulation Card buys all-day unlimited ferry travel, which is the pleasant way to reach Sirmione, Lazise, Bardolino, Desenzano or Malcesine. A car or the ferry helps mainly if you want to explore the far western or northern shore.
Around the resort itself, the land train runs into Peschiera roughly hourly in season for a return fare of around €3 to €3.50 for adults and about €2.50 for children, free for under-twos. Families who have used it quote slightly different figures for the exact fare, so check it on arrival. Bike hire is on site through Bella Italia Cycling, with an external hire firm just outside the gate too, and a children's trailer is available. Taxis are not easy to find on the day unless you pre-book. The reception and excursions office arranges lake trips, city tours to Verona, Venice and Milan, days in the Dolomites and tickets for opera at the Verona Arena.
The accommodation, every type
Every resort-direct unit with its official size and how many it sleeps, plus the hotel, the pitches and the operator homes and which suit a family with a baby.
The resort's own units come in three shapes: apartments, one bungalow type and a set of mobile homes, all self-catering with a kitchenette. The price of a direct-booked unit covers the beds, gas, water, electricity and parking for one car, with tourist tax on top and a second car free in the entrance lot. Minimum stay is three nights. The table below is the full resort-direct line-up with official sizes; the guidance after it is which suit a family with young children, and the hotel, camping pitches and operator mobile homes follow.
| Unit | Type | Size | Sleeps | Layout and what’s included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavanda | Apartment | 20 m² | 4 | A compact two-room apartment on the first floor: one double plus a sofa bed, a kitchenette and air conditioning. Bring your own linen or hire it at the desk. |
| Primula | Apartment | 28 m² | 4 | Two rooms: one double, with a sofa bed in the living area, a kitchenette and a furnished terrace. |
| Verbena | Apartment | 28 m² | 6 | Three rooms: one double and a room with two sets of bunk beds, plus a kitchenette. No terrace. |
| Ortensia | Apartment | 37 m² | 6 | Two rooms: a bedroom with a double and a bunk bed, plus a double sofa bed in the living area, which is what takes it to six. Furnished terrace. |
| Glicine | Apartment | 35 m² | 6 | Two rooms: one double and a bunk-bed room, on the ground or first floor. Air conditioning and a safe, with linen and the final clean included. |
| Ibisco | Apartment | 40 m² | 7 | Three rooms: a double bedroom, a room with three single beds and a double sofa bed in the living area, which accounts for the seven. Terrace or balcony, microwave, TV, safe and air conditioning, with linen and the final clean included. |
| Oleandro | Bungalow | 40 m² | 6 | In a car-free zone with its own garden: one double, a room with two singles and a double sofa bed. Microwave, safe and air conditioning, with linen and the final clean included. Some Oleandro bungalows are adapted for guests with disabilities, on request. |
| Girasole | Mobile home | 32 m² | 6 | Three rooms: one double, a room with a single and a bunk bed, plus a one-person sofa bed in the living area. Covered terrace, TV and air conditioning. Bring your own linen or hire it. |
| Girasole Suite | Mobile home | 30 m² | 6 | Four rooms: one double and two rooms of two single beds. Covered terrace, BBQ, toaster and coffee machine, with linen and the final clean included and a baby cot, high chair and stroller included on request. Earlier 3pm check-in. |
| Dalia | Mobile home | 30 m² | 6 | The newest specification, with two bathrooms: one double and two rooms of two single beds. Covered terrace, BBQ and microwave, with linen and the final clean included and a baby cot, high chair and stroller included on request. Earlier 3pm check-in. |
| Iris | Mobile home | 30 m² | 6 | Four rooms: one double, a room with two singles (one a pull-out truckle bed) and a room with a bunk bed. Covered terrace, BBQ, microwave and TV, with linen and the final clean included and a baby cot, high chair and stroller included on request. |
For a family with a baby or toddler, three of the mobile homes stand out because they include a cot, high chair and stroller free on reservation: the Girasole Suite, the Dalia and the Iris. The Girasole Suite and Dalia also have the earlier 3pm check-in, useful with tired children arriving mid-afternoon, and Dalia is the newest, with two bathrooms. The Iris has four rooms, so it gives the most sleeping-room flexibility for two adults and two or three children in a compact footprint. The other units supply the same baby kit on reservation, at €2 a day for each item at 2026 rates.
For outdoor space, the Oleandro bungalow is the pick among the resort-direct units: 40 square metres with its own garden in a car-free zone, which parents value for toddlers playing without cars nearby. For a larger group the Ibisco apartment sleeps seven across three proper sleeping areas. The mobile homes are set close together, with a good deal of mutual overlooking, so the bungalows and larger apartments give more privacy and outdoor room. One thing you cannot control is exactly where your unit sits: the resort assigns accommodation and cannot guarantee a specific spot or location, so being right by the pool or the lake is a matter of luck rather than request.
Linen and the final clean are included in the Oleandro bungalow, the Glicine and Ibisco apartments and the Girasole Suite, Dalia and Iris mobile homes. Every other unit either brings its own linen or hires a set at the desk. At 2026 rates that's €8 for a single set, €11 for a double and €4 for towels, and the final clean is a fixed €30. Safes are built into the Oleandro, Dalia, Ibisco and Glicine, and any guest can rent a safe-deposit box at reception for €2 a day plus a €20 cash deposit.
The on-site Hotel Bella Italia is the option for families who would rather not self-cater. Its 57 rooms each have a balcony, satellite TV, air conditioning, a safe, Wi-Fi and a minibar, and the rate includes buffet breakfast. It has its own outdoor pool with a solarium and an indoor pool, two playgrounds, a lift, an underground garage and a 24-hour reception, and hotel guests use all the shared facilities of the wider site. For very young babies it is also the most equipped: the hotel lists cribs, changing tables, potties, stools, bottle warmers and strollers, which is more than the camping units carry, though sterilisers, stair gates and baby baths are not listed, so pack those if you need them.
Camping pitches for tents, caravans and motorhomes are flat and tree-lined, up to 90 square metres, with a 16 amp/220V power supply, water and drainage and a maximum of six people. Six sanitary blocks serve them, with a nursery section and hot showers, disabled bathrooms, chemical toilets and paid laundry, and camper service is free to all guests. Grills are allowed on the pitch, and pitch access runs from 7am to 11pm.
Operator mobile homes from Eurocamp, Hu Open Air, Roan, Suncamp and others sit within the same site but are booked and run by those companies. They tend to be smaller and a little pricier than the resort's own bungalows, but they are usually closer to the pools and lake, with parking right in front. Linen and any cot or high chair are arranged through the operator and vary, so one family who pre-ordered a cot and high chair through Eurocamp found them waiting in the unit on arrival. Check the exact specification before booking, since some operator models have enclosed decking that is handy for containing a crawling baby.
Booking and site rules worth knowing
Minimum stay is three nights, and the resort assigns your unit, so you cannot guarantee a specific location. Check-in is from 5pm, or 3pm for the Girasole Suite and Dalia, and check-out is by 10am. A refundable €100 cash deposit is taken per unit on arrival at 2026 rates, so keep the receipt. The security barriers close overnight, roughly 11pm to 7am, with a fee for departing during those hours, and quiet hours run in the early afternoon and overnight. If you cancel inside 30 days of arrival the deposit is kept, and the balance is paid on site the day before you leave. Pets aren't allowed, and neither are motorbikes or electric scooters inside the site.
Every restaurant and bar
The four restaurants, the five bars, the takeaway and the shops and where families with young children eat most easily.
There is no all-inclusive here, so food and drink are paid separately, and most families mix cooking in the unit with eating out. Four restaurants, five bars, an ice cream parlour, a fish-and-chips takeaway and an on-site supermarket cover the site.
Locanda Bella Italia is the one families single out. It is the site's pizzeria, and it has a play area right beside it, so children can slide off between courses while the adults finish, which is what makes it the easiest place to eat with young children. Guests report gluten-free pizza and a multilingual allergy menu, with a pizza around €9 and pasta from about €8 to €15 on a recent stay; one family called it the best family meal out they could remember, and a takeaway pizza queue builds most evenings.
Corte Riga serves local and regional Italian food in an old courtyard setting, and reviewers rate it among the two best on site. Le Terrazze is the scenic choice, a Mediterranean menu on a terrace over the lake; it's popular with guests from across the site, so arrive early for a table. Trattoria Bella Italia does local meat dishes in a cosier room. For an evening without a sit-down meal, there is a fish-and-chips and pizza takeaway, with live music at the bar nearby. One family who has eaten at the restaurants across several stays rates them good value and relaxed with children, since most of the tables around you are families doing exactly the same thing.
There are five bars across the site, all serving food and drink, including the named Dolce Vita Bar, and the main stage area is the social hub in the evenings. Alongside them are the Bella Gelati ice cream parlour and a greengrocer with fresh fruit and vegetables, plus a souvenir shop, a bazaar and a newsstand.
For self-catering, the on-site supermarket opens seven days a week and has a bakery. One family who stayed particularly recommends the pistachio croissant, and rotisserie chickens are on hand for an easy dinner without cooking. For a bigger, cheaper shop there is a Lidl about a mile off site, though the on-site shop covers daily essentials fine. The restaurants get busy at peak dinner times, so eating early is the easiest option, especially at Le Terrazze. Many families also walk the lakeside path into Peschiera for dinner, a pleasant ten-minute stroll to the town's restaurants and gelato.
The aquapark and pools
The five-pool aquapark, what to expect for toddlers, the season and the small things to plan around.
The aquapark is the main reason most families book. The resort confirms five swimming pools with water games and slides, and it is the busiest part of the site. Guests describe a lane pool for lengths and stronger swimmers, one or two larger pools with four waterslides between them and a shallow area themed for young children with geysers and water animals to sit and splash among, along with a separate splash feature that sprays. The hotel has its own outdoor pool with a solarium and a separate indoor pool, so a hotel stay adds pools beyond the shared aquapark. A swimming cap is compulsory in the lane pool only, and caps are sold on site for about €2 if you have not brought one.
The resort runs from about April to early November. The pools are not heated, and they open from around Easter to mid-September, at the resort's discretion and weather permitting, so early and late in the season a swim is a bracing one. Sun loungers and umbrellas ring the pools, and in July and August they go early: some families report queueing for them in the morning, while an afternoon arrival or an off-peak week makes them easier to find. Keep young non-swimmers within arm's reach in the water. One thing worth preparing a small child for is the tipping bucket on a couple of the play structures, a large bucket that fills and then drenches everything underneath without warning, which can catch a toddler off guard.
The lake shore
Bel Beach is the resort's own stretch of lakefront, and it is worth setting expectations: despite the "beach" label it is pebble and stone rather than sand, as most of Lake Garda's shore is. Water shoes are essential for anyone going in, since the pebbles are hard underfoot and the lake bottom is rocky. What it gives you is easy lake access a few steps from the units, gentle shallow water on this southern shore that suits toddlers paddling and the ducks and swans that every family with young children seems to remember. Parasols and deckchairs are for hire, there is a small boardwalk along the front and pedalos nearby. The lake is warm enough for most to swim from about the middle of June.
Babies and toddlers
How the resort works with the youngest children, the gap in childcare and the kit that helps, then everything there is to do.
There is no crèche, nursery or club for children under four anywhere on the site, and no babysitting, which is the most important thing for a family with a baby or toddler to weigh. The Mini Club starts at age 4, so an under-four is with a parent throughout. This is a large campsite-resort rather than a purpose-built family hotel, and if daytime childcare or an evening to yourselves is what you need, that is the clear gap here. The Mini Club runs for ages 4 to 11, with cooking, crafts, baby dances, games and sports, and a Junior Club covers 12 to 16. In 2026 the programme runs Basic from 2 April to 8 May and again from 19 September to 1 November, Full from 9 May to 19 September and Full+ at the peak, 27 June to 29 August. Reported hours are 10am to midday and 3pm to 5pm, and children are given an identity wristband with a contact number. Whether the Mini Club is included or charged separately isn't confirmed, so check when you book.
The nightly mini-disco through the main season is a real draw for younger children rather than just background entertainment. Beyond that, the youngest are catered for through kit rather than clubs. Baby cots, high chairs and strollers come free on reservation in the Girasole Suite, Dalia and Iris mobile homes, and for a small daily charge in the other units. The on-site hotel is the most equipped of all, listing cribs, changing tables, potties, stools, bottle warmers and strollers, and the camping sanitary blocks include a nursery section with hot showers.
On feeding, there is no set children's mealtime, and the restaurants are relaxed with children. Self-catering is the simplest route with a baby: a kitchenette in most units, plus the supermarket and greengrocer for essentials, lets you prepare food you know is safe, and hotel guests have bottle warmers. The site is flat, so a pushchair rolls well and the lakeside path into Peschiera takes one easily, but it is a large site, so a pushchair is essential rather than optional for a child who cannot yet walk far.
On siteThings to do
Beyond the aquapark there is a lot to fill a day. The official sports list runs to stand-up paddleboarding, water aerobics, body fitness, beach volleyball, basketball, football, archery, tennis and table tennis, with guests also mentioning canoeing and yoga. The daily schedule, and any charges, live on the resort app and at reception, so check there on arrival rather than assuming everything's included.
The entertainment programme is one of the resort's strengths, building through the season from a lighter spring and autumn schedule to a full summer one. Evenings bring baby dances, theme nights and staged shows on a main outdoor stage, from a fire-breathing Aladdin with fireworks over the lake to a Greatest Showman sing-along and acrobatic displays, with seating set aside for children at the front. There are three themed playgrounds, Bel Junior Park, Bel Park and Bel Action Park, an inflatable play area and a small amusement park, along with trampolines with harnesses at set times and an amusement arcade.
Cycling is a highlight, with bike hire on site and a children's trailer available. The flat, traffic-free Mincio Cycleway runs 28 miles (45 km) from Peschiera to Mantua and is suitable for families, and the shorter lakeside path to Lazise, about 7 miles (12 km), is a scenic family ride. The Risorgive Cycle Path, 22 miles (35 km) from the Mincio to the Adige, and the Sirmione Wine Route, 20 miles (32 km) through the Lugana vineyards, are longer options for keener cyclists. Boat rental and a slipway are on site, the excursions office books lake trips and city tours, and the land train runs into Peschiera. The resort also hosts youth football camps and tournaments through the year.
Practical on-site services round it out: there is a medical service and a chemist, a hairdresser, a fitness area and a paid massage area at the hotel, an ATM, a mailbox and a laundrette. The full daily programme of clubs, sports and shows lives on the resort app, which you download on arrival.
The area and days out
One of the most family-dense corners of Italy, with a theme park, a Roman city and a string of lake towns all within easy reach.
Peschiera del Garda itself is a ten-minute walk or a land-train ride away: a flat, walled Venetian town, pram-friendly along the lakeside path, with restaurants, gelato, a daily market and a pleasant evening feel. Its fortifications are UNESCO-listed. The excursions office can book most of what follows.
Gardaland, Italy's largest theme park, is about a mile away, roughly 13 minutes by bus or cycleable, though not walkable with young children. It has a Peppa Pig Land, though it is a small one, about three rides and a meet-and-greet rather than anything on the scale of Paultons, so keep that in mind if that is the draw. The same complex has a SEA LIFE aquarium and a LEGOLAND Water Park. Gardaland uses dynamic online pricing, with one-day adult tickets from around €44 online (last checked 2026), cheaper the earlier you book and well under the gate price, and children under 90cm go free, so book online ahead rather than paying on the day. Caneva Aquapark and Movieland sit nearby too.
Verona is about 30 minutes by car or a 20-minute direct train: the Roman Arena, Juliet's Balcony and the piazzas, plus a Children's Museum full of science and water play that makes a full family day and needs booking ahead. Sirmione, around 25 minutes by car or a ferry ride, has the dramatic Scaligero Castle, the Aquaria thermal baths, Jamaica Beach (a flat limestone ledge into clear water where water shoes are essential) and Spiaggia delle Bionde, a quieter pebbly beach nearby; it gets very crowded in July and August, so an early or ferry approach helps, and it is about 6 miles (10 km) by bike.
Closer lake towns make gentler half-days. Lazise, 10 to 20 minutes by bike, ferry or bus, has a lakeside promenade with a playground, medieval walls and a few of the lake's rare sandy lido areas. Bardolino, about 15 minutes the same ways, is a relaxed wine village with a promenade and boat hire. Further up the lake, the Monte Baldo cable car from Malcesine, about 45 to 50 minutes by ferry or car, climbs in rotating cabins to around 1,780m for wide views, and is best booked ahead in peak season. The Island of Garda, 30 to 40 minutes by ferry, opens its Venetian villa and gardens to guided tours.
Inland, Parco Natura Viva near Bussolengo, about 20 minutes by car, is a safari park and zoo for a full animal day, the Aquardens thermal park near Verona is a large family water park, and the Sigurtà Gardens at Valeggio sul Mincio, around 20 minutes, are among Italy's most visited. Venice is doable as a day trip, 1.5 to 2 hours by direct train, though it suits ages four and up: its stepped bridges are hard work with a pushchair.
Loves and gripes
What families rate and what frustrates them, how it compares with the other Lake Garda parks, what the ratings say and the weather by month.
What families love
- The location: direct lakefront, walkable to Peschiera, minutes from Gardaland and the train.
- The aquapark, the biggest single draw for children.
- The Mini Club and the nightly mini-disco.
- The value of self-catering, with the units, the supermarket and affordable restaurants keeping a week down.
- The Locanda pizzeria with its adjacent play area.
- Using it as a base for days out, with Gardaland, Verona, Sirmione and even Venice reachable without a car.
- The lively European campsite atmosphere, for families who enjoy that.
- The morning pastries from the on-site bakery.
Common gripes
- Crowding at the pools and sunbeds in July and August.
- Mobile homes set close together, with mutual overlooking.
- Wi-Fi limited to certain areas, and one account of being charged.
- A large site that is hard going for a non-walking toddler without a pushchair.
- No guarantee of where your unit sits, since the resort assigns it.
- The tipping bucket that can upset a small child.
How it compares
Around Peschiera, Del Garda Village is the nearest like-for-like, a similar-sized Eurocamp park that reviewers find more spacious, with villa-style units of two en-suite bedrooms; Bella Italia wins on direct lakefront, Gardaland proximity and the breadth of its entertainment. Camping Village Butterfly is the obvious step down for families who find Bella Italia too big and lively: smaller and quieter, near Gardaland, with a small beach. Camping Village Cisano San Vito, between Bardolino and Lazise, is the closest lower-key rival, a slightly quieter version of the same Eurocamp campsite-resort holiday with its own lake access and pools.
For toddler-safe water above all, hu Altomincio Village inland is often praised for a very shallow, soft-bottomed pool, though it needs a car and gives up the lake; Bella Italia keeps the lake access and the train and ferry links. For a more hotel-style stay, Sisan Family Resort, a Bella Italia Group sister on the east shore, is quieter and apartment-based. If Gardaland is the main reason for the trip, the park's own Magic and Adventure hotels put you at the gates, where Bella Italia is the stronger base for the lake and flexible days out.
What the ratings sayWhat families say
Bella Italia is listed and well reviewed on Booking.com, and it's one of Eurocamp's most popular Lake Garda parks. The families who have written it up at length are consistently warm about it, rating the location, the aquapark and the value highly. Its TripAdvisor score sits lower, around 3 out of 5, which is worth knowing rather than smoothing over. The friction that comes up most across every account is the crowding and scale at the peak of summer, when the pools and sunbeds fill early, and that is a fair thing to weigh, though the reviews do not pin the score to any single cause. Read a spread of recent reviews for your own dates, and where you can, from families travelling at the same time of year as you.
When to goWeather
Peschiera sits at the warmest, most sheltered end of Lake Garda, milder than the plains behind it and calmer than the windier northern tip. The figures below are long-term averages for the south shore. June and September are the easiest months with young children: warm days in the mid to high twenties, a lake warm enough to paddle and fewer crowds and lower prices than the peak. July and August are hot, often around 30°C, with heatwaves that can push past 35°C, and the fullest weeks of the year, and the south shore has tiger mosquitoes at their worst in summer, so pack repellent and cover small children's arms and legs in the evenings. Rainfall doesn't vary hugely through the season, from around 62mm in June to around 75mm in August, so no month is reliably dry. The pools are not heated, so April, May and October are for the towns and day trips more than the water.
| Month | Daytime high | Overnight low | Rain | Wet days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7° | -0.5° | 44 mm | 6 |
| February | 10° | 0° | 38 mm | 5 |
| March | 15° | 3.5° | 42 mm | 5 |
| April | 19° | 7.5° | 67 mm | 8 |
| May | 24° | 13° | 70 mm | 8 |
| June | 28.5° | 17° | 62 mm | 7 |
| July | 30.5° | 19° | 67 mm | 5 |
| August | 30.5° | 18.5° | 75 mm | 6 |
| September | 25.5° | 14.5° | 75 mm | 6 |
| October | 19.5° | 10° | 65 mm | 7 |
| November | 13° | 4.5° | 87 mm | 8 |
| December | 8° | 0.5° | 64 mm | 8 |
Typical monthly averages from weather-station records.
Questions
The things families ask most, the official pages worth a bookmark and when this guide was last refreshed.
Is there any childcare for a child under four?
No. The Mini Club starts at age 4, there is no crèche or nursery for younger children and no babysitting on site, so an under-four is with you the whole time. The way most parents get an evening is the unit itself: pick a mobile home or apartment with a separate bedroom so you can settle young children and still have the living room once they are asleep.
Which units come with a baby cot and high chair included?
The Girasole Suite, Dalia and Iris mobile homes include a cot, high chair and stroller free on reservation. Choosing one of those three saves the hire fee if you would rather not pack a travel cot. The other units supply the same kit on reservation for a small daily charge.
Do we need to hire a car?
No, and most families here manage without one. The station is a ten-minute walk with direct trains to Verona, Venice and Milan, ferries run from Peschiera port to the lake towns, a bus outside reaches Gardaland in about 13 minutes and there is bike hire on site. The one time you might wish you had wheels is a run of days on the quieter western or northern shore, which the ferry reaches more slowly.
Is it a sandy beach?
No. Bel Beach is pebble and stone, so water shoes are a must for anyone going in the water. If your children have set their heart on sand, the lidos at Lazise, a short bike, bus or ferry ride away, have some of the lake's rare sandy stretches; on site it is paddling and stone-throwing on the shore.
Is the Mini Club included in the price?
Whether it is included or charged separately isn't confirmed, so check when you book and don't count on a free kids' club when you weigh Bella Italia against an all-inclusive. The club only takes children from four, so it will not cover a toddler either way.
When is the best time to go with young children?
June or September. Both give warm days and a lake warm enough to paddle, with far fewer people than July and August, when the pools and sunbeds fill early. If swimming is the whole point, avoid the edges of the season: the pools run only from around Easter to mid-September, and the lake is chilly before mid-June. The month by month detail is in the weather section below.
Can we rely on the Wi-Fi?
Treat it as patchy. The official position is free Wi-Fi in certain areas rather than across the whole site, and one guest reported being charged for it, so if you need a reliable connection for work, check what is available at reception when you check in.
Can a coeliac or gluten-free child eat here?
The Locanda pizzeria is the one families point to, with gluten-free pizza and a multilingual allergy menu reported by guests. Beyond that, a kitchenette in most units plus the on-site supermarket and greengrocer let you prepare food you know is safe, which is often the simplest route with a very young child.
Should we book direct or through an operator like Eurocamp?
The resort’s own bungalows and apartments tend to be more spacious and a little cheaper, in car-free zones towards the back of the site. Operator mobile homes from Eurocamp, Hu Open Air and others are usually smaller and pricier but closer to the pools and lake, with parking right in front; linen and any cot or high chair are arranged through the operator and vary, so check the specification before you book.
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Open the Camping Bella Italia photo gallery →Useful links
- Camping Bella Italia: the resort's own site for accommodation, the aquapark, the Mini Club and what is included.
- GOV.UK Italy travel advice: entry rules and safety updates before you travel.
- Lake Garda with little ones: our guide to the wider lake, its towns and when to go.
Last updated 13 July 2026.
