Alan Rogers Awards – Results 2012
The Alan Rogers Campsite Awards were launched in 2004 and have proved a great success.
Our awards have a broad scope and before committing to our winners, we carefully consider more than 2,000 campsites featured in our guides, taking into account comments from our site assessors, our head office team and, of course, our readers.
Our award winners come from the four corners of Europe, from southern Portugal to Croatia, and this year we are making awards to campsites in 10 different countries.
Needless to say, it’s an extremely difficult task to choose our eventual winners, but we believe that we have identified a number of campsites with truly outstanding characteristics.
In each case, we have selected an outright winner, along with two highly commended runners-up. Listed below are full details of each of our award categories and our winners for 2012.
Alan Rogers Progress Award 2012
This award reflects the hard work and commitment undertaken by particular site owners to improve and upgrade their site.
Winner
UK0970 Cofton Country Holidays - England
Runners-up
FR86010 Castel Camping Le Petit Trianon - France
CR6765 Camping Kovacine - Croatia
Alan Rogers Welcome Award 2012
This award takes account of sites offering a particularly friendly welcome and maintaining a friendly ambience throughout readers’ holidays.
Winner
ES80330 Camping Las Palmeras - Spain
Runners-up
FR29180 Camping Les Embruns - France
IT60280 Camping Vela Blu - Italy
Alan Rogers Active Holiday Award 2012
This award reflects sites in outstanding locations which are ideally suited for active holidays, notably walking or cycling, but which could extend to include such activities as winter sports or watersports.
Winner
DE3003 Camping Wulfener Hals - Germany
Runners-up
IT62030 Caravan Park Sexten - Italy
AU0065 Camping Seehof - Austria
Alan Rogers Innovation Award 2012
Our Innovation Award acknowledges campsites with creative and original concepts, possibly with features which are unique, and cannot therefore be found elsewhere. We have identified innovation both in campsite amenities and also in rentable accommodation.
Winner
NL6470 Camping de Papillon - Netherlands
Runners-up
FR85625 Camping Les Moulins - France
ES92120 Camping Monte Holiday - Spain
Alan Rogers Small Campsite Award 2012
This award acknowledges excellent small campsites (less than 75 pitches) which offer a friendly welcome and top quality amenities throughout the season to their guests.
Winner
FR58040 Camping l’Etang de la Fougeraie - France
Runners-up
UK0115 Tehidy Holiday Park - England
CZ4896 Camping Country - Czech Republic
Alan Rogers Seaside Award 2012
This award is made for sites which we feel are outstandingly suitable for a really excellent seaside holiday.
Winner
IT60450 Camping Marina di Venezia - Italy
Runners-up
FR64060 Camping le Pavillon Royal - France
PO8202 Turiscampo -Portugal
Alan Rogers Country Award 2012
This award contrasts with our former award and acknowledges sites which are attractively located in delightful, rural locations.
Winner
FR74140 Camping Les Dômes de Miage - France
Runners-up
UK0710 Hidden Valley Touring Park - England
NL5823 Camping Waalstrand - Netherlands
Alan Rogers Family Site Award 2012
Many sites claim to be child friendly but this award acknowledges the sites we feel to be the very best in this respect.
Winner
IT60200 Camping Union Lido Vacanze - Italy
Runners-up
NL6710 Recreatiepark de Achterste Hoef - Netherlands
ES85400 Camping La Torre del Sol - Spain
Alan Rogers Readers’ Award 2012
We believe our Readers’ Award to be the most important. We simply invite our readers (by means of an on-line poll at www.alanrogers.com) to nominate the site they enjoyed most.
Winner
FR85150 Camping La Yole - France
Alan Rogers Special Award 2012
A Special Award is made to campsites which have suffered a very significant setback and have not only returned to their former condition, but can fairly be considered to be even better than before. In 2012 we acknowledge a Spanish campsite which suffered a devastating forest fire and we feel is a worthy recipient of this award.