San Remo - Italian Riviera

Following the downpours in Tenero we had no choice but to head south for the sun. All forecasts were saying that the coast was the only guarantee of good summer weather. Therefore we made the long drive from Locarno on Maggiore to San Remo on the Italian Riviera. We had located the site in our "101 Best Seaside Campsites" by Alan Rogers. With the sat nav set we approached San Remo on the coatal motorway set high up in the mountains, while driving I asked Sue to call the campsite to say we were nearly there and were told they we suddenly fully booked! Not sure what to do we missed the turn and carried on towards Monaco, I asked the Sat Nav to find nearest campsite and we followed the route off the motorway and onto a TINY winding hairpin ally leading from the Motorway to the coast! Our 8m Van only just inched around the tight brick wall enclosed hairpins and then near the bottom we became lodged against a hedge with about 6 cars unable to pass coming up the hill!!!!  Sue got out and suggested they fold their mirrors and with a lout of Italian shouting and swearing they managed to pass and we found our way to the suggested campsite..... the same bloody one that was full....   Anyway the was a handy Aire next door so we parked overnight and got onto a fabulous pitch next to the sea the following morning. Great location loads of sun and fantastic bike trails all along the coast. Highly recommended.