Parque Orbitur Gala

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Swimming pool
Both pools
Swimming pool
Swimming pool

  • Forest site 400 metres from the beach
  • With outdoor pool, tennis courts, restaurant, bar and car wash
  • A 10-minute drive to Figueira da Foz; 40 minutes to Coimbra
Fancy some forest pitching up near a Portuguese beach? Park your gear at Parque Orbitur Gala, near Figueira da Foz. The splendid lengthy sands – and popular surfing/bodyboarding spot – of Cova Gala are within walking distance of the park at 400 metres away, and the site is in the centre of Lavos forest and close to Serra Gorda mountain for outdoor options on days when you're not at the beach. And it's all a few kilometres north of Figueira da Foz and another splendid beach in its 2km stretch. Parque Orbitur Gala is properly equipped with plenty of facilities and amenities, such as an outdoor pool, tennis courts, a sports court, table tennis, playground and even a car wash; food is sorted at the supermarket and the restaurant and bar with terrace. Parque Orbitur Gala also has coin-operated washing machines, a service point and three shower and loo blocks.

Campground type

Tent sites 100
Caravan sites 50
RV & Motorhome sites 50
Lodges, cabins, pods or huts 60
Caravans for hire 17
Open all year
Opens

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Your dog must be tattooed or microchipped.
  • The campground/park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro) and/or any of the following: Staffordshire bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Rottweiler, any Mastiff or Tosa.
  • The outdoor swimming pool is open between 12/04 and 05/10 (subject to weather conditions).
  • The restaurant is open between 12/04 and 14/09.
  • Entertainment and activities are available between 01/07 and 01/09.
  • The grocery shop is open between 01/01 and 31/12.
  • Dogs are not allowed if you are staying in the accommodation units.
  • The bar is open between 01/01 and 31/12.
  • Free wifi is only available in the television room, restaurant and bar.

Languages spoken

English

French

Portuguese

This site is a member of Orbitur group.

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Reviews

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68% would recommend this campground to a friend

68% would stay here again

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Arrival date (latest first)

Excellent campsite! Very clean facilities, friendly staff and always available. The spaces…

Overall 10/10

Location
10
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
10
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
10
Rui B.

Boogie cabin

Liked Excellent campsite! Very clean facilities, friendly staff and always available. The spaces for tents and caravans are level and comfortable. The location is great, close to the beach, with security on site and various activities available. Peaceful and well-kept environment. I highly recommend it!

Disliked There were no negative points about our stay

Good facilities, pitches too small for largish caravan.

Overall 7/10

Location
8
Value for money
7
Accommodation
9
Facilities / Activities
10
Customer service
6
Child friendliness
9
Cleanliness
8
Wifi
2
Keith W.

Powered gravel site

Liked It's a large site with nice easy access from the road, barriers at the entrance, reasonable cafe and supermarket.
English was spoken at reception and everything was reasonabley straightforward booking in. The access to the beach is very easy and the beach is absolutely huge and completely deserted when we were there early June. Bathroom facilities were good though no toilet paper down the toilet!! Also car wash out of action which was a shame as car desperately needed a clean.
Didn't use the pool or other leisure facilities but they looked good.

Disliked Large site very small pitches as usual, not really room for largish caravan, sunshade and car. A lot of the pitches looked fairly run down but maybe they will be improved as the main season gets closer. We were allocated a pitch but someone was already on it! It also wasn't anywhere near long enough for the caravan, turns out that though you are allocated a pitch number it is really a free for all and the number means nothing! The barrier on the entrance is manually controlled so you can end up unable to get in as there is no one there to open. We got caught for several minutes on one occasion, not sure what happens when reception closed (20:00 I think) probably need to go and find someone in the bar assuming that it is still open.

Really enjoyed, and cannot recommend enough.

Overall 8/10

Location
10
Value for money
8
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
8
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
No rating
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
6
Anonymous

Powered gravel site

Liked So close to beach. Superb shower facilities so clean. Beautiful swimming pool (sadly stayed during severe coastal event warning) so didn’t get chance to use. Despite really bad weather at times - reasonable sheltered and well drained pitches. Really lovely helpful nice staff.
Seek out the free pedestrian ferry to Foz as only 30 minutes walk(could do on bike easy) from camp and excellent. Foz well worth a visit especially up beach front to Buarcos and sardines at Mar di Vista and ice cream at San Remo!

Disliked Struggling to think of anything. Maybe that restaurant not open and shop not fully stocked but not high season so understand.

Excellent facilities with friendly staff and exceptionally clean shower blocks - would…

Overall 10/10

Location
10
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
10
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
10
John F.

Powered gravel site

Liked Excellent facilities with friendly staff and exceptionally clean shower blocks - would definitely recommend using this site.

Grand camping avec tout le confort et accès à la plage

Overall 10/10

Location
8
Value for money
8
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
No rating
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Cleanliness
10
Wifi
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Melanie C.

Powered gravel site

Liked Camping faisant partie d'une chaîne donc bien équipé (douches avec eau chaude, toilettes avec papier, éviers pour vaisselle avec eau chaude...), accès à l eau sur les emplacements
Machine à laver 6€ et sèche linge 6€ pour 1h
Accès à la plage direct

Disliked Un peu cher (presque 30€ par jour en mars pour 1 caravane 2 personnes et 1 chien)
Voie rapide et zone industrielle à côté
Wifi uniquement à l accueil

From the manager: Vos commentaires sont toujours très importants pour nous afin d'améliorer la qualité de nos prestations et de nos services. Nous nous excusons des inconvénients rencontrés et espérons avoir le plaisir de vous recevoir à nouveau !

Everything no complaints Cleanliness curtious helpful staff all things working in…

Overall 10/10

Location
10
Value for money
10
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No rating
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8
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10
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No rating
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10
Wifi
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Anonymous

Powered gravel site

Liked Everything no complaints
Cleanliness curtious helpful staff all things working in place explained to first rate

Disliked Nothing

From the manager: We are glad that you enjoyed your stay with us. We appreciate your interest in our campsite and hope to welcome you back soon. We wish you good health!

Location and cleanliness of the facilities.…

Overall 8/10

Location
10
Value for money
10
Accommodation
8
Facilities / Activities
8
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
6
Anonymous

Boogie cabin

Liked Location and cleanliness of the facilities.

From the manager: Adoramos saber que gostou da sua estada connosco.

Agradecemos a preferência e esperamos voltar a ter o prazer da sua visita em breve.

Votos de boa saúde!

Perfect spot, walking distance to beach

Overall 10/10

Location
10
Value for money
10
Accommodation
10
Facilities / Activities
10
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
10
VENITA D.

Powered gravel site

Liked We loved everything ~ clean bathrooms, very neat park area, fantastic reveption staff. Small shop on site. A special thanks to the young man at reception for helping us with the scooters and maps to go to town. We think his name is Tiago.

Muy cerca de la playa y muy limpio…

Overall 10/10

Location
10
Value for money
6
Accommodation
6
Facilities / Activities
10
Customer service
10
Child friendliness
10
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
10
Anonymous

Powered gravel site

Liked Muy cerca de la playa y muy limpio

Good stopover

Overall 6/10

Location
6
Value for money
4
Accommodation
8
Facilities / Activities
8
Customer service
2
Child friendliness
No rating
Cleanliness
10
Wifi
No rating
Hayley M.

Powered gravel site

Liked Good toilet block and pleasant park

Disliked Receptionist tried to not provide power site even though I had booked one, had to show her the booking, she was pretty dismissive bordering on rude. Can walk to beach but it was extremely windy and dangerous waves, I would not swim there


Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundry Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Rallies welcome Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Peaceful

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump point Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Large (51-200 sites)

Nearby leisure

Fishing nearby

Location

Parque Orbitur Gala

EN109

Km-marker 4

Gala

Figueira da Foz

Figueira da Foz

Portugal

3090-458

Directions

Timezone

Europe/Lisbon +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

40.11852°N
8.85636°W

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

After a day at Cova Gala's sands/sea, find Figueira da Foz for a day on its beach followed by dinner at one of the many restaurants or pavement cafés among its old streets (the casino in town is pretty popular too). The Sierra da Boa Viagem mountain range is three kilometres north of the town for nature spotters and hikers. The ancient city of Coimbra is about 55km from Parque Orbitur Gala, dating back to Roman times and awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 2013 for its rather magnificent old buildings. Spend at least a couple of days here if that's what you're into: highly recommended sights to see are the university baroque library, its rising Upper Town and its twelfth century Sé Velha cathedral. Coimbra's Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro/National Museum Machado de Castro is built on the old Roman forum; more Roman history is at Conímbriga, one of the biggest Roman excavations ever unearthed in Portugal and still the best preserved.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020201920182017
Cova-Gala 1.5 km Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Cabedelo Sul 2.3 km Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent
Cabedelo 2.9 km Estuary ExcellentGoodGoodGood
Praia Do Forte 3.3 km Estuary GoodN/AN/APoor
Costa De Lavos 3.5 km Sea ExcellentExcellentExcellentExcellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Offers

Conditions apply - see site type section for details

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

Frequently asked questions

  • Does Parque Orbitur Gala have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Parque Orbitur Gala dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Parque Orbitur Gala? After a day at Cova Gala's sands/sea, find Figueira da Foz for a day on its beach followed by dinner at one of the many restaurants or pavement cafés among its old … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Parque Orbitur Gala?
    Camping and caravan
    Arrive:  3 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  2 p.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  4 p.m. –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Parque Orbitur Gala? From $51.97 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.