Traveling with a dog in a camper van
Meet Paca, the van-loving dog Hi! My name is Paca and I am the pet of a family that has a camper van rental company in Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain: Caracolvan. Since I was a puppy, I have traveled in a van. I have my own space reserved behind the seat of my owners, Nacho and Ainhoa. During the trip, I love to look out the window or nap, and when we stop, they always take me with them to the beach or the mountains. In this article, I am going to tell you everything you need to know about [...]
Sticking their horns out into the sun
It seems that the time has come to think about going out. After more than two months things are changing and we can now afford the luxury of making plans for when ‘this’ leaves our bodies and heads free. We can almost start to make our holiday dreams come true. At Caracolvan we have also been ‘standing still’, worried and bewildered by what was happening. The camper vans were in the shed, March, April, May... missing a spring. But here we are, starting to stick our horns out in the sun, like snails with the first rains. Our camper vans [...]
Caracolvan Camper cleaning protocol
At Caracolvan we have always taken the cleaning of our rental camper vans and all their equipment very seriously. When a Camper returns from a rental, our team starts its work following and extending the cleaning protocol foreseen by the administration for these cases in the Covid-19 crisis. Bodywork cleaning Outside our facilities, the bodywork is washed with pressurised water, soap and a telescopic brush. Completely emptying the grey water tank (which must already be emptied by the customer) and sanitising it with a specific product for this purpose. After the Covid-19 crisis, we disinfect with special attention the most [...]
Vw T2 Camper and Caracolvan at "20 minutes"
Usually the newspapers talk about news, more or less fortunate, but the VW T2 Kombi is unusual protagonist of them. After its recent cessation of production (December 2013 in Brazil) the legendary VW van has taken the limelight once more. This time it has been in the monthly supplement of the free newspaper "20 Minutes" where Lucía Burbano makes an interesting story about our beloved Volkswagen T2, Kombi or Bulli. Vw Camper Spirit There we will see that this van Vw has gone from being a vehicle to directly become a myth, it is more important [...]
How to wash clothes when travelling in a van in Spain
Sometimes when we make routes longer than a week, we cannot package clothes for every day, because the space in our camper is limited, and we have to resort to wash the clothes that we can carry. But the van has no washing machine, what could we do? We are going to give you several options to solve this problem, from the most basic to the craziest we have found in forums for campers. Where do you wash your clothes? We will focus on the area of ​​Cádiz to tell you about local sites and then other solutions for [...]
The weather in Andalusia in April
When we decide to travel with our camper to Spain, one of the aspects that we care most is the place we are going to go and especially the time that we will find. In order to help you, we have decided to explain how the weather normally in Andalusia and specifically in April, a month as you will observe, perfect to travel in camper to Andalusia (we also recommend that you take a look at this guide : "Road Trip for Andalusia"). In general in Andalusia, we enjoy a temperate Mediterranean climate, in which summers are dry and [...]
VW Camper Van Show in Spain 2015
If you're the lucky owner of a Volkswagen Camper van you had to hear about the Vw California meeting 'Come with your van' that each year given appointment at beginning of summer at Camping la Ballena Alegre of Sant Pere Pescador, Girona, Spain. If you do not have a van, but you like to have it, or you are thinking in a Campervan hire, surely you've also heard something about the Vw Campers Show most important of the year in Spain. And better, if you're one of the 3,000 fond of this Campervans who attended for the twelfth time the [...]
Cadiz is dressed of Carnival
The Carnival is celebrated in the streets of Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain from 4 to 14 February 2016. During these ten days the streets of Cadiz are filled with people and the famous satirical songs become protagonists, singing with grace and sarcasm events more well-known from this past year... The Festival is crowded the first Saturday of Carnival, on 5 February, when thousands of people attend from all points of Spain to one of the more famous Carnival of the peninsula. The stranger that day is one that does not go disguised and does not enjoy the festivities through the [...]
