NEWS
Open from 15/03/2012 until 31/10/2012 with complete services
Camping Aquarius winner of the “Alan Rogers Welcome Award 2011”

Each year Alan Rogers’ professional inspectors check out a great number of campsites throughout Europe and only the best sites get to be published in their Campsite Guide. Thus it is extremely difficult to win one of the much appreciated “Alan Rogers Awards”!

For this reason we announce with great honour and joy that Camping Aquarius has received the Alan Rogers Welcome Award 2011.

The photograph shows Markus Rupp, owner of Camping Aquarius receiving the award at the 2012 tradefair “Vakantiebeurs” held in Utrecht, in January

We have been rewarded for our excellence in kind service and select environment:

The footnote on the award reads: “Aquarius is a prominent family campsite and its situation is optimal for discovering the Costa Brava. It’s a consolidated and appreciated family business in which an especially attentive welcome is given to the guests, besides offering excellent amenities”.

For us, this award is both a recognition and incentive. As Philip Rosenthal said: "who stops improving, ceases to be good".

We will be happy to welcome all our guests in the sense of this "Welkom Award" also in this year 2012!
Restaurant Aquarius voted#1

The "Camping and Caravanning Club of Great Britain" voted our Restaurant first of their list of the 10 best Restaurants in Campings all through Europe!
It is a great joy for us to see rewarded the constant effort of our Restaurant team to create a homely atmosphere, at the same time offering friendly service , value for money and good quality.
In their magazin "Carefree Family" the prestige club makes a special point mentioning the relaxed surroundings and the situation amongst privileged cultural and natural surrounding.
A very succesfull annual Rally is hold on Aquarius by the Camping and Caravaning Club, where participants enjoy thoroughly of all offered activities and services.

www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/spain/

QUESTIONNAIRE Raffle 2011: 3 Free Stays on Camping Aquarius!

This is what all our customers had been waiting for: the raffle of three free stays on our campsite we had promised! 

During Christmas holidays we extracted three questionnaires out of hundreds you have posted during the last season. And the winners are:

Family P. Wrage fromMönchengladbach– Germany
Family C. Soler fromBarcelona– Spain
Family B. van Rens fromVenlo – Holland


We process the questionnaires on a weekly basis during the season in order to adopt immediately the necessary measures. That’s why we want to thank our customers for their contribution to enhance our service and turn your stay into a real relaxed holiday.
The high total average of 9,01 points (upon a max. of 10) proves your high level of satisfaction, again higher than the preceding year!

We’re looking forward to know your feedback in 2012
It's our birthday! 
2012 Camping Aquarius celebrates it's 40th aniversary

Founded by the Rupp family in 1972, this campsite is now owned and managed in second generation by Markus Rupp and his wife Michaela.
We invite you to celebrate with us!

PHOTO COMPETITION "40 YEAR AQUARIUS" 

After 40 years we are proud to say that Aquarius has the highest number of regular guests of all the surrounding camp sites, a fact that speaks for itself. ¬ – Our customers speak for us!

And that is exactly what we would like to ask of you. It doesn’t matter if you visit our camping once or a couple of times or if you stay with us the past 30 years, you will probably have a couple of striking, funny or artistic photos lying around somewhere, is it not? If so, then now is the time that you let your photos speak about what Camping Aquarius is all about!

Participate with our photo competition for our anniversary and send your favourite photos to:
fotos40@aquarius.es

Per family you can send only one photo per category (of about 1MB). Please mention your first and last name, (if possible, your client number) and a simple list per photo of: the title of the photo – which category – in which year the photo was taken.

Send your pictures in at the very latest at: March, 15th 2012

You will be able to see the photos here:
https://profiles.google.com/102748899031053218444/photos
The funniest, most remarkable and beautiful pictures will be shown during the whole season on our touchscreen pillars and also on our information website:
www.campingaquarius.es


Prices will be given in the following
categories:

• Now this is camping! (in tent, caravan....)
• On the beach
• Children on Aquarius
• Activities (sport, excursions, entertainment...)
• Facilities (in the restaurant, supermarket, wash facilities, the gardens...)
• The friendly Aquarius staff 
• Special and peculiar (entertaining, unbelievable…)

The
prices you can win per category are:

- Third price: a bottle of Aquarius-winewith special anniversary label
- Second price: a discount coupon of 40% in Aquarius Supermarket
- First price: a dinner in the restaurant of Aquarius
- Extra price for the best photo of all, the absolute winner: a free stay of 3 nights on Camping Aquarius.

(By sending one or more photos for his competition you automatically give permission to Camping Aquarius to use them for its website and other websites (like Facebook, Picassa Webalbums, etctera.) as also for publications in print.)
Also in 2012 children FREE!
Camping Aquarius is a quiet family campsite situated on a very children-safe beach. As you might know, our efforts always aim to satisfy our little customers: two big playgrounds, ping-pong hall, kett-karts for rent, the “Skippy Playcenter” for the smallest – for parents to have a holiday too  --, and an entertainment and activities program for all ages: from making craftworks to a mini disco, as well as excursions to the horse riding club among others. Not to forget the family cabins and baby tubs in our bathrooms or the “Skippy Menu” at the restaurant.

Again in 2012 we want to come closer to the families. That’s why during the next season (except from June 23rd to August 31st) children up to 12 years are FREE on Aquarius!

In one sentence: families with children are very welcome!
NEW BOOKING PHONE NUMBER
We offer our customers a new phone number exclusively for RESERVATIONS of pitches or rental accommodation at Camping Aquarius.
We still recommend booking first in writing through the appropriate forms on our website
www.aquarius.es or e-mail reservas@aquarius.es.
However for maximum comfort and service guarantee from now the phone number + 34 972 52 01 01 is also available to you for any follow-up questions regarding your reservation.

NEW! GPS with bikeroutes to lend

For all our adventurous clientswho want to explore (even more) the beautiful surrounding of the Empordà, Camping Aquarius offers them a handy tool for exploration. From this season on we lend out GPS’s (with a deposit of 50 EUR) with already preloaded biking and hiking tracks in the proximity of the campsite or further away, e.g. in the Pyrenees.

The GPS’s(with or without universal bike mount) are available in the reception. Pre-loaded are 11 easy cycle tracks in the region surrounding the camping. To see which routes these are, you can look over here. It is also possible to use other tracks, like the ones on our Wikiloc-page. Or you can look for other tracks on Wikiloc and we will put them on the GPS for you.

If you already have a handheld GPS and have tracks (BTT, hiking, Quad, Motorbike, etcetera) which you want to share on our Wikiloc-page, please send an e-mail to
marketing@aquarius.es. Also for further information about the GPS and tracks.
Bookings for 2013

We would like to remind our guests that from november 10th 2011 on it is possible to book your pitch or mobil-home for 2013.
Bookings will be accepted
from 10:00 am on (not earlier!) via e-mail or phone and will be considered in exact order of incoming.

Zoover Recommended 2011
Because of the many positive evaluations of our satisfied customers on the website of Zoover.nl we have been awarded this year the price “Zoover Recommended 2011”. Our deep gratitude and appreciation to everyone who helped us obtain this award!

We would like to use the opportunity here to bring to your attention the growing importance of the internet for our campsite. There are many campsite portals and a growing number of potential customers use these to find their holiday destination. Sharing your experience with them could make all the difference!

Below you will find a small selection of these portals and if you are a happy Aquarius-camper and have the time and mood to share your experiences, we would very much appreciate it.

Camping.info    -    Campingsonline.com    -    Campingsingirona.com

Campingo.com    -    Eurocampings.eu (ACSI)
Easter CAMPFIRE with “impaled bread”!
As every year we organize a fire at Easter.
We invite all our customers to participate on Thursday, April 21st at 19:30 h. The bonfire will be at the petanque next to the Playcenter.
You can buy pizza bread for toasting on the fire and drinks for all ages, everything to a very reasonable price.
The canes to toast the bread have been cut and cleaned with care by our staff and are at your disposal, so no need to bring anything else than your eagerness to party!
Exchange Library: Leave a book – take another
Following the suggestion of a customer we have created a library of exchange. It is located in front of the Take-Away in the restaurant. They are used books, but in good condition, and you can find all sorts of topics in all languages.
The idea is that each guest leaves a book you've already read and take a different one in return.
A great system to be entertained throughout your holidays!
Fit on Aquarius!

This year you can stay fit during your holidays too: from end March on our appreciated fitness trainer Petra (graduate at the sportscollege of Colonia, Germany) will be on Aquarius again.

In combination with our diverse animation program, Petra offers a complete program for young and old: belly, legs, buttocks as well as gym for the back and spine. For those who like it a bit more active there are steps, aerobic, streching and even watergym in the sea!
Facebook / Twitter

Even if you may not know what it is exactly, it is very probable that you’ve heard something about Twitter and Facebook. Maybe you have already opened an account with one or the other, or even both. From now on Camping Aquarius can also be followed through these social media. With your Facebook and/or Twitteraccount you will always be up to date on the news and changes of our campsite and its surroundings! 

Our Facebook-page:
https://www.facebook.com/Camping.Aquarius 
(click on the like-button)

Our Twitter-account:
http://twitter.com/CampingAquarius

Furthermore you can also join the Facebook Group of Camping Aquarius, where you’ll find more friends and/or neighbors from previous holidays, you can upload photos and share stories with each other.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=58784807558&ref=ts
Welcome to our Supermarket where every year we try to improve our products selection and services.

This year we will surprise you with a lot news, introducing our new supermarket manager Jordi, who starts of with a variety of new ideas ,concepts and improvements which we are happy to present to you :

These and many other ideas are becoming reality in our constant effort to improve our selection, offers and customer service.
Besides, these and many other ideas are to become a reality to be able to offer a furthermore satisfying and improved offer to our customers.
On our list of new projects and ideas you will find:

*
the possibility to buy fresh fish 2x a week
*
weekly tasting of wines, Cavas, new products ect.
*
fresh milk directly from the farmer 
*
daily raffle , to celebrate our 40th anniversary
*
fresh fruit and vegetable directly from the field –good quality and , as our supplier works with handicapped , supporting a good cause.
*
extended selection of regional, biological and homemade products 
*
wide range of local and international products … …


We sincerely hope that our contribution to make your stay at the “AQUARIUS” as relaxing, comfortable and enjoyable, meets your approval and we are already looking forward to greeting you in the new season.
Of course we are continuing with our popular services like : fresh bread rolls, news papers, our pre-order system , beach article and our wide selection of “AQUARIUS” articles.
Christmas 2010: We give you a well for Africa!

Following a suggestion from a customer, this Christmas we had a gesture of solidarity, in keeping with the times: instead of giving a little gift to our "Gold-Card" guests, we offered them the joy of participating in a humanitarian project.

Increasing the budget Aquarius invested in advertising gifts, this year we have funded a well in a village in Africa through a donation to Intermon-Oxfam.

This well mainly benefits women and girls, who in many parts of Africa are forced to walk several hours each day just to get water for their families. Freed from this burden, women can spend their time for more productive work and girls can finally go to school.

Having received comments of high praise, we want to share this joy with all who visit the Aquarius website.
Comments as published below, confirmed to us having done the right thing:

"I was delighted to receive your card. It really is a good idea to renounce daily details and fund instead a well in a country in need. Very goody. This year we hope to spend again a nice holiday at your campsite. Joachim R. "

"I read with great satisfaction your solidarity action card "a well for Africa" and I want to congratulate you for this step. Of course we are always glad to get a small advertising gift, but I think that with this gesture has been made so much more. Romano P. "


Aqua - water - to an African village - brings a new dimension to the name of Aquarius!
Discount Cards 2012
With these cards you’ll find following advantages on Camping Aquarius in the following periods:

With ADAC, CAMPING KEY EUROPE, ACSI and BEST DEAL you can stay on our campsite for only 16.- € per night including VAT with two persons and electricity.
Please note that with those cards you can only book or stay on pitches of type “B” and “C” (
see our map) which in this case can only be booked without “pitch guarantee”. This means we’ll confirm the reservation of the pitch type, but no specific pitch number.
If you want to stay on a certain desired pitch or you need a bigger type A pitch, then you need to book “with pitch guarantee” and pay the normal price.

With FORMULA CAMPER you’ll get 15% discount. With NKC and CCI you’ll get 10% discount. With these cards you may book any pitch type.

Please, inform us at the very moment of booking if you are going to use any of these cards!

You’ll find more information and the advantatges of each card at:
“Camping Card ACSI“ at www.campingcard.com
“ADAC Sparcard” at
www.adac.de 
“BestDeal Campingcard” at
www.campingwijzer.nl/bestdealcampingcard
“Camping Card International” at
www.anwbonline.com/camping
“NKC-Card” at
www.nkc.nl
"Camping Key" at
www.campingkeyeurope.com
“Formula Camper” at
www.aseicar.org/formula-camper.php

We also accept the discount vouchers “Freedom of Europe” that you can get at the Camping and Caravaning Club of Great Britain. 
See:
www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk 

Lower prices for Internet connection

The high demand for wireless Internet via our Wi-Fi setup allowed us to reduce prices during the summer of 2010.
For 2011 we maintain these discounted prices!

As you know, with the new system is counted only actual connection time. This way you can get for instance a bonus of 10 hours, pay 10 .- € and distribute the minutes of connection throughout your holiday.

The escalation of prices, valid for 2011, is as follows: 
 Bonus: 30 h 20 h 15 h 10 h 6 h 5 h 4 h 3 h 2 h 1 h
 Price per hour: 0,70 € 0,80 € 0,90 € 1,00 € 1,30 € 1,45 € 1,60 € 1,75 € 1,90 €

2,00 €

“Cosmetics Teresa“ on Camping Aquarius

Sonja Kaufmann’s Massage Center announces collaboration with Teresa Dufner, qualified beauty specialist.
From July 11th 2010 on Cosmetics Tgeresa offers our customers the following services:

- Facial Treatment
- Medical Pedicure
- Manicure

Enjoy integral cosmetic treatment to feel a new body harmony.
Allow yourself to be taken care of during your holidays in a cozy atmosphere!
The snack bar was moved - takeaway food now throughout the
whole season

Extensive structural measures provide a better and continuos service. 

The old snack bar was demolished and the acquired space was attributed to the Supermarket. A glass wall gives the new entrance and cashpoints much light. Beautiful pictures on the walls and pillars provide a friendly atmosphere.

Additional space with shelves allows the expansion of product range and a better exhibition of the goods. 

At the same time we have extended the Restaurant and made it accesible from the Arcade Hall. In this new part of the Restaurant we will now offer take-away meals, which are prepared in the likewise extended kitchen. In this manner a space was created, with a modern feel to it, which will be especially to the likings of the youth: Hamburger & Co. A new, additional furnace will help to expand the concept of Pizza to Go.

These reorganizations have the advantage that we can offer hamburgers, pizzas and takeaway meals throughout the whole season, as they are prepared in the Restauran kitchen. Another advantage is that we can integrate this "modern food" to the menu of the restaurant. But that's not all, last but not least, we now also offer a small menu in the Restaurant from 1 pm to 10:30 pm. 

We invest in a broader and better service to satisfy all of our customers!
FREE SHEETS and TOWELS

We offer a new service to our customers: from now on we’ll provide sheets and towels for free in all of our rental accomodations!

Upon arrival you’ll find the necessary sheets ready for each bed, as well as the blankets, pillows and pillowcases. The kitchen equipment will be completed with tea towels.
A service certainly welcome by our customers flying in by airplane!
We drop the “pitch guarantee fee”
The new internet booking platform turned out to be very useful. Thanks to a great number of customers now booking only a pitch type instead of a specific pitch number, we could lower significantly the amount of booking gaps, especially during low season.
This is why we decided to drop the special fee for reservations with “pitch guarantee” to only 35.- € during low and super low season. The current fee of 75.- € will apply only to stays beginning in July or August.
Those customers who already paid their fee for reservations in 2010 and 2011, and who’s arrival date is neither in July nor in August, will get a refund of the difference on their bill.

We wish to remind you that booking without pitch guarantee is completely free of charge!

NEW OFFER!!!: We offer our Transfer Service from/to the airport Girona, as well as the railway station of Figueres to our guests for FREE!

The only condition: valid only for arrival / departure on a minimum stay of 7 nights, while not having any family members on the campsite who could pick you up.
The transfer service has to be booked in advance by e-mail or fax, at least 48 hours prior to arrival, 3 days in case of a weekend ! Please indicate the following data: name and customer’s number, number of persons, children seats if needed, origin of the flight, flightnumber and time of arrival in Girona or Figueres and a cell phone number, if you haved one.
FIDELITAS: 30 years on Aquarius!
It's our pleasure to introduce you to our customers awarded with the VIP “Diamond-Cards”. They earned this distinction by camping on Aquarius for 30 years. The owners Marc and Michaela Rupp presented them personally with the banner and commemorative plaque in gratitude for their loyalty:
Fam. Mercer, Fam. Schmidt, Fam. Schurig, Fam. Morche, Fam. Rast , Fam. Hesse, Fam. Wälchen, Fam. Dyson, Fam. Rolf Hesse, Fam. Frey and Fam. Quinten.
Questionnaire always available

Dear guest,

to be able to provide the optimal space for a perfect holiday we ask you kindly for your help to evaluate our staff, their service and our facilities.

There are questionnaires available to you at all departments during your stay on the campsite. In case you didn’t fill them in, now you’ll find a complete questionnaire on this website too to be able to send us your evaluation.

We take your opinion very seriously! The average of all the received questionnaires will be worked out weekly and the necessary actions will be taken. Thank you very much for your collaboration.

Larger offer at the“Massage Center“:

Physiotherapist  Sonja Kaufmann’s (col.6757) massage center is having a great success and lots of customers have been able to enjoy already their massages in a nice air-conditioned atmosphere.

This year they will find a new and more complete offer of holistic treatments to achieve a greater harmony of body, mind and soul.

  • Custom-made whole body massage
  • Massage with valuable aromatic oils
  • Reflexology massage
  • Chakra-energy feet massage
  • „Wellness“ massage with hot stones
  • Stone therapy
  • Massage and „Dorn-Stone“ therapy

And in the field of physiotherapy and body balance:

  • Treatment of body disharmonies
  • Pelvic gym for women
  • „Dorn“   therapy

As you know we are always looking for the greatest wellbeing of our guests on Aquarius. With this new service we hope to assure you a pleasant holiday. Enjoy it!

Long Time Rate – especially cheap…

From this very moment on we offer a special long time rate* for all those guests wanting to stay for a longer holiday off the main season.
If you want to stay 60 days or longer on Camping Aquarius, you’ll enjoy a 40% discount on the total amount of your camping bill! And this regarding that our low season rates are already really good….

*Valid for a continuous 60-days occupacy. This rate is not to combine with other Camping Aquarius discounts or special offers. Rate only valid before June 20th and after September 1st.
THE PERFECT GIFT! Voucher for a stay on Aquarius
Now it's easy to find a proper gift: make your relatives and friends happy with a GIFT VOUCHER for a stay on our campsite!
You decide the amount you want to give, pay it onto our account* and tell us the name of the beneficiary; herewith we send you a voucher to make a real nice gift.

* Account: IBAN ES 27 0075 0316 91 0600615122 / BIC POPUESMM
Gas control
More and more customers leave their caravan in Spain during the winter, allowing an easier and cheaper trip from England and return with the car only. As a „side effect“ the gas installation of most of these caravans doesn't get checked for years. This could be dangerous!
For a save holiday on Aquarius we recommend to all of our customers who are in this situation to have their gas installation checked on the very next stay here in Spain. Ask for information at Caravan Service, official expert in Sant Pere Pescador (
www.caravan-service.eu) or your loval caravan parking, some of them offer this service themselves.
New Open Air Showers at the Gates to the Beach  

Last year we had to dismantle the showers we had on the beach due the Natural parc's modifications. Our efforts for the city council to replace them – fthe law says they are the only ones allowed to place showers on the public beach zone – were useless last year and we aren't very hopeful this year either.
As a great number of our customers missed those showers, we decided to place new open air showers at the gates to the beach.

Herewith you'll be able to wash away the nasty sand when returning from the beach, something comfortable not only for our guests, but very welcome by our cleaning women in the bathrooms too!
„ADAC Campingpreis 2007“ Award

We are happy and proud to announce that the prestigious Camping Guide of the ADAC Automobile Club of Germany (with several millions of members) has awarded to our Camping Aquarius the prize „ADAC Campingpreis 2007“ !

The “cup” shown on the photo, symbolizing the extraordinary award, was presented during the „ADAC-Gala“, celebrated in Stuttgart (Germany) at the tourism trade fair (CMT) by the Tourism Department's President of the ADAC Dr. Max Stich and the chief editor of the ADAC Camping Guide Mr. Stefan Thurn. 
And now we proceed to present de ADAC award to the campsite with the most satisfied customers…“ said the ceremony master while asking Mr. Markus Rupp to approach the platform.
This award makes us especially proud, because what else could a campsite wish than satisfied customers?

THANK YOU !
I want to take this chance to express my gratitude in the name of the Rupp family and all the Aquarius staff to all our customers who passed their satisfaction with our campsite on to the ADAC (it probably is more common to take such initiatives to present a complaint…)
We think that the nice atmosphere on our campsite is not only due to our own efforts, but it's in a great part thanks to our guests themselves who create this comfortable holiday atmosphere, crucial for a great holiday. 
This isn't obvious at all and therefore I'd like to say “thank you” to the many regular customers of the Big Aquarius Family!

Markus Rupp