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Jtrving · 01-31-2020, 05:03 PM

Trying to decide between these two and would be interested to hear people's experiences with both. Planning to head there this may in a 45' class A.

Thanks.

mricet1005 · 01-31-2020, 05:06 PM

I can’t answer your question because I haven’t stayed at either, but Pandion Ridge in the area is great. Stayed there last year and I’ll be there again this March.

Jtrving · 01-31-2020, 05:12 PM

I saw that this was new. Did you like it?

reubenray · 01-31-2020, 07:27 PM

You should also check out Lake Osprey RV Resort. They just opened an additional 50 sites.

Darwin · 01-31-2020, 07:44 PM

Bella Terra is top of the line. Spacious stained concrete sites. You will be required to have pads under your jacks which they provide if you don’t have. Many sites are on lakes.

mricet1005 · 01-31-2020, 07:52 PM

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I saw that this was new. Did you like it?

Yes it’s pretty new. Large sites and nicely maintained. I stayed two weeks last year, staying a month this year. Adjoins Gulf State Park via trail, so you have access to 25 miles of paved walking and biking paths in the state park without having to drive.

32hotrod · 01-31-2020, 07:55 PM

Burns Vista is quite nice on the beach strip with a great pool. Sites are well spaced and folks very friendly Not all sites are sold and The sites are not as improved as some other ownership parks. But the smaller size and lack of clicks is a real plus

les.warden · 02-01-2020, 07:02 AM

We stayed at BellaTerra last year, Oct-Nov, 30 days for a price break. Top of the line. Foley is a great town. Get on Rt 59 and go 15 minutes South and you’re at Gulf Shores and the Beach. Hang a left at Gulf Shores, another 15-20 minutes and you’re in Pensacola, FL. It’s also 3 hrs from New Orleans. We were testing the area out for possible relocation. Foley seems far enough from the Gulf to scedaddle if a hurricane rolled in. The locals never seemed too worried about that scenario for some reason.

Anyway, it was highly rated by everyone when I was asking on here and didn’t disappoint. BellaTerra is indeed top notch and seemed a perfect distance from anywhere.

Bonus: in our timeframe, weather was great and beaches were empty for shell searching.

photraveller · 02-01-2020, 07:40 AM

This is our second year at Bella Terra and we love it.

Last year we started to stay only 10 days, but ended up staying three weeks. This year we signed up for two months.

Like others have said, nice convenient location. Far enough from the beach not to have the crowds, but also close enough for a nice quick trip.

The main drag in Foley has just about any retail store you could possibly want. Most are recent builds so everything still has that new feeling about the area.

Oh it is also very dog friendly. Two fenced dog parks with lots of other areas to walk the dogs. Plenty of deposit locations as well.

View out the front windshield when we pulled into our site last month.

Steve

les.warden · 02-01-2020, 10:25 AM

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The main drag in Foley has just about any retail store you could possibly want. Most are recent builds so everything still has that new feeling about the area.

Steve

They also have an HUGE outlet mall. HUGE! Did I say HUUGGEE! My DW found the Vera Bradley store in there. [emoji15] I think we ONLY visited it 4 times before getting outta town. She said the best prices she’s seen ANYWHERE! At least that’s the story I got. [emoji2369] Happy Wife, Happy Life [emoji4]

photraveller · 02-01-2020, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by les.warden

They also have an HUGE outlet mall. HUGE! Did I say HUUGGEE! My DW found the Vera Bradley store in there. [emoji15] I think we ONLY visited it 4 times before getting outta town. She said the best prices she’s seen ANYWHERE! At least that’s the story I got. [emoji2369] Happy Wife, Happy Life [emoji4]

Agreed, first Outlet Mall that I've visited that you truly need to look at the map unless you want to circle the inner and outer lots repeatedly. Map of the place:
https://www.tangeroutlet.com/foley/directory.pdf

We also like to eat out one meal a day when possible. We can go a couple of weeks without repeating too many of the restaurants.

Steve

Roger G · 02-02-2020, 10:57 AM

Bella Terra is a great park but it’s not walking or bike distance from anything, it basically in the middle of a field several miles inland. Beuna Vista is right across from the beach but doesn’t have direct beach access. You still have to drive to one of the public beaches. Lake Osprey is on a golf course but other than that it isn’t really close to anything. Two others to consider are Heritage Motorcoach Resort or Terry Cove Motorcoach Resort. Heritage is bay front and has a great view but has the smallest lot size of any mentioned. Terry Cove is the most centrally located if you want to walk or bike to anything. It is close enough to bike to the State Park trails and several great restaurants. It really depends on what you are looking for.