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Shorts. Two gas rings. A broom.
We travel far and like to find our own way. Yet in August, we get the little caravan out. On living our own life on a smaller scale, everyday life outdoors and what camping means to us.
Journeys
Back to Union Lido
We now travel halfway around the world — yet still keep returning to Cavallino with our caravan. To a holiday of familiar routines, shared memories and the freedom of not having to discover something new every day.
Route
Two weeks by the beach. Again and again.
A personal atlas rather than a journey from highlight to highlight: getting there, familiar paths, excursions and places that have become part of our holidays over many years.
Explore our Cavallino atlas
Photography
Venice, our remarkable neighbour
A special feature on a city on the water: timeless icons, quieter lanes, contemporary art and moods that change with every visit.
Venice in photographsHighlights
What stayed with us
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Leading Camping
A beautiful wash block with too few toilets, a controversial Dog Camp and ever-larger pitches: Union Lido has to evolve, even though many guests love it precisely as it is.
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Union Lido for first-timers and regulars
Booking, arriving, shopping, cycling and getting breakfast rolls without a long queue: what we actually find useful after around 25 years at Union Lido.
More to explore
From camping to art
In the morning we sit outside our caravan; a few hours later we are surrounded by contemporary art. On clichés, different ways of looking and works of art that stay with us.
Island-hopping by bicycle
Cycling across Lido and Pellestrina to Chioggia: an unusually beautiful journey through the lagoon — as long as the bicycles are allowed back on the boat.
Breakfast at Vianello
Almost every other holiday morning begins at Vianello: with cappuccino, bread rolls and half an hour in a car park on Via Fausta. No special view — and precisely for that reason, somewhere we love to sit.
Spinnenwilli and the statue of Yang Li
Nine-year-old Spinnenwilli only wanted a week’s holiday. But then spaceships hover over Beijing, Doctor Thang searches for a mysterious statue — and the Spinnenwilli phone rings again.