The Best Spanish Campsites for Summer

Summer is in full swing, European borders are open and holiday plans are waiting to happen. Continental travel is seeing a peak like never before with people discovering beautiful locations in their home countries. Maybe you’ll take this opportunity to explore hidden gems close to you or maybe you’ll hop in a caravan and make your way to a secluded spot in Portugal.

Wherever you decide to go this year, social distancing still plays an important part in our daily lives. So what’s the best way to have an amazing yet responsible holiday? Campsites! They are the big travel trend this summer, so before everything is booked out, here are some of the most beautiful camp and glampsites in and around Spain.

1. La Siesta Salou Resort and Campsite
2. Camping Valle de Bujaruelo
3. La Marina, Alicante
4. Camping Tarifa
5. Albufeira Camping
6. La Garangeoire, Vendée
7. Camping Seiser Alm

1. La Siesta Salou Resort and Campsite

Photograph by: @campingstarragona

We started strong with this campsite located in Tarragona. Located just 5 minutes walk from the beach, La Siesta Salou Resort and Campsite facilities Campsites it has facilities that will easily make you forget where you are.

The outdoor pools with islets and palm trees, slides and playgrounds for the little ones, make this campsite an ideal option for the whole family., where Adults can also find their moment of relaxation in the jacuzzi or the sauna, all the advantages that we find in a luxury resort...but for much less!

2. Camping Valle de Bujaruelo

Photograph by: @campingsespana

If you are looking for something less sophisticated, this amazing campsite located in Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park is perfect for you. With an extraordinary location, a few days in this place can be completely revitalizing, enjoying the direct connection with nature in a cabin or tent.

In the area, you will discover limestone landscapes, waterfalls, mountain plateaus and lakes, which make this campsite one of the most beautiful in Spain, a unique experience!

3. La Marina, Alicante

Photograph by: @miriamholgadolopez

The La Marina campsite is considered a glamping luxury campsite because campsite, either because of its magnificent location near the beach or because of its amenities and infrastructure. It offers its very own water park, for the little ones but also a spa, a whirlpool bath and several restaurants for the adults.

It is a campsite mainly of luxury bungalows, equipped with air conditioning and some with individual barbecues., wow, a combination of all-inclusive resort and campsite for the most demanding!

4. Camping Tarifa

Photograph by: @sandra_povedc

Between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, in the middle of the Natural Park of the Strait, we find the Camping Tarifa. If you give it some imagination it may seem to you to be in a Californian beach of the '80s with its surfboards and huge beaches.

This campsite offers a wide range of possibilities: from enjoying the preserved biosphere and virgin beaches to surfing or kitesurfing with hundreds of professional sportsmen from all over the world. If you are a beach lover... this is your place.

5. Albufeira Camping

Photograph by: @camping_albufeira

In the heart of the Algarve, near the centre of the Portuguese city of Albufeira, this campsite is perfect for families; it has 3 swimming pools, restaurants and bars, spa, and even a children's playground!

The activities outside the campsite are very varied, from spending the day diving and watching dolphins, to take a kayak trip to the sea caves on its beaches. Also, the city of Albufeira and the surrounding villages are worth a visit that will not disappoint.

6. La Garangeoire, Vendée

Photograph by: @lymingtonlocal

What better than to experience a French campsite in the surroundings of one of its typical castles? The campsite at the Château de La Garangeoire is surrounded by woods and meadows and is only a few minutes' drive from the Vendée's cinema beaches.

Four lakes surround the area and activities include cycling, canoeing and horse riding. You can also choose to rent pitches, mobile homes and chalets, which include the use of the heated swimming pools. Don't forget to visit the cosy restaurant in one of the castle buildings, a movie experience!

7. Camping Seiser Alm

Photograph by: @passionedolomiti

This campsite located in the heart of the Dolomites, Italian region of the Alps, offers a spectacular landscape in winter, showing its peaks of more than 3,000 meters covered in thick snow like powdered sugar while in summer, the grasses covered with flowers emerge from colossal mountains of carbonate rock, the peaks, the columns and the rocks face the great blue sky.

A fairy tale can be compared to the magic of this environment. Are you up for it?

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