If your idea of camping is a moldy canvas pup tent and lots of mosquitoes, think again. Camping has evolved greatly, and everyone can participate! If you’re making your summer travel plans now, we greatly recommend including the newest trend, luxury camping, on your to do list. Whether you’re traveling solo, with your partner, or with your family, this new kind of camping offers so many options that everyone will be happy! 

Best tips for your luxury camping travels

Where to go

If you’re looking to go camping in Europe, we recommend Yelloh! Village. With 84 camping locations throughout France, Spain, and Portugal, you will find your bliss. Yelloh! Village offers two types of stays throughout the regions: 

Authentic, where travelers can stay in the countryside, explore local heritage, and relax.

Authentic campsides offer a more local experience, from food to culture and history. A dedicated concierge service can help you find exactly what you'd like to experience, whether it is pottery, water aerobics, diving lessons, archery, tennis, windsurfing or sailing lessons, paintball, fishing, and even hot air balloon flights. 

Club, where there are a variety of activities planned, including wellness, festivities, and more.
Club campsites offer a range of aquatic areas, with waterslides, pools, lagoons, and baby paddling pools. There are also sports activities (surfing, kayaking, caving, diving), artistic activities, and, of course, recreational activities. Wellness offerings include mineral springs, hammam, sauna, and massages.

Options

Family and multigenerational travel
Club Kids offers crafts, art, painting, outdoor games, nature walks, and shows.
Club Juniors offers a treasure hunt, ball games, sports, arts and crafts, music, and outdoor games.

Solo Travel
Go for wellness options to fully recharge, whether it is downtime, beach time, massages, or fitness activities to get you reenergized.

Couple Travel
Choose a premium cabin by the water, focus on massages and fitness classes, and enjoy luxury dining options. 

Group Travel
Of course, your girlfriends group will enjoy the massages and wellness options, as well as plenty of group activities. Take a few thousands steps on the underwater treadmills, while chatting and catching up, or head out for riding lessons, or sea kayaking together. Perhaps your group is mixed gender, and some will split up for fishing or rock climbing, while others choose pottery or sailing. Gather back at the campsite for evening shows of local music or entertainment.

What to look for

If you are interested in open air pitches, bring your campervan or tent and enjoy luxury facilities and infrastructures at upmarket campsites. There are fully furnished glamping tents, furnished lodge tents, and, of course, you can bring your own tent for a more rustic experience.

There are also fully-furnished rental cabins, from 1-3 bedrooms, for your outdoor hotel experience.   

Look for site location: where are the amenities? Do you want to stay on the quieter edges, and walk in a bit, or stay right in the middle of the action, so you can hit the waterslides within a minute of rolling out of bed?

Look for seasonal activities: high season will have more activities planned, whereas booking closer to the shoulder season will have fewer activities, but more space on them.

What to bring

Yourselves, your swimsuits, and your sense of adventure!

You'll never think of camping the same way again...

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