Although there is nothing wrong with travelling to different parts of the UK in your caravan during the warmer and more agreeable times of the year. There is enough coast, beautiful green hills and much to see and do, why would you want to go elsewhere?
Well, when the temperature drops and the threat of ice and snow, not to mention the increase in ran, for winter. The UK, it’s fair to say, is a little less attractive, particularly when it comes to hitting the road with your touring caravan. It’s then you might consider going somewhere else. Somewhere like Spain.
Now, we are not suggesting mainland Spain is as hot during winter as it is during summer. For truly hot weather, even during winter, you need to look to the Spanish isles that lie close to the western coast of Africa. It’s just a whole lot warm and moderate than the average British winter. Especially if you head to the south of the country, as Alicante in the Costa Blanca often has temperatures between 8- and 17-degrees Celsius during December, while even Barcelona, in the north east of the country benefits from temperatures between 6- and 14-degrees Celsius.
So now you know why you might consider caravanning in Spain during winter, where could you go? Below we have highlighted 10 great caravan sites in Spain open all year. Yes, that includes during winter.
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Caravan Sites in Spain Open All Year – Let’s Take A Look
Marjal Costa Blanca Camping
Address: AP-7, salida 730, Crevillent, Alicante, Spain, 03330
Website: https://www.marjalresorts.com/en/camping-resort-crevillente
Based in the Costa Blanca region of the country in Crevillent, Alicante, Marjal Costa Blanca Camping is well-equipped resort that offers pitches for caravans. The park is not far too far away from El Hondo Nature Park and 15km from Guardamar where there are some nice sandy beaches.
In terms of the pitch available, it’s a gravel type and features practical features such as a cable TV connection, chemical disposal point, water hook-up, drainage hook-up and electric hook-up. The facilities offered to guests are too numerous to mention. Highlights include:
- Outdoor and indoor swimming pools and a waterslide
- Baths, showers and toilets
- Launderette
- Drying room
- Free Wi-Fi and internet access
- Disabled facilities
- Parent and baby washroom
- Restaurant, clubhouse/bar and evening entertainment
- Fitness Centre
- Games Room
As well as being family-friendly, the park is also dog friendly. With lots to do within the park, you may not want to venture elsewhere. However, if you do, you are spoiled for choice with cycling, hiking, nature spotting and birdwatching all possible around the marshes, nature trails and lagoons of El Hondo Nature Park. You can also visit some of the area’s historic towns, only 40-minutes’ drive away, such as Elche, Santa Pola, Guardamar del Segura and Torrevieja.
Complejo The Dreams, Embalse de Cazalegas
Address: TO-1261, Cazalegas, Toledo, Spain, 45683
Website: http://www.complejothedreams.com/
Complejo The Dreams is a very aptly named caravan site found deep in the heart of central Spain in the San Vicente valley in town of Cazalegas in Toledo. This is a great caravan park that offers amazing facilities, access to breath-taking local attractions and exciting activities.
The pitches offered at the site for caravanners are earth-type ground and feature electric hook-up, Wi-Fi, European plugs and water. You are allowed a maximum of 3 dogs, if they are either microchipped or tattooed. In terms of facilities offered by the site, we have highlighted some of the best, such as:
- Clubhouse/bar, restaurant and evening entertainment
- Games room
- Play area
- TV room
- Water sports
- Fishing
- Disabled facilities
- Launderette
- Showers and toilet
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Chemical disposal
Families are welcome, and as noted previously dogs are too. You can even host your own BBQ from your pitch. Night-time swimming is possible in the outdoor pool as it’s illuminated at night. While if you fancy venturing outside of the park, there are lots of outdoor activities to enjoy 13km away at Talavera de la Reina. The site is also close to Arenas de San Pedro, Candeleda and Madrid.
Almafrá Gran Confort, Partida de Cabut
Address: 25, Benidorm, Alicante, Spain, 03503
Website: http://www.camping-resort-almafra.benidormvive.com/
Are you interested in having a holiday in Benidorm but don’t want to stay in a hotel or traditional accommodation, you could take your tourer along to Almafrá Gran Confort, located just 7km outside the busy town? This site gives you excellent access to Benidorm, the amazing Levante Beach and the amazing 5 theme parks the area has to offer.
The park offers a hardstanding pitch to all guests with the option of electric hook-up for an extra cost. Included in the price is Wi-Fi, water hook-up and drainage hook-up. In terms of the site’s main features, you get the benefit of:
- Restaurant and Clubhouse/bar
- Fitness centre
- Indoor and outdoor swimming pool
- Play area
- Kid’s club
- Disabled features
- Wi-Fi
- Showers and toilet block
- Launderette
- Chemical disposal
Like many of the others in our guide, this site allows dogs all year round. The biggest draw in terms of local attractions is obviously the beaches, pubs, shops, nightclubs and restaurants Benidorm is famous for. Although this will probably used as a base, there are enough nice things to do there when you don’t want to deal with crowds.
Two things we would suggest you check out are the Terra Mitica theme park and Terra Natura zoo.
Camping Pico De La Miel, Calle del Camping
Address: La Cabrera, Madrid, Spain, 28751
Website: https://www.picodelamiel.com/
Camping Pico De La Miel is an experienced site that’s been operating in the business for more than 35 years. It is suitably located if you are looking to visit Madrid and is aimed at families with very modern and updated amenities.
The pitch offered to caravanners is a grass and earth-style with electric hook-up. Although there are not as many features, you still get the benefit of:
- Clubhouse/bar and restaurant
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Play area
- Tennis
- Wi-Fi
- Launderette
- Toilets and showers
- Chemical disposal
It’s not just Madrid you can check out from this great little caravan park, you can also visit the lagoons, peaks and small towns in the local area. For instance, at Guadarrama National Park is great at most times throughout the year. As is Robregordo with its holly forests and Lozoya Valley. Depending on the weather and if you have a bike with you, you could cycle to Horcajuelo de la Sierra or Puebla de la Sierra or even visit Torre Laguna and Rascafria.
So, whether you are looking for a quiet stay in a quaint little park with excellent service from the owners or want to explore the local region, you can from Camping Pico De La Miel.
Camping Cáceres
Address: Carretera N630, km 549,5, Cáceres, Cáceres, Spain, 10005
Website: http://www.campingcaceres.com/
One of the most notable things about this site is the fact each pitch gets its very own shower, wash basin and toilet block, along with a washing-up area. This means you don’t have to queue as you normally would at other sites.
It’s an earth pitch and provides you with water and electric hook-up and Wi-Fi. Along with these great features, the site is a very modern one with lots of great amenities, including:
- Restaurant, bar/clubhouse
- Fitness centre
- Hot tub and outdoor swimming pool
- Play Area
- TV room
- Disabled facilities
- Launderette and drying room
- Parent and baby washroom
- Chemical disposal
- Recycling and renewable energy
Dogs and families are welcome, if the dogs are not breeds or mixed breeds listed on the Dangerous Dogs Act.
If you can get yourself away from the creature comforts of the park itself, you can visit the amazing UNESCO World Heritage Site at Caceres, which was established by the Roman Empire. There are numerous other things to so see and do, including nature reserves, festivals, museums, old churches and so much architecture. There are also great options for hiking and cycling too, if the weather permits.
Camping Playa Almayate
Address: Carretera Nacional 340, km 267, Almayate, Malaga, Spain, 29749
Website: https://www.campingalmayatecosta.com/en
Situated in Malaga, Camping Playa Almayate gives you direct access to a beautiful sandy Costa Del Sol beach. This site offers 3 different types of pitches, all gravel based, but the choice of a non-electric option or medium and large choices. Wi-Fi and pull-outs/sliders are available at all pitches.
In terms of amenities, the park is well-equipped with the things you’d expect and hope to find from a modern caravanning site, such as:
- Restaurant, bar/clubhouse
- Outdoor swimming pool and water sports
- Kids club and play area
- Fishing
- Disabled facilities
- Shower and toilers
- Launderette and drying room
- Recycling and renewable energy
Malaga is a beautiful city, all year round, but if you are looking to escape the cold weather of a British winter, this is ideal. This park is a great base to explore Maro-Cerro Gordo mountain range. There is plenty of cyclin and hiking, if the weather permits and beautiful postcard-like villages such as Torrox, Torre del Mar, Velez Malaga and Mudejar.
Shopping galore and ancient points of interest await in Malaga itself that’s thought to be one of the oldest in the world and if you are a fan of sublime art, you’ll love it. It is, after all, the birthplace of Pablo Picasso and you can visit the magnificent Picasso Museum.
Camping Los Escullos
Address: Paraje Los Escullos, Los Escullos, Nijar, Almeria, Spain, 04118
Website: https://www.losesculloscabodegata.com/en/
Interestingly Almeria in Andalucía is the driest area of the entire continent of Europe and the only place that has a bona fide desert there. Many western movies have been filmed in the nearby Tabernas that’s jam-packed with cactus. This site is well placed in Nijar and gets around 328 days of full-on sunshine every year with moderate temperatures of 20-degrees Celsius.
The pitches at this excellent park all feature electric hook-up and Wi-Fi and the site itself has a full range of amenities such as:
- Restaurant
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Fishing
- Fitness Centre
- Cycles for hire
- Disabled features
- Showers and toilets
- Tennis
- TV room and play area
Although there is no launderette or drying room available, this is still a very idyllically situated site that welcomes dogs and families all year round.
Almeria is a great place to explore with lots of great attractions such as Cabo de Gata-Nijar natural park and the cave houses, or casas cuevas found at Benahadux, Gador, Alhabia and Barrio De Chanca. Obviously, as Almeria is in the Andalusian region of the country, you are never too far away from fine beaches, including San Telmo and La Garrofa.
Camping A Grandella
Address: N-634 KM 537,9, Valdepares, El Franco, Asturias, Spain, 33746
Website: https://www.campingagrandella.com/
Based in Asturias, Camping A Grandella is a very friendly site just a short drive from the beautiful coastline. It is run by three seasoned campers, with 15 years under their collective belts running the park. The premise of the park is comfortable living while on the road and provides easy access to local sites of interest and attractions, as well as Porcia beach.
The pitch offered to caravanners is a hardstanding and grass type with the option of electric hook-up. You are also provided with a picnic table, which is a nice touch. The site, features the basic features you’d expect to find, including:
- Clubhouse/bar
- Disabled facilities
- Food shop
- Showers and toilets
- Launderette
However, there is not a lot else. That’s okay, as they not only welcome dogs, but cats and various other pets too. In fact, on their website, they state just how much they love and encourage pets to stay there.
This is not a site you’d want to stay at 24/7, though. But, given the locale, that’s okay. The coast is calling and so is the sublimely beautiful Porcia Beach. Wait, though, there’s more. Why not walk to Viavelez, a local fishing village or Tapia de Casariego and its lighthouse.
Even inland there’s lots of treats in store, whether you want to visit the Oneta and Cioyo waterfalls or take a hike up the Coana Celtic hill fort.
Camping Santa Clara
Address: Partida Cap Blanch 11, Altea, Alicante, Spain, 03590
Website: https://www.campingsantaclaraaltea.com/
Another caravan and camping park based in the Alicante region, this time in Altea, Camping Santa Clara is a very calm and quiet park that gives you access to the gorgeous beaches of Costa Blanca and is only 11km from Benidorm. Its remote locations mean that even if you choose to visit at a busy time, you will never feel overwhelmed by Spain during the peak tourism season.
The pitch offered to caravanners, campers and motorhomes is the same – a gravel-based pitch with electric hook-up and Wi-Fi along with a picnic table. If you are looking for a fully functioning site with lots of amenities you’d probably be better looking elsewhere, as the offerings are sparse to say the least. However, that might appeal to you, and you still get:
- Disabled facilities
- Play area
- Launderette
- Wi-fi
- Shower and toilets
- Charging facilities
- Chemical disposal
We still think this park deserves being highlighted and it does welcome families and dogs all year round. Besides, you are in Altea with more than 6km of coastline to explore with stretches of flat, but pristine beaches, small coves and cliffs. There is also a fishing port at the town, a yacht club and a marina, so you are never short of things to do.
Even if you want to stay on land, you can check out the local restaurants, bars, eateries and shops.
Camping Altomira
Address: Carretera CV-213, km 1, Navajas, Castellón, Spain, 12470
Website: https://www.campingaltomira.com/en/
Camping Altomira is the final selection in our guide. Situated within Valencia, it is placed close to Ojos Negros Greenway, which is the longest stretch of green in Spain. The caravan park has one style of pitch they offer to caravanners.
The gravel-style pitch comes with amenities such as water hook-up, electric hook-up and Wi-Fi. While the site offers a full range of basic and complimentary facilities such as:
- Restaurant, bar/clubhouse and takeaway
- Kids club and play area
- TV room
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Cycles for hire
- Baths, showers and toilet
- Launderette and drying room
- Disabled facilities
- Food shop
- Chemical disposal
Like all the sites in our guide, dogs and families are welcome throughout the year. Even though this site is well-equipped with a staggering array of awesome features, you will want to visit the local area outside its boundaries. For starters, you should check out the 160km Ojos Negros Greenway, or at least as much as you can manage. Along the way you will encounter reservoirs, foothills, rivers, 21 bridges and 20 tunnels as well as the full-on Mediterranean forest at Javalambre.
There’s also a 60m waterfall known by the name of Bride’s Jump and El Salto de la Novia that deserve your attention. Why not also take a trip to Navajas?
Final Notes
It should go without saying, if you are going to visit any of the above sites during winter, the swimming pools are not going to be accessible due to the lower temperatures. You could check out though, because even during winter the temperatures can be quite high.
We hope, wherever you go, that you have an enjoyable time and a nice departure from British caravan holidays. Although there are various places you can leave for Spain with a caravan in tow, if you are in the south or perhaps looking to take a long break, staying somewhere in the UK before heading across to Spain, you should also look at our page covering the caravan parks near Portsmouth ferry terminal.