❓ Frequently asked questions about Campalia and kids camps in Spain

Campalia is a free directory and comparison site of real kids camps in Spain: casals, colonias, campamentos and campus. You can search by place, dates and your child's age, look at each camp's page and compare up to 10 camps side by side.

Yes. Using the site is free for families, you do not need an account and we do not charge fees. Listing a camp is free for organisers too.

No. We have no booking, payment or registration. Every camp page links to the organiser's own website ("Official website") and shows their public phone, email or WhatsApp, and you register and pay there, under the organiser's conditions.

Mostly from the organisers' own public websites, where our crawler collects facts such as dates, prices, ages, languages, hours and meals. Organisers can also confirm and edit their own camps. Every camp page shows the source and the date it was last checked.

Some organisers publish their calendar early; for those, we show the dates as published. If an organiser has only published last season, we move last season's dates to the same weekdays in 2027 and mark them "Dates as last season". If there are no dates at all, we show the usual weeks of the season marked "Dates to be confirmed". Treat both as estimates and confirm with the organiser.

Prices come from what organisers publish, often for the previous season, so they can change. Totals and comparisons on our site are estimates calculated from those prices. Always check the final price, and what it includes, on the organiser's website.

Write to the contact email in the Legal notice at the bottom of the site, or, if you are the organiser, confirm your camp and edit it yourself. Removal requests are handled immediately.

Go to the organisers page and send the listing form. We check the organisation before showing the "Confirmed by organiser" badge, and what you edit takes priority over what our crawler collects. Listing is free and we take no commission.

English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Russian. The camp descriptions come from the organisers' sites, and you will often also see the original text.

A casal (or campamento urbano) is a day camp; colonias and campamentos are usually residential, with nights away; a campus is focused on one sport or subject. Our guide to camp types explains each in detail.

It depends on the camp: some day camps accept children from 3 or 4, while most residential camps start at around 7 or 8. Each camp page shows the age range, and the search checks your child's age on the first day of the session. For a first time away, see residential camps for first-timers.

A half-day camp is the gentlest option for young children and for families on holiday, a full-day camp suits working parents, and a residential camp suits children who are ready to sleep away from home. Our guide how to choose a kids camp walks through the decision.

Not necessarily. Use the filter "OK for children without Spanish" on the search page to see camps with English-speaking staff, international groups or activity-based programmes. Then ask the organiser how many monitors speak your language. More in camps for children who do not speak Spanish.

Yes, but check what the programme really offers: lessons per week, native or bilingual staff and mixed groups. See our guide to language camps and language camps on the map.

Press the ⚖️ button on a camp card or page to add it to your list (up to 10 camps). On the comparison page you see price, price per day, hours, meals, ages, languages, dates and more side by side. The list is saved only in your browser, and you can share the page by link.

It lets you save your children (name optional, date of birth), your trips and favourites so that the site can suggest suitable camps. All this stays in your browser; we do not have accounts and we do not store your children's data on our server.

Typically a registration form, a copy of the child's passport or ID, a medical form with allergies and medication, and health cover (EHIC or GHIC, or travel insurance). Requirements differ, so ask the organiser. Our checklist lists the usual items.

Organisers normally have their own civil liability and accident insurance, but what it covers varies. Ask what is included, and make sure your child also has health cover for Spain. Check this with the organiser.

It depends on the camp. Most residential camps include all meals; for day camps, lunch is sometimes included, sometimes an extra, and on many half-day camps you bring a snack. The camp page shows what we found, but check with the organiser.

In our catalogue the typical published prices are about 160 euros a week for half-day camps, 195 for full-day camps and 570 for residential camps, but they vary by region and programme. See camp prices in Spain for details.

Many organisers offer them, but they are rarely published in a way we can show. Ask the organiser directly, and ask whether discounts can be combined.

It is set by each organiser and varies a lot: some refund until a given date, some keep a deposit. Always check the conditions on the organiser's website before you pay. The contract is between you and the organiser, not with Campalia.

Yes, a smaller number of camps run at Easter, Christmas and in autumn. Search with your dates, and see Easter camps in Spain. Most organisers publish these programmes late, so write to them to confirm.

Some organisers, especially activity schools, sell single days or part weeks, but many camps sell Monday to Friday weeks only. Ask in advance. See day camps during a family holiday.

We collect information from organisers' public websites and do not inspect camps, licences, insurance or staff. The "Confirmed by organiser" badge only means that the organiser has confirmed the details shown. Please ask the organiser for the information you need.

Ask about the ratio of children to monitors, staff qualifications, insurance, how medical emergencies and allergies are handled and, for nights away, who supervises at night. For water sports, ask about the swimming requirement and lifejackets. See how to choose a safe camp.

In general, people who work with children in Spain must have a certificate showing no convictions for sexual offences, and organisers must follow the camp rules of their region. Ask the organiser to confirm this for their staff.

No. We do not ask for names, contact details or health data about children, and there is no registration. The ages you enter in the search only filter the results. Our visit statistics are anonymous, without cookies or IP addresses, and the only cookie we use remembers your language.