You can now relive the feeling of summer from your childhood. There’s now a whole host of possibilities from camping in the great outdoors, cultural coexistence, introduction to sports, or expeditions in search of the stars. Don’t panic, you’ve still got time to escape from it all this summer!
They’re described as places to send the kids when your family can’t look after them, but for kids they’re a place of adventure and freedom, someplace magical where almost everything is possible. But now, by popular acclaim, camps are also catering for adults. While some are based on play and nature, others are adapted to the comfort requirements of adults with houses-workshops and hotels as their base camp. The attraction lies in sharing a few days with a group of soon to be friends with a shared passion for the unexplored.
Our suggestions for this summer
ALAMAR SALINAS (SALINAS, ASTURIAS)
It’s impossible to find a more charming place to start surfing. This hotel-school is located in a newly renovated English style that was originally built in 1924 and was once the summer residence of Nobel Prize winner Ramón y Cajal. The price for one week is €290 per person and includes accommodation, two hours of class each day, and equipment (board and wetsuit). http://www.alamarsalinas.com
BLUE DIAMOND RETREAT, MIND. BODY. SOUL (RIVIERA MAYA, MEXICO)
Treat yourself to this amazing opportunity and return to connect with your better you. Blue Diamond Luxury Boutique Hotel**** GL offers you its exclusive Blue Diamond Retreat from June 19-24. Join the 6-day luxury healthy vacation program designed to revitalise your MIND, energise your BODY and balance your SOUL. The RETREAT program consists of a complete agenda of physical, entertainment and educational activities set in a privileged natural area, the Riviera Maya. The retreat is optimally structured to provide you with the connection you owe yourself and enhance your inner development. The co-founders of Fitness + Foolishness, Nicole Sweet and Marisa Thrasher, have designed a plan focussed on personal training and growth that’s perfectly suited to you. Visit the website to book a place: https://www.bluebayresorts.com/es/bluebay-diamond-retreat.html
CASA CUADRAU (VIÓ, HUESCA). This eco-friendly, sustainable camp is located at the entrance to the Ordesa & Monte Perdido National Park, and offers yoga, art and nature retreats in both Spanish and English. This summer it has retreats for adult and children in meditative hiking, yoga, food awareness, art therapy, etc. Casa Cuadrau’s main aim is to cultivate virtues like generosity, honesty, self-confidence and respect. For more info:
www.casacuadrau.org
EMBOSQADAS (SELVA DE OZA, HUESCA). A unique initiative that allows you to become a child once again. Cut off from obligations and responsibilities, the camps invite you to wander through meadows, streams, mountains and forests and includes caving, hiking and archery activities and body awareness sessions. The camp also offers barbecues, music nights and massage workshops. And, the best part, all the four-man tents come with mattresses. Open sessions this summer cost around €170. For more information visit www.embosqadas.org
BEAUTY CAMP (CADIZ). Reduce expression lines, improve skin hydration levels, learn healthy eating routines, reduce stress, and much more. The Barceló Sancti Petri Spa Resort offers its first camp with activities designed to revitalise you on the inside and the outside. Two nights accommodation with breakfast included starts from €395 per person per stay. www.barcelo.com
TARIFA KITESURF CAMP (TARIFA, CADIZ). The school offers you the chance to try kitesurfing or windsurfing and take part in a personal development programme to connect with “the best version of yourself”. You’ll have coaching sessions in the morning (20 hours) and the afternoons are free for sports activities. Prices start at around €1500. www.tarifakitesurfcamp.com
PUEBLO INGLÉS (LA ALBERCA, SALAMANCA). Eight days of language immersion with a wide range of activities designed to help you lose your fear of the language and even dream in English. The organising school offers different accommodation options, and you can either stay at the houses in Abadía de los Templarios or the Doña Teresa luxury hotel. The price is €1895 and includes transport from Madrid, full board in a single room and more than 100 hours of English. www.diverbo.es
