Càmping Playa Brava

From €42 For 1 night, 2 adults 9.3 12 reviews
Aerial view over the site and beach (added by manager 14 Oct 2019)
Beachfront location (added by manager 24 dec 2020)
Aerial view of the setting (added by manager 14 oct 2019)
Aerial view (added by manager 24 dec 2020)

  • Clean and quiet family site on the Costa Brava
  • Direct access to a spectacular sandy beach
  • Excellent facilities including a swimming pool, restaurant and shop
'Exceptionally clean and quiet' is how the crew at Càmping Playa Brava sums up its splendid Spanish site, and that's before even getting to its lush locale – and its beach. It's all on the Costa Brava, right in the protected marine area of the Montgrí, Medes Islands and Baix Ter Natural Park and with direct access to the sandy beach of Platja de Pals, a dune-surrounded stretch of three and a half kilometres. The utterly fab medieval town of Pals, set on a hilltop near the Costa Brava coast in the Bay of Emporda, is within easy driving distance. Playa Brava is a green and pleasant site, with a level pitching field mostly shaded by mature trees. It has an outdoor pool with a spacious lawn area for lounging and sunbathing, overlooked by the terrace of the site restaurant and bar, and there's also a roomy playground – send the kids off to expend energy here while you play tennis or pétanque (or beach volleyball, or miniature golf) and then plunge into the water…? Amenities include five modern and well-maintained toilet and shower blocks with accessible facilities, a launderette with washing machines and dryers, a drying room and a washing-up area. The site also has a bar and restaurant for meals indoors or out, and a well-stocked supermarket. Entertainment runs regularly throughout July and August.

Site type

Tent pitches 50
Touring caravan pitches 50
Motorhome pitches 50
Caravans for hire 2
Opens 17 May

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • Group bookings of 2 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • The grocery shop is open between 17/05 and 11/09.
  • Entertainment and activities are available between 01/07 and 31/08.
  • The outdoor swimming pool is open between 17/05 and 11/09 (subject to weather conditions).
  • Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
  • Swimming in the lake is not allowed.
  • A cable measuring at least 10 metres is needed for the electric hook-ups.
  • This is a quiet site: no music is allowed.
  • The bar is open between 17/05 and 11/09.
  • Reception is unmanned after 9 p.m.. Please inform the site while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.
  • The restaurant is open between 17/05 and 11/09.

Languages spoken

Catalan

Dutch

English

French

German

Italian

Portuguese

Spanish

Open from Fri, 17 May to

Pitch types & availability

Reviews

83%

would recommend this site to a friend

75%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Excellent, clean site, direct access to beach

Overall 10/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Lydia S. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced grass pitch

Liked: Access to beach Swimming pool Super clean facilities Great shop Nice cafe/restaurant Shady pitch

Disliked: Was expecting grass pitch not forest floor but the main thing was we had good shade! However there were a lot of ants...

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Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Franck A. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced grass pitch

Liked: Tout été parfait

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Fantastic location right on beach. Toilets was immaculate, always being cleaned 10 out…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 4
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Wayne M. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced grass pitch

Liked: Fantastic location right on beach. Toilets was immaculate, always being cleaned 10 out of 10 to cleaning staff. Nice pitch and great having supermarket and bakery on site. Kids loved it feels safe and quite a bit to do for kids

Disliked: Restaurant /barstaff seem very stressed out ,if you sit down at a table they are on you straight away asking what your doing sitting down which is strange??I want to order food !! The man panicked as i sat at a table of 6 ,This is for a table of 6 he growled ,yes the other 5 people are behind me look there coming lol We got up and left after that .

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Clean , friendly

Overall 8/10
Location 4
Value for money 6
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 8
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric forest floor pitch (pinewood)

Liked: Very clean toilets/ shower wash up block, site well stocked , lovely bakery.

Disliked: Pitches small , was eaten by bugs. Not many sun beds around pool area. Too far from Town . Sea had big drop went deep quickly. Unable to fish little stream on site.

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Good camping i would come back next year, really clean and good…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Cristian I. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric forest floor pitch (pinewood)

Liked: Good camping i would come back next year, really clean and good facilities, shop it is good and the backery its amazing, clean showers and well clean

Disliked: The pitch are a bit too small (comfort pitch)

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Vicinanza alla spiaggia, ristorante, security eccellente e più disponibili della reception…

Overall 6/10
Location 6
Value for money 6
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 2
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 4
Wifi 6
Alessandra F. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced grass pitch

Liked: Vicinanza alla spiaggia, ristorante, security eccellente e più disponibili della reception

Disliked: Reception per niente disponibile, campeggio a volte rumoroso dopo un certo orario (campo da basket)

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Czyste łazienki, czyste otoczenie kempingu. Wejście na plażę bezpośrednio z kempingu. Ładna…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric forest floor pitch (pinewood)

Liked: Czyste łazienki, czyste otoczenie kempingu. Wejście na plażę bezpośrednio z kempingu. Ładna szeroka piaszczysta plaża. Z kempingu prowadzi ścieżka rowerowa wzdłuż całego wybrzeża. Przy kempingu piekarnia z pysznymi wypiekami i supermarket. Ciche, spokojne miejsce. Wygodny basen.

Disliked: Dość ciasne miejsce dla kampera wśród namiotów. Dosyć piaszczyste podłoże, które się kurzyło. Brak wody na parceli. Płatne korty tenisowe.

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Perfekt skött camping

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 6
Susanne E. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric forest floor pitch (pinewood)

Liked: Solen, renligheten,poolen,havet

Disliked: Marken

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Near Perfection

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 6
keith b. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Fully-serviced grass pitch

Liked: Everything. This site is great

Disliked: Food and one of the waiters.Aftrr the 1sf day we found bars and restaurants a 20 minute walk along the beach so this did not bother us at all

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Excellent campsite with many features

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Garry C. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric forest floor pitch (pinewood)

Liked: This is a wonderful site. Spacious pool with large grass area around, numerous wash blocks which are being cleaned, it seemed most of the day so always in good condition. We had booked a comfort + pitch which when we arrived realised that this was very near the beach with no shade. We spoke to reception and they found us another pitch further back with surrounding trees offering us the shade we needed. There is a good shop at the entrance and there is various entertainment in the evenings with a large area outside the restaurant/bar area to sit. Direct access to the beach is always useful but here there is a small bar just at the beach entrance so drinks and light food can be had if wanted. Things we did not use but we’re available for others were the tennis courts and the kids club. There is also an area for football etc. The central area of the site had an inflatable day which all the kids seemed to be enjoying. Would we go back - most certainly.

Disliked: None

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Features

Leisure on site

Bar or club house

Beach access

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Games room

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site cafe

On-site restaurant

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Play area

Pétanque

TV room

Take away

Tennis

Toddler's pool

Watersports

Amenities on site

Baby-changing facilities

Bath available

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Launderette

Local produce

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

No dogs allowed

Themes

Forest

Gastronomic delight

Peaceful

Remote location

Spectacular scenery

Walkers' paradise

Wild camping

Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Nearby farmers' market

Public transport nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Cycle hire nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Leisure/theme park nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Surf school nearby

Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Drainage hook-up points for tourers

Motorhome service point

Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Càmping Playa Brava

Avinguda Del Grau 1

Pals

Girona

Spain

17256

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

42.00124°N
3.19385°W

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Càmping Playa Brava is well set to use as a base for getting around the Costa Brava and Girona, whether you yearn for lazy afternoons on the beach or busy days around the likes of Barcelona and Pals. Whichever you pick, you really must have a hike (or stroll) along the coastal path, dipping down into its little coves or up to its cliffs – both pretty spectacular – followed by an enthusiastic sample of the local cuisine, based around the food of both the sea and the mountains. Diving is available among the clear waters, fish and marine mammals of the Montgrí, Medes Islands and Baix Ter Natural Park, along with nature spotting and birdwatching: around 189 bird species have been seen to flock around its waters. If you're more into urban and/or historic days, Playa Brava is handily set for places like Empuries, with its Roman ruins; the Dali Museum in Figueres; first-rate Pals; the ceramics of La Bisbal, and – but of course – Barcelona, the Catalonian capital stuffed with sights such as Barcelona Cathedral (magnif), the medieval Old Town and Las Ramblas, the Liceu Opera House and a whole heap more.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Playa Del Grau Pm1 0.2 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Playa De La Fonollera I Mas Pinell Pm1 1.2 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Playa Gran De Pals Pm1 1.4 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Playa Del Racó Pm1 1.6 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Playa D'Illa Roja Pm1 1.8 mi Sea Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

  • Does Càmping Playa Brava have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
  • Is Càmping Playa Brava dog friendly? No View all features
  • What attractions are near Càmping Playa Brava? Càmping Playa Brava is well set to use as a base for getting around the Costa Brava and Girona, whether you yearn for lazy afternoons on the beach or busy days around … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Càmping Playa Brava?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  10 a.m. –  11 p.m.
    Depart by:  12 p.m.
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  • How much does it cost to stay at Càmping Playa Brava? From £36.05 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.