ARCHIVED - No free camping and more disabled access: Murcia introduces new campsite and caravan laws

Spain’s Murcia Region has given the green light to new motorhome and camping regulation

So what can and can’t you do under the new campsite and camping law in Murcia?

1. Under the new Murcia camping rules, you cannot camp for free. The regulation establishes that free camping may not be carried out by motorhomes, caravans, campervans or similar, in order to avoid crowds, especially in natural areas. The text indicates the conditions that must be met in order for these vehicles to be considered to be parked and not camped.
2. Campsites and motorhome areas may only be located in places where, in addition to urban planning regulations, nature protection, coastline, cultural heritage, public watercourses and flooding and other regulations are respected.
3. The decree also regulates, for the first time ever, the areas for motorhomes, caravans, campervans and similar, which are united in a single category. For campsites, a new categorisation system has been introduced that uses stars in the same way as hotels are rated on a five-star system. This also includes ‘glamping’ or ‘glamorous camping’ sites.
4. The law also introduces the concept of “unity of operation”, meaning that all the accommodation activity carried out in a campsite must be managed by the same business owner and.
5. All campsites and motorhome areas must be wheelchair accessible. It will now be compulsory for all of them to have access for people with disabilities, including the car parks, entrances and exits, toilets and other facilities.