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In Spain, tensions rise over motorhome parking: a planned area in Oyambre Natural Park (Cantabria) faces environmentalist opposition, while Almería authorities install barriers and evict vehicles from sensitive zones.
The Salvar Oyambre platform warned that installing a motorhome area on the coast of San Vicente de la Barquera would damage the natural park. Activists say the project is incompatible with the park's protected status and violates the law.
In Almería city, authorities installed bollards and blocked access to the former fairground to prevent illegal motorhome parking. As a result, about 20 trailers moved to the fence of Parque de la Familia and the Auditorio Maestro Padilla parking lot, another 20 to new streets in the Vega de Acá district and Parque Andarax, where they occupied bus spaces. The official Delta del Andarax motorhome parking by the sea remained partially free.
In Cabo de Gata Natural Park, vehicles are being evicted from protected areas due to environmental damage. The municipality is also drafting specific regulations for motorhomes. New motorhome and camper registrations in Spain rose by 26.4% in March.
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The Salvar Oyambre platform warned about the damage from creating a motorhome area on the coast of San Vicente de la Barquera. Activists say the proje...
The Salvar Oyambre platform warned about the damage from creating a motorhome area on the coast of San Vicente de la Barquera. Activists say the project is incompatible with the protected status of the natural park and violates the law.
After the city council installed barriers at the former fairground in Almería, caravans have relocated to other areas. About twenty trailers remain ne...
After the city council installed barriers at the former fairground in Almería, caravans have relocated to other areas. About twenty trailers remain near the fence of Parque de las Familias and in the parking lot of Auditorio Maestro Padilla, another twenty have settled on the new streets of the Vega de Acá district, and some are also in Parque del Andarax, using bus parking spaces. Meanwhile, the official motorhome parking area at Delta del Andarax by the sea remained partially vacant.
Authorities in Almería have intensified measures to restrict motorhome parking in urban and natural areas. In the provincial capital, bollards were in...
Authorities in Almería have intensified measures to restrict motorhome parking in urban and natural areas. In the provincial capital, bollards were installed and access to a former fairground was blocked, while in the Cabo de Gata Natural Park, vehicles parked in protected zones were removed.
Authorities in Almería are installing physical barriers at the former fairground site to prevent illegal motorhome parking. The municipality is also d...
Authorities in Almería are installing physical barriers at the former fairground site to prevent illegal motorhome parking. The municipality is also developing specific regulations for such vehicles, while evictions are taking place in the Cabo de Gata Natural Park due to environmental damage. Registrations of new motorhomes and campers in Spain increased by 26.4% in March.
Updated: 01.08.2026
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