The Spanish Campsite Federation (FEEC) celebrated the 4th Camping Gala by assigning the 2023 Camping Awardsin Madrid. The recognition of the professionalization that Spanish campsites are achieving in recent years saw over 200 participants. The awards ceremony was preceded by a morning of training, with interesting presentations and a workshop with supplier companies in the sector.
Our friends and colleagues from Camping Profesional were obviously present at the event, and we thank them for sharing the contents of the evening. The actual Gala began at 8pm, with a cocktail and a welcome from the president of the FEEC, Ana Beriain, after which dinner took place. The awards ceremony involved the 27 finalist campsitesselected in this edition in each of the categories. And the winners were:
- The campsite with the most original accommodation: Camping El Garrofer (Sitges, Barcelona)
- Best campsite with experiences: Bravoplaya Camping & Resort (Ribera de Cabanes, Castellón)
- Best beach campsite: Tamarit Beach Resort (Tarragona)
- Best mountain campsite: Camping Baliera (Bonansa, Huesca)
- Best campsite open all year: Camping La Rosaleda (Conil, Cadiz)
- Best camping in a natural environment: Camping Amaido (San Tirso de Abres, Asturias) and Camping Rinlo Costa (Ribadeo, Lugo)
- Best camping restaurant: Camping Río Tus (Yeste, Albacete)
- Best continental campsite: Camping Senia Rupit (Rupit, Barcelona)
- The most family-friendly campsite: Alannia Costa Blanca (Crevillent, Alicante)
Furthermore, on this occasion, a special professional career award was presented to José de Castro, owner and manager of Camping Don Quijote (Cabrerizos, Salamanca) since 1998, who accepted the award with enthusiasm and surprise.
“This Gala represents the prize and reward for the work done by hundreds of industry entrepreneurs who are positioning campsites on the national and international scene,” said Ana Beriain, president of the FEEC. “It is a recognition of the work they do every day, summer or winter, with national or foreign tourists, customers who return every year or who discover the sector for the first time”.
The winners received a statuette designed by the well-known sculptor Esteban Bernal which seeks to valorize the effort in the climb until reaching excellence as a goal. It is the silhouette of a person with arms raised which, in addition to triumph, represents the efforts, joys, lights and shadows of a long journey illuminated by the sun of the FEEC logo which knows how to recognize and reward it.
