Luxury camping in the UK and Europe

Do you want to enjoy an outdoor-sy holiday without the hardships of traditional camping? Why not give glamping a try? Glamping offers all the fresh air and beauty of regular camping but with the added trimmings hot-showers, real mattresses and just about any home comfort that you can think of...

Accommodation comes in all different shapes and sizes: tipis (tee-pees), yurts, bell tents, vintage airstream trailers, and gypsy caravans can be hired the length and breadth of the country. Prices really vary depending on accommodation and campsite, but expect to pay a prettier penny than you would for a pitch at a regular campsite. UK's best glampsites There are loads of great options at your disposal if you want put a more refined slant on the traditional British camping holiday. Afton Park is a bucolic orchard-based glamping hotspot near Freshwater, on the Isle of Wight. Here, you can take your pick between bell tents and yurts. Feather Down Farms have 25 glamping destinations across England. Think wooden floors, en-suite facilities, and proper beds. For luxury camping in Wales check out Eco Retreats in Powys, or The Yurt Farm in Ceredigion. Some great luxury campsites in Scotland include Loch Tay Highland Lodges in Perthshire and the Canna Camping Holidays in the Inner Hebrides, which both successfully marry modern luxury with nature. Click here to see some of our favourite luxury campsites in the UK. Glamping at festivals Glamping is now available at festivals, for those who dig the cool festival vibe but can’t abide leaky tents and bumpy ground. Glastonbury offers a range of glamping options including yurts, tee-pees and pods. The levels of luxury and the prices vary greatly from a couple of hundred pounds for a yurt to well in to the Ks for tee-pee with facilities more befitting the Hilton Hotel than a field near Shepton Mallet. Most of the top festivals have glamping accommodation so whether it's Bestival, the Larmer Tree or V Festival, all your creature comforts are catered for. Many glamping facilities at festivals come equipped with the vital invention of the electrical plug socket meaning the inconvenience of an empty phone battery can be made a distant memory of bygone festivals. To discover your ideal festival, pick up a copy of Cool Camping Festivals. Glamping in Europe If you want to go further a field for a glamping holiday there a loads of great sites spread across Europe. Each yurt at the ‘Eco Lodge Brejeira’ – situated by the beaches of the Algarve – has its own shower and compost toilet, and there's a communal building where breakfast and dinner are available. Écovallée Yurt Camping, in the Dordogne region of France, is a great glamping option for the families. It offers a play yurt filled with toys and games for kids, a woodland play area, and a range of onsite activities, so the nippers will never be at a loose end. But for the Rita Hayworth of Europe’s luxury campsites, visit the Mongolian Yurts in Vaud, Switzerland, this gem lies atop Rochers-de-Naye with a stunning vista over Lake Geneva. To discover more campsites and luxury campsites across Europe, pick up a copy of Cool Camping Europe today.