Researching Spain summer day camps for kids
Hello! We are two families who had this idea of spending a month in Spain together this summer, but as we are 4 working adults with 3 kids between us and have to work some of the time, we thought that we could try to see if our kids could go to a day camp a week or 2 in order to get work done. I have been on the yumping.com and campamento.com websites to scour some day camps for kids ages 3-11. My research seemed to yield camps up to mid-July but not so much after that. Unfortunately, my Spanish skills are pretty basic, and Google Translate can only get me so far in my search. Does anyone know of how to go about searching for day camps in Spain aside from the websites I mentioned? And if you have experience with the day camp 'scene' in any part of Spain, I'd really appreciate any tips or things to be aware of (i.e. if classes fill quickly, which cities have more options, etc.). Our kids do know Spanish, so actually, we are trying to avoid English-taught camps. Thanks!
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Hi,
I did this with my daughter in 2019 (she was 9). It was so fun! I also saw the same websites as you but they seemed geared towards international clients & not Spaniards. My daughter ended up in a camp run by the ayutamiento (city hall) of the city we were in. This is the equivalent of "City of Walnut Creek Summer Camps" or where ever. They are local camps & she was the only child from outside that village to ever attend their camp. They are not well advertised & when I looked they didn't have information on summer camp until after Spring break. You can start with the city hall webpage of whereever you decide to go - ie https://www.granada.org/inicio.htm and navigate to the youth section. I recommend to just reach out directly to any point of contact on the city hall websites & ask for help.
Our camp was $90 for the week from 7am-5pm, including lunch, snack & a field trip. LOL this is not Summer camp in the Bay Area!
OP here, thanks for your response! May I ask - which city was that because I have heard that if you are not registered as a residence in the city, you really can't be part of the day camp. I don't know if this is across all of Spain though, or if it is just certain cities where space is limited.