For families who have just arrived, or whose kids are at an international school, the language a camp runs in matters more than the activities: these camps are taught wholly or partly in English, so check the split before booking.
A sleepaway camp run by the city of Madrid at its holiday center in the pine woods of Cercedilla, in the Sierra de Guadarrama. Kids stay for a 12-day shift, with sports, pool time, dance, crafts, a daily English game session, nature activities and outings. Places are drawn by lottery among families registered in Madrid, and each shift keeps some places for kids with intellectual or hearing disabilities.
An international summer camp on King's College's leafy campus north of Madrid. Kids choose a program: football with Real Madrid Foundation coaches, musical theater with West End performers, STEAM labs or language classes, with extras like horse riding, swimming and robotics. Weekly trips go to water parks, adventure parks and central Madrid. Day campers mix with boarders from around the world.
Runnymede College, a British school in La Moraleja, opens its campus for the first weeks of summer. Recent editions offered an English-led summer school for younger children (music, water games, cooking, crafts and Forest School) and a sports program for older pupils run by the school's coaches, with climbing and swimming trips. It is open to Runnymede pupils plus their friends and family, not to everyone.
A summer camp on Kensington School's campus in Pozuelo, split into groups from toddlers to teens. The youngest do stories, songs, crafts and water games. Primary kids mix English topic classes with sports, drama, dance, cooking and computing. Teens try padel, roller hockey and team tournaments. All but the youngest go on a trip each week. Families joining the school use it to meet future classmates.
A day camp in English on the International College Spain campus in La Moraleja, run by Clubs Complete. Each week has a new theme, such as water play with slides, tie-dye and slime, or circus skills with popcorn and cotton candy, and some weeks kids choose a sports track or a STEM track. Kids are grouped as Infants, Juniors and Seniors.
A multisport day camp at Centro Deportivo M86, the big swimming and sports complex by Sainz de Baranda. Kids swim every day in its pools, with water polo and water games, then play hockey, basketball, soccer and newer team games like tchoukball and spikeball, plus gymkhanas, crafts and indoor games in the afternoon. Groups by age, with some English practice built in. Run mainly in Spanish.
A sleepaway camp at a farm school in the countryside west of Madrid. Kids help feed and clean the farm animals, learn to care for horses, donkeys and ponies, meet the birds of prey at the rescue center, and walk the oak-forest trail to spot deer and wild boar. Days add crafts, cooking workshops, a daily swim, night games and a course on the Iberian wolf, with some English practice.
For families who have just arrived, or whose kids are at an international school, the language a camp runs in matters more than the activities: these camps are taught wholly or partly in English, so check the split before booking.
A sleepaway camp run by the city of Madrid at its holiday center in the pine woods of Cercedilla, in the Sierra de Guadarrama. Kids stay for a 12-day shift, with sports, pool time, dance, crafts, a daily English game session, nature activities and outings. Places are drawn by lottery among families registered in Madrid, and each shift keeps some places for kids with intellectual or hearing disabilities.
An international summer camp on King's College's leafy campus north of Madrid. Kids choose a program: football with Real Madrid Foundation coaches, musical theater with West End performers, STEAM labs or language classes, with extras like horse riding, swimming and robotics. Weekly trips go to water parks, adventure parks and central Madrid. Day campers mix with boarders from around the world.
Runnymede College, a British school in La Moraleja, opens its campus for the first weeks of summer. Recent editions offered an English-led summer school for younger children (music, water games, cooking, crafts and Forest School) and a sports program for older pupils run by the school's coaches, with climbing and swimming trips. It is open to Runnymede pupils plus their friends and family, not to everyone.
A summer camp on Kensington School's campus in Pozuelo, split into groups from toddlers to teens. The youngest do stories, songs, crafts and water games. Primary kids mix English topic classes with sports, drama, dance, cooking and computing. Teens try padel, roller hockey and team tournaments. All but the youngest go on a trip each week. Families joining the school use it to meet future classmates.
A day camp in English on the International College Spain campus in La Moraleja, run by Clubs Complete. Each week has a new theme, such as water play with slides, tie-dye and slime, or circus skills with popcorn and cotton candy, and some weeks kids choose a sports track or a STEM track. Kids are grouped as Infants, Juniors and Seniors.
A multisport day camp at Centro Deportivo M86, the big swimming and sports complex by Sainz de Baranda. Kids swim every day in its pools, with water polo and water games, then play hockey, basketball, soccer and newer team games like tchoukball and spikeball, plus gymkhanas, crafts and indoor games in the afternoon. Groups by age, with some English practice built in. Run mainly in Spanish.
A sleepaway camp at a farm school in the countryside west of Madrid. Kids help feed and clean the farm animals, learn to care for horses, donkeys and ponies, meet the birds of prey at the rescue center, and walk the oak-forest trail to spot deer and wild boar. Days add crafts, cooking workshops, a daily swim, night games and a course on the Iberian wolf, with some English practice.
