Camping El Merino
Extremadura · Sleeps 2 or more
A mini campsite in the Sierra de Gata with very large pitches and almost nobody on them.
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- Glamping tents
- Total seclusion
- Mountain views
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Photographs by Senja Camping, used with permission.
Senja Camping
Silsand, Troms, Northern Norway
A family site of thirty years' standing on Senja, with nine cabins and its own ski slope.
Why we love it
Senja is Norway's second-largest island and gets a fraction of Lofoten's traffic despite arguably better mountains — the sharp granite fins along the outer coast are the reason photographers keep going back. This site has been running for over thirty years at Silsand on the eastern side, with nine cabins of various sizes and pitches for tents and vans.
Pitches close in mid-September. The cabins and the ski slope carry it through the winter, which is when the lights are out.
Best for: Senja without the Lofoten crowds
Worth knowing
- Cabins D and E, the 12 m² pair, have no water and so no bath and no shower; those are in the service centres.
- Showers cost NOK 10 for six minutes.
- Dogs are not allowed inside the cabins.
The practicalities
- Wifi
- Good
- Included
- Free wireless internet across the site
- Electricity and wifi on a caravan or motorhome pitch
- A TV and a mini-kitchen with a fridge in every cabin
- The 160 m² jumping pillow, the playgrounds and the barbecue areas
- Extras
- A shower — NOK 10 for 6 minutes
- Each additional person on a tent pitch — NOK 20 per person
Getting there
Torsmoveien 419, 9303 Silsand, 13 kilometres from Finnsnes, the closest community. Cross the Gisundbrua bridge, turn left, then left again at the crossroads in Islandsbotn and follow the road towards Vangsvik on the RV 860. From Gryllefjord and west Senja take the Rv 86 and turn off at Svanelvmoen, from where it is signed all the way.
What is around it
Walks
- Trollbu — The lake just beside the campsite: swimming when the water is warm enough, and fishing for salmon, trout and arctic char.
Towns
- Finnsnes · 8.1 miles — The operator gives 13 kilometres, and calls it the closest community.
Where it is
Checked August 2026 · We re-verify prices and opening every quarter.
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