Use campsites and authorised areas for overnight stays, outdoor setup, water refill and waste disposal.
Camper Rules Assistant
Build a country route and get compact allowed/do-not-assume/check cards for overnight rules, LEZ, tolls, documents and winter requirements.
Spain
Spain is one of the clearest countries on the parking-versus-camping split: legal parking is allowed where signs permit it, while camping is limited to authorised places.
A motorhome is considered parked when it stays within the marked bay and does not place awnings, tables, stabilizers or similar elements outside the vehicle.
Spain has a mix of free motorways and tolled roads, bridges, tunnels and private facilities; payment rules vary by route. Large cities can operate ZBE low-emission zones. Foreign vehicles may need local registration or authorisation before entry.
Ireland
Ireland is a rewarding motorhome country when you plan local overnight permissions, ferry-friendly dimensions, toll payment and narrow-road timing. Wild camping and car-park sleeping are not a national right.
Campsites are the most reliable way to get legal overnight stays, water, electricity and waste services on Irish routes.
Ireland does not give motorhomes a blanket right to sleep wherever parking is possible; councils, landowners, national parks and car-park signs decide the practical rule.
Irish toll roads are route-specific. The M50 around Dublin is barrier-free and must be paid by the deadline if you do not have a tag or account. Ireland does not have a single national emissions sticker for visiting motorhomes, but city transport plans, bus gates, parking zones and height limits still matter.
Overnight and wild camping
Spain
A motorhome is considered parked when it stays within the marked bay and does not place awnings, tables, stabilizers or similar elements outside the vehicle.
- Camping is allowed only in enabled areas, such as campsites or authorised motorhome parking, under regional rules.
- Parking rules can be stricter on beaches, natural parks and high-demand tourist streets.
Ireland
Ireland does not give motorhomes a blanket right to sleep wherever parking is possible; councils, landowners, national parks and car-park signs decide the practical rule.
- Some national parks allow only specific tent-based wild camping under strict codes; Connemara explicitly prohibits overnight campervan stays in car parks.
- Use campsites, signed aire or motorhome stopovers, and leave ordinary coastal, harbour or trailhead car parks before overnight bans apply.