The El Toro Bravo camping was located in the south of the Llobregat delta, under a large coastal pine forest. In the project report, the architect Francesc Mitjans described the surroundings as a place which was ‘sensibly flat, occupied by a leafy pine forest close to the sea, totally respected in the project, with views of the sea, with sea inlets called El Remolar lagoon and La Vidala lagoon’.
The surroundings of the campsite, between marshes and under the coastal pine forest, presented very favourable conditions for a temporary and light occupation. On the one hand, the pine forest provided dense shade from the sun. On the other hand, the horizontal terrain allowed easy adaptation for camping and good accessibility. The architect's main decision was to recognise the values of the environment itself in order to respond to the new needs introduced by the campsite, which could accommodate up to 6,000 travellers.
In the project, he defined a series of paths between the pine trees that gave rise to the random layout of the plots. Among these paths, there was an equipped axis that crossed the entire site diagonally, from the access to the sea, and which included the pavilions for common use: access pergola, reception, water tank tower, supermarket, toilets and restaurant with the swimming pools.
In 2005 it was closed down due to the expansion of Barcelona-El Prat airport, and is now a natural environment with Plan for Areas of Natural Interest in Catalonia (PEIN) protection.
