Camping is a popular form of accommodation for those who choose to spend time in the open. For many people, camping is a way of escape from a routine and a way of reconnecting with nature. It had a series of transformation throughout its history and can be studied from its humble beginnings as a choice for from the socio-economical point of view, less wealthy tourists, all the way to the glamping, high end, high luxury camps. For many campers, camping is a way of life. Still, with the development of more luxurious camps, more and more tourist starts to consider camping as a possible alternative for more conventional accommodations. Camping in Croatia is usually related to summer vacation and settlements at the seaside. Still, many examples from European countries show us that camping can be a successful line of tourism, even in continental areas. As the central goal of this paper, one can point an overview of camping tourism in capital cities of European countries, and mapping of experiences from those cities to the camping tourism of capital of Croatia, Zagreb. A research part of this paper is an analysis of the current state of camping tourism in Zagreb and the interpolation of possible future development of that kind of accommodation. Based on that, the paper suggests baseline goals, which can lead to the growth and further improvement of camping in Zagreb, and continental areas of Croatia in general.