First Time Spain

for current examples check out the coming week's weather for (say) Benicassim (north of Valencia) or Malaga further south and you'll get an idea about December (and onwards) weather.

we are also sailing 8th Jan from Poole to Cherboug and will be based in Benicassim for a couple of weeks. weve stayed there (and onward) for many winters and have no worries about the weather, it will be great compared to home.

enjoy.

Success of a sort , i've managed to book in at a site near Villaricos . So all i have to do now is plan my route down there , will follow threads supplied for guidance but will be looking for first stop fairly close to Bilbao in case of sickness/wobbly legs off ship !!! I've got 2 and half days to do it so i wont be rushing as it's my first time (think i mentioned that) .

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you could go via Logroño (site here) and Zaragosa (site here) then onto Valencia and your destination. this is the same section we will cover after coming down the west coast of France from Cherbourg.

your route is about 9 hrs in total so should have plenty of time.

enjoy. 

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David, no...i was trying (poorly?) to suggest that there were stopping campsites at the places i mentioned.

weve (like many) stayed at Zaragosa, i also have stayed at Camping Navarette, fairly close to Logrono, but it doesnt look like its open all year.

in fact, im having problems finding (literally) anything open on the ACSI website....operator error i imagine.

further to the above...

it seems the 2020 date may not yet be loaded into the ACSI website database....strange though....as i can do selective searches for the remaining December '19 dates...odd.

Please don't stop in service stations it is so dangerous specially near big cites, there are numerous cases already this year where foreign travellers have been targeted and robbed and no it wasn't the G word. 

Only this week a French couple had their caravan stolen in a service station near to Jaen they went into the bar for breakfast and when they came out it  had gone, also in the Valencian region the Guardia Civil have arrested a gang who were targeting foreign nationals on the motorway services.

Phil 

Waz51

The only option too Almeria is A1, AP1, M50, AP36 and then A30 too Murcia then south, along the A7 although this route does include the Madrid outer ring road this is the most straight forward and will include some tolls but well worth the cost. The M50 round Madrid is three or four lane motorway and is pretty easy but nothing like the M25 in London. Burgos and Aranjuez would be good stops but after Madrid you might have to do 250 odd miles in one go because I don't know of any campsites till you get to Murcia and  this area is very baron although someone might be along to correct me. 

Enjoy

Phil

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