Granada, Cordoba, Seville

Posted on 11/08/2019 08:43 by young thomas

this Spring we stayed at camping playa de las Dunas for Cadiz and crossed on the ferry.

our stay at Seville was great as we stayed at the aire Autocaravanas de Seville...actually a bit of a dump (commercial car park) but within walking distance of the city centre and access directly on to the city cycle way.

 for Granada we stayed at Camping Reina Isabel which is a couple of miles due south and there is a bus stop right outside....site restaurant great and plenty of locals come to eat at the weekend giving great atmosphere...site and pitches quite small but we got in OK.

just ensure you get your Alhambra tickets booked online (or at the site reception) before you go.

sounds like a great trip

Posted on 11/08/2019 09:31 by Longtimecaravanner

I am pretty sure that you have read my blog but just in case not here it is

https://jennyandjohngocaravanning.wordpress.com/2017/11/11/spain/

I thought the Merida site had been painted blacker than it was and for the sheer convenience of being so close to the town worth putting up with any downsides.

Posted on 11/08/2019 11:33 by Mugsy

We stayed at Camping Villsom for Seville, and although some of the pitches were a little tight, it was a short walk to town and the bus for Seville.  

Camping Los Lomas for Granada is another worth considering.  Again with a bus stop outside the site and comfortable pitches.

If you change your plans Don Quijote at Salamanca is worth a look.  We were lucky when we visited because they were 'shooting' a medieval film and anything modern had been disguised - pure magic.  You can tell we are motorhomers... once again a bus stop at the gates.

Enjoy your trip.

Posted on 11/08/2019 12:56 by punto338

This is a much travelled route and I suspect that you will get many recommendations.  We toured Spain last year for the first time (with the exception of 'bucket & spade' holidays near Rosas in the early days).  We had a wedding to go to in Toledo in the middle of October which was the prompt to visit Spain.  Other than the fixed point of the wedding, we made the rest up as we went along.  

We started at the Dusseldorf caravan show at the end of August, went down the western side of Spain to the bottom, did a short 3.5 weeks in Morocco and came back up the eastern side, getting home around the second week in February.  10,500 miles and 42 campsites - too many for this post.

Looking at your specific questions, Longtimecaravanner's blog is very informative and I agree wholeheartedly with Mugsy about Salamanca & Don Quijote.

Granada:  We stayed at Camping Motel Sierra Nevada just on the outskirts.  Not one of Spain's finest but it was OK.  Quite a long hike to the showers - relevant as it was early January and very cold.  However, there was plenty of hot water and the sinks had both hot water and a plug (hot shave was a rarity). More importantly, it was able to get us tickets to visit Alhambra when all the online tickets were sold out.

Cordoba:  We stayed at El Brilliante.  This was the most expensive campsite in the whole of our tour and way over priced for the state of its facilities - but the bus into the city stopped right outside the campsite.  i agree with LTC's blog; the Mezquita was one of the highlights of our tour.

Seville:  We also stayed at Camping Villsom in Dos Hermanos outside Seville.  As Mugsy says, the bus was very convenient and stopped right outside the campsite on the way back.  We did not book for the Alcazar but joined the queue.  It took just over an hour but well worth the wait.  We loved Seville and stalled for 6 days there.

Cacares/Merida:  We went to Caceres simply because we had met so many campers who were going there so we felt we had to see what it was all about.    We stayed at Camping Caceres - well known to many I am sure as each pitch has its own shower, loo & sink next to it.  Caceres itself is a small, very well preserved fortified town.  It also has a large Carrefour and an excellent laundrette (we had been on the road for 7 weeks by this stage!)  From Careers, we did day trips to Trujillo, Guadalupe and Merida.  All within easy reach.

For the rest of the trip we went to San Sebastian, Burgos, Leon, Santiago de Compostela, Salamanca, Segovia, Madrid, Toledo, Cadiz, Tarifa, Morocco, Manilva, Benidorm (Alicante airport to drop sister-in-law off I hasten to add!), Javea (where we stalled for 3 weeks), Valencia and Barcelona, if I can be of any help.

Posted on 12/08/2019 19:42 by Wherenext

Haven't contributed anything yet TG as it's ages since we stayed at sites that far south and any recommendation would be worthless but have to say the itenerary sounds great. You shouldn't have any problems seeing some wonderful sights. The Roman sights at Merida are worth the visit to the town. We stayed at the site in town and didn't have a problem with it for a couple of nights but as I say it was some time ago.

Hope all goes well this time.

Posted on 13/08/2019 08:14 by cyberyacht

Whilst it may sound heretical, I sometimes wonder whether a "classical Spain" organised tour isn't a better idea to see the honeypot locations. It's a long old drive right down there and, unless incorporated in a prolonged tour of that part of the world, it seems like hard work. Southern Spain in a tin box is going to be a bit sweaty as well unless going very early or late in the year.