Venturing into Spain slightly

[RoaminRog]

Err. Hang on, are we all getting carried away, didn’t you say you had only three weeks. It’s a very long way back and forth along the north coast of Spain. Do you want to spend the entire time on the motorway? If you want to visit Pamplona and Barcelona you would have your time cut out just getting between the two at a reasonable pace. There’s some fantastic country to see just following the roads east to west from P to B skirting close along the edge of the Pyrenees. There are few wild spots along the way however as most of the really nice bits are in National Parks (such as the Odessa NP) it would be worth a few euros on campsites. Finding some of the most stunning bits means diverting up some of the dead end valleys. Last year the temperatures along this route were reasonable, whereas only a few tens of miles further south it was getting ruddy hot. If you’ve only three weeks realistically it’s either ditch Barcelona/Carcassonne and do Pamplona, the north coast and Picos, or If you want to do Pamplona AND Barcelona forget the North coast for another time.

Secondly, how are you getting down to Spain? That’s a long way in itself. If the trip down is included in the 3 weeks then it will have to be motorways and/or the long sea crossing to Bilbao. You won’t have time for leisurely wandering down the minor roads or Route Nationales in France. And don’t forget if you are going in July the French are introducing their new 50mph limit on all non motorway roads...read all about that in other threads.

Have a great trip whatever you choose!!!

Thank you for that, originally the plan was Pamplona, Barcelona but after speaking to other members, I got the impression that the north coast was an interesting alternative.
Will decide which route based on replies, but definitely not considering both.

 

[Canalsman]

In February this year we stayed in the relatively new corporation Aire in Pamplona here 42.821070 -1.656825.
Cost 10euro per 24 hrs including water, waste & ehu - although there's a reduced fee for just waste dump & water fill visit.
Quite close to the town centre but a fairly steep hill.
Next door there's a fuel station & supermarket for morning bread and just over the bridge is a brew pub & eatery of the "The House Brew" chain, which stocks a fine selection of european beers...........e.g.Gulden Draak @10.5%

Thanks for the information. I've added this to the POIs

 

[spigot]

Hi Rog,
In February this year we stayed in the relatively new corporation Aire in Pamplona here 42.821070 -1.656825.
Cost 10euro per 24 hrs including water, waste & ehu - although there's a reduced fee for just waste dump & water fill visit.
Quite close to the town centre but a fairly steep hill.
Next door there's a fuel station & supermarket for morning bread and just over the bridge is a brew pub & eatery of the "The House Brew" chain, which stocks a fine selection of european beers...........e.g.Gulden Draak @10.5%

Thanks for that, didn’t know it existed. It’s twice the distance from the big car park but could come in handy if our normal site is full, also, there’s a free funicular to take you up to the town.

 

[spigot]

Thanks Mike, lots of info there to get our teeth into. Would we have trouble getting to the car park in San Sebastian with 8 metres do you think? I like the sound of the location.

Here’s the only pic I can find of that location, as you can see it doesn’t get busy. That futuristic steel building is the ‘state of the art’ bog.



And here’s a taster of the Picos.

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[alcam]

Here’s the only pic I can find of that location, as you can see it doesn’t get busy. That futuristic steel building is the ‘state of the art’ bog.

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And here’s a taster of the Picos.

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Hope third picture is a footpath not a road !
Where is picture 4 ?