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Subject Topic: France to southern Spain..how many stops?
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01/2/2008 at 10:43am
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Hello everyone...at long last I'm nearly ready for the off!

I was wondering how many stops to allow driving from Calais to Almeria?

Never having embarked on such a trip i would appreciate some advise from you seasoned campaigners so i can plan my route/book sites.

Would 250 miles a day be a reasonable distance?

 

 



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01/2/2008 at 5:10pm
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Towing we probably do slightly more than 250 miles a day (and have done up to 360) - so this would be quite 'do-able'.  There are some posting on here who have done that sort of journey in two days - so I suppose it's what you feel comfortable with.  If you reckon on 250, though, you can 'meander' a bit more and make the journey part of the holiday - stopping off for a picnic, perhaps, or finding a nice market to wander around.


01/2/2008 at 9:28pm
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Why hurry? lots to see enroute,take your time I did this trip last month and took 11 days from calais to Valencia

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01/2/2008 at 9:53pm
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Depends on whether you are towing, tenters or motorcaravanners?

If you need to stay on campsites, at this time of year your itinerary and where stops are needed can be decided by the route and what sites are open when driving down through France.



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02/2/2008 at 10:06pm
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We are driving from Calais to Vilanova Park starting on the 17 February and as we prefer to stay on sites it has been quite difficult finding suitable ones that are open.

However we are stopping at the following, Forest View, L'Esperance, Dorceau, 230 miles:, Camping Beausolieil, Bordeaux:, 328 miles Camping El Molino, Mendigorria,Pamplona, 210miles; reaching Villanova Park on the 20 Feb which is 291 miles.

We shall be using motorways where possible.

 



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03/2/2008 at 1:00pm
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thanx for the replies and advice

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01/7/2008 at 9:38am
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we go down to Vilanova for christmas and new year ,we usually stop at Dover or Calais over night , then Clermont Ferrand

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01/7/2008 at 11:13am
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we drove to nice, and had 1 overnite stop at macon, 350 miles a day on the motorways is possible as thay are virtually empty, but i suppose it depends on age,vehicle,experiance...

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