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Subject Topic: Driving to Costa Dorado
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27/8/2008 at 4:24pm
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We are hoping to go back to Cambrills park next year (Near Tarragona), last time we sailed to Bilboa and drov 5 hours.  This time we want to sail to France and drive down, stopping at an Ibis of F1 hotel on the way through. Has anyone done this??

We price the crossing to Bilboa at £856.00.

 



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27/8/2008 at 4:50pm
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Debw

Our Dover to Calais was less than £200 return with the Caravan Club. It then cost around £200/£225 to drive down to Torroella De Montgri which is 100 miles north of Barcelona. Appreciated you are a lot further South but this may give you some idea.

The route we take is Calais>Rouen>Evreux>Dreux.Chartres>Orleans>Limoges>Toulouse>Narbonne>Carcasson>Narbonne and then A9>Ap7 after the border. Cheapest for tolls and less hills to climb.

Calais to Torroella is 826 miles and actual driving time at a steady 60'ish is about 16 hours. 

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27/8/2008 at 5:55pm
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Most direct route & cheapest in tolls is follow above route to Toulouse then go sth down the A61 a bit & turn off up A66 past Pamiers & Foix & follow the signs to Barcelona over the hills & thru the tunnels past(but not into)Andorra & into Spain & down towards Barcelona, it aint as bad as it looks on the map you climb but the tunnels go under the mountains. We left Foix at 8am towing a caravan & we were down past Cambrils by 2pm. Route not feasable in winter 'cos it snows.

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27/8/2008 at 8:14pm
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Marty could you use that route to by pass Perpignan and still drop down to the Gerona in Northern Spain without too much fuss bearing in mind we would be towing a curryvan as opposed to you in a camper ?


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27/8/2008 at 8:22pm
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You could go that way but its not really a main route thru to Girona & you wouldnt be saving any mileage but its a nice route because it goes thru the mountains & theres campsites on the way.

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27/8/2008 at 9:01pm
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 hi debw,we drove down from scotland,sailed dover/callias and down to cambrills thru france.we stayed with eurocamp who allow overnight stops in there campsites on route.


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If you put in your details into viamichelin it will give you different routes,We chickened out of the Andoora route in the end and went Croydes route to Vilanova near Sitges We stopped for lunch near Paris in an aire with a restaurant and a takeaway pizza at 9pm in Limoges.Then we arrived at a gorgeous B&B near Souillac- La Pierre Plantee. Then we drove the next day and arrived at Vilanova at about 8pm.

It was a long slog though and only possible with a12 year old and 18 year old due to a mixture of Ipods, portable DVds and sleep!

I wouldnt rush to go so far again with children but I loved the B& B an enjoyed the drive through the Lot region.



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