Can anyone suggest any routes to Almeria / southern Spain leaving on euro tunnel on the 6th feb .We like to travel 300 miles max per day and prefer designated campsites but would also use Aires (not motorway ).
Palaceboy
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Hallo' palaceboy, wish i was coming as well, never mind, well as for routes we are all different ie, requirements and so forth, but i would say west of France using major roads instead of paying tolls, all the way down to Bayonne, now i'm not going into details of road no. because i'm sure you must have decent maps or maybe even Autoroute. Then Burgos to Madrid and all the way down to Granada, from there to Guadix and follow to Almeria.As for campsites on way do a google search i do not mind stopping at service areas, as long as i feel safe, if not move on. I'm sure that other people might comeback with more details and so forth. In the end the choice is yours, as matter of fact i do have most if not all of the campsites and aires in my Tom tom, but alas at this time of year its knowing wich ones are open, you can also find some info on this forumie. camp site search give a try.If by any chance the pound improves against the euro, then i will join you, some friends have already gone to mountpark campsite near Malaga and begging me to join them. We just don't know what to do?
but the dvd was essential as it shows a lot more sites they recomend but you dont get the reduced fees if you have a laptop with you it is easy to find site that are open all year in the aera you are heading for
or if you are on desktop at home plan your route and note sites open enroute
we are traveling down that way early feb 4/6 weeks will go down central france and down the coast towards alicante and return via west coast in the hope the weather will be beter then
Try this link for details of campsites within 15 km of all the major routes through Europe - those open all year are highlighted in red, and all the POIs are available, plus contact details for the sites (just to check that they ARE actually open!!!)
We are going from Calais to La Manga starting with the ferry on Feb 1 and our route is as follows:
Calais to Forest View ( English owned site near Remalard 226 miles
Forest View to Camping Beausoliel near Bordeaux 315 miles
Camping Beausoliel to De Haro 240 miles
De Haro to Arunjeuz 232 miles
Arunjeuz to La Manga 264 miles
Some of these sites are in the Winter Sun book from the Camping and Caravan Club
and the others can be found on the excellent ASCI DVD which shows quite a few sites that are open all year.
Leo wrote;
I am contemlating taking a similar this route next week however, camping Beausoliel near Bordeaux ,according to their own website ,doesnt open till April !
Does anyone know of a campsite nr. Bordeaux which will be open as of now.
Kind regards,
Leo
Post last edited on 17/01/2009 21:04:00
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We are going in late Feb, Calais to Poiters, then Larouletta and then into Spain going either Haro or towards Valencia. As said above there are quite a lot of sites open all year in France either in the CC book, camping cheque or ACSI books.
Amazing family weekend with old steam engines, classic car displays, market stalls, and full catering and bar. And camping on site - Save £25 by booking in advance.
Topic: Winter route/campsites to Almeria
