Calais to Estepona

[thomas_374408182]

Thanks for the advice on vets near Calais,

We are driving from Calais to Estepona in a motor home, starting on the 18th March and taking a leisurely 3 weeks. We will stay for about 4 weeks in southern Spain and take 3 weeks for the return journey.

Any advice on routes, camp sites, etc.would be appreciated.

Thanking you

Thomas

 

[ValA.]

This is a useful link to all campsites within 15 kilometres of the major routes through Europe - easy to use, and with all the details you need of opening dates, etc. http://users.telenet.be/leo.huybrechts/camp1.htm

You can use mappy.com, viamichelin.com for route planning - and if you wish select 'without tolls' for instance - or use them to calculate just what your tolls will cost. We've been as far as Tarragona in Spain, and have done two routes - the first down the A75 from Clermont Ferrand south, Beziers, Narbonne, Perpignan, and then around the western end of the Med and into Spain at Le Jonquera - but we've also done the route through the mountains, via Ax les Thermes, and Andorra - towing - and that was a lovely route with a fantastic Spanish service station right at the top with views backwards into France and southwards into Spain.

You may find that in mid-March campsites which are open may be few and far between - but most French villages and towns have an 'Aire de Camping Car' where you can stay overnight, with hook-ups available on meters, water, and waste emptying facilities. Usually they are well signposted, and often in the middle of the town, so very convenient for restaurants, etc. Similarly, all along the coast you'll find motorhomes camping 'wild' and this seems to be tolerated in France much more than here.

 

[anotherDavid]

I would take a look at a route via the west coast of France then on via Burgos and Madrid. According to Autoroute its about 100 miles shorter than entering Spain at the La Jonquara but more importantly you would save a lot on tolls as the motorways after Burgos are free. Travelling early you will be a bit restricted for stopovers but I have had a quick look in the CC guide and you should be ok providing you keep an eye on opening dates. I can recomend Camping Larrouleta at Urrugne close to the Spainish border and Camping Pico de la Miel at La Cabrera 50km north of Madrid both are open all year and most convienient.

Dave