motorhomemadness Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Hello, I've booked a crossing to Santander in early January and we don't dock until the evening. We are fairly new to motorhoming and don't feel confident to just park overnight anywhere we can find. I've found a couple of stops, one an Aire and another an open all year site. I like to book our first stop so that we don't have the stress of being tired and struggling to find somewhere to crash for the night; after that happy to travel and book when we arrive. This time though I am not getting any responses to my emails asking to book. Does anyone have any experience of arriving quite late in the evening on the chance you will get booked in? MTIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallii Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Some info here http://forums.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/Motorhomes/Motorhome-Matters/Santander-Stopover-Advice-/32204/ Don't be nervous about using the aires, I use them for 90% of my overnights and providing you avoid the motorway services you will be fine. I avoid the big cities ( mainly) and head for the out of town places, they are quieter and usually better. In early January the water could be off on most places, the "Repsol" garages (and others) will let you have water, I give them a couple of € and they are happy. Take something to lift the grids/manhole covers, this is often required in Spain. A sturdy flat screwdriver or chisel ended bar. Unfortunately when the books say "open all year" it isn't always accurate, I have found sites closed many times. H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 We never go abroad without our trusty Aires guides. One for each specific country we visit together with Camperstop Europe and we find the two books complement each other well in many countries including Spain. https://www.vicarious-shop.com/Aires-and-Stopovers/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorhomemadness Posted December 16, 2015 Author Share Posted December 16, 2015 Thank you so much. I have just received the Aires book and I am veering towards going to the one I've chosen for the first night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorhomemadness Posted December 16, 2015 Author Share Posted December 16, 2015 I think my mind has been made up! Carbarceno it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fesspark Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 This is a super aire,lovelly in the warmer weather the animals make it interesting and the bars in the village close by are a bonus,we won,t be many days behind you fesspark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorhomemadness Posted December 16, 2015 Author Share Posted December 16, 2015 I am now convinced this is the place to spend our first night. We leave Portsmouth on the 8th, so you never know we may be parked next to each other! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fesspark Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 We travel on the 10th to santander,arrive lunchtime so we head south and stay at the aires 94 or 102 the first night and then onto the Algarve, we always stop a couple of nights before we get the ferry home at Cabercino in April. fesspark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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