Hymer C 9. Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 We are on our way to Morocco landing in Santander traveling to Malaga around 26.3.07. and would appreciate any help with sites that will be open on this route at this time we may stop by Madrid to have a look around there, (any sites) we are sailing for Morocco 8th April so any information on open sites at this time would be very helpful Many thanks Carol. *-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek500 Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Camping Osuna on the eastern outskirts of Madrid is a good site. It is only a 10 minute walk to the Metro and then a 1€ flat fare to anywhere on the system. Went in the Easter holidays last year and there was plenty of room and there was no need to book. Lovely city, well worth a day or two en route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Madge Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Hymer C 9. - 2007-01-02 9:47 PM We are on our way to Morocco landing in Santander traveling to Malaga around 26.3.07. and would appreciate any help with sites that will be open on this route at this time we may stop by Madrid to have a look around there, (any sites) we are sailing for Morocco 8th April so any information on open sites at this time would be very helpful Many thanks Carol. *-) Carol, Some of this info might be of use to you, I've left the rest for anybody else interested in going via the west coast of France. We will be leaving home on the 11th January and travelling to Spain/Portugal via the west coast of France. Calais, Rouen, Tours, Bordeaux, St Jean de Luz, San Sebastian, Vitoria, Burgos, Madrid, Granada and Malaga that's if we are heading for Morocco. If we are going to Portugal it will be Madrid, Cordoba, Seville, and the Algarve. If you want to visit northern Portugal and come down the west coast to the Algarve then a good route is, Burgos, Valladolid, Salamanca, Villa Formosa, Guarda (the highest town in Portugal), Viseu and Aveiro. Then follow the coast south to the Algarve. Boulogne. A good over night stop in Boulogne is on the Quai Gambetta, leave the A16 at junc 3, take the D96, then at the roundabout turn left and take the D940 for Boulogne.The parking is on the Quai Gambetta behind the Jardin de Nausicaa. The area also doubles as a coach park. We have parked there many times over the years without any problems. I 'I've never been parked there without a least another couple of vans even in winter. You can sit and watch the Speedferries craft coming and going. It's about a 15 minute walk into town along the Quai. This a link to the map of Boulogne. http://tinyurl.com/yxqale France. There are numerous places to stay en-route (wild) here are a few:- Ste.-Maure-de-Touraine (south of Tours) Aire de Repos in village well signed from N10. On the A63 Bayonne Service Area Labenne East & West is good night stop with marked areas for Motorhomes/Caravans which trucks are unable to get into. There's Aire at Ondres Plage (10 ks north of Bayonne on the N10) it was not open the last time we visited (Jan ?) but there are two/three very large sea front car parks that are OK for an over night stop. The car park is free in the winter but you have to pay in the summer Ondres Plage is 4 km of the N10 on the D26 and is signed as you enter Ondres from the North. You can check out the place with Google maps http://local.google.com/ type in Ondres Plage, France. Click on Satellite and zoom in. You can see how many vehicles there are in the car park. I find this facility very useful for checking out places. Spain In the winter in Spain on this route most restaurants and garages will allow you to park overnight if you use their services. I would suggest you use the Peage (A63) from Bayonne to San Sebastian as the coast road (N10) gets very busy and goes through all the towns. The motorway AP8 from San Sebastian to Bilbao gets very busy at times. We've never been snowbound (yet). The Spanish are on the ball with their snow clearing. The ploughs are out along the Autovia long before the snow starts to fall. Two places where you could have problems. The first at the Puerto de Somosierre (Alt.1440metres) between Burgos and Madrid. One winter we went over the Pass behind a snow plough. Snow chains are compulsory over the pass after a snow fall. The other place you could get delayed is through the Gorges south of Valdepenas. This is a spectacular road, good scenery. Some truck drivers treat it like a grand Prix circuit. It's a dual carriageway but the road twists and bends. (The first time we went that way we thought it was dangerous. Now we find it exciting). It can get a bit hairy around Granada when there's snow about. There are plenty of night stops as far as Valdepenas after that they are few and far between. If you want a camp site in the area I can recommend Camping Despenaperros at Santa Elena. Leave A4/N1V E5 at KM 257 enter the village and follow the camping signs. If you arrive in the dark be careful as you enter the site as the entrance is offset to the road. The gate is wide enough but you will need to take care. There is a very convenient site at Aranda de Duero http://tinyurl.com/yxacvz about 50 miles south of Burgos. Camping Soto del Castillo http://tinyurl.com/wetl8 at Aranjuz which is a very popular stop over for the Brit's going south for the winter is closed for pitch renovation and will not be open this winter. There are two alternative sites north of Madrid at Manzanares El Real http://tinyurl.com/y7cjfz and http://tinyurl.com/y7pbo4 There are also three sites at La Cabrera which is about 60 km north of Madrid. I hope this helps. Safe travelling Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek500 Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Ste.-Maure-de-Touraine (south of Tours) Aire de Repos in village well signed from N10. Stayed there the Sunday before Christmas, good Aire (are Aires 'Wild' Don?). Only one other user, a Brit couple going to Malaga for Christmas. Only problem was the water is like neat TCP!! Another nice Aire we stayed at on our return was in Marboué just north of Chateaudun. Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vernon B Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Don, that google site is amazing (and I don't use that adjective frequently). It's obviously not providing a real time picture of the location because I can see stationary vehicles on the road, but do you happen to know how up todate the image is? Vernon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Madge Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Vernon B - 2007-01-03 12:25 PM Don, that google site is amazing (and I don't use that adjective frequently). It's obviously not providing a real time picture of the location because I can see stationary vehicles on the road, but do you happen to know how up todate the image is? Vernon Vernon, Somebody on the Motorhome List worked it out that the maps are about five years old. It seems he identified a motorhome parked on his drive that he got rid of five years ago. So we think about five years or so. Don Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vernon B Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Thanks Don, I've done my own investigations around a location we visited in Spain this time last year. The sat image includes an image of a construction site (no surprise there!) of a large hotel and I'd say it shows the work at the stage we saw, certainly no earlier - so perhaps in some cases at least its more up todate. I also see that the help text says the images are " recent but not in real time" so again I'd guess "recent" would be less than 5 years?! I guess technology will move ahead and we can expect to get a picture of "yesterday's situation" in the not too distant future - 'til then we'll still be advised to telephone ahead regarding pitch availability. Vernon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hymer C 9. Posted January 4, 2007 Author Share Posted January 4, 2007 Thanks for all the information, we have printed it off and will be taking it with us, has anyone ideas of sites within 30 miles of Santander as we will be landing about 12oclock midday, and want to get a site quite handy, before travelling on. thanks for the help. Carol. *-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Madge Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Hymer C 9. - 2007-01-04 6:08 PM Thanks for all the information, we have printed it off and will be taking it with us, has anyone ideas of sites within 30 miles of Santander as we will be landing about 12oclock midday, and want to get a site quite handy, before travelling on. thanks for the help. Carol. *-) Carol, This site is about 2 hours from Santander Camping Monte Royal Campsite’s address Carretera Virgen del Llano 34800 - Aguilar de Campoo Palencia SPAIN Aguilar de Campoo is situated at the junction of the N611 & N627 about 90km from Santander. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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