Santander to Barcelona

Ridings
Ridings Forum Participant Posts: 6
edited April 2016 in Overseas Campsites & Touring #1

We are planning a trip in Sept 2016 with our caravan using Brittany Ferries to Santander, then on to Barcelona region and drive back north to UK via France.Does anyone have experience of route with van from Santander to Barcelona condition of roads etc and
recommended sites?

Thanks 

Roger

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  • eurortraveller
    eurortraveller Club Member Posts: 6,830 ✭✭✭
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    edited April 2016 #2

    Santander to Barcelona direct is motorway all the way if that's what you want - and from Bilbao even easier. But on the other hand you might want to see something of Spain. How about the Ordesa national park for example? 

  • Tarmyn
    Tarmyn Forum Participant Posts: 49
    edited April 2016 #3

    Did Santander to Villa Nova Camping on the Med  in one bite via the motorway very easy in a day .We caught the train into Barcelona from there .

  • Ridings
    Ridings Forum Participant Posts: 6
    edited April 2016 #4

    Thanks any good sites en route San-Barca? use of ASCII vouchers?

  • Ridings
    Ridings Forum Participant Posts: 6
    edited April 2016 #5

    yes

  • mazvw42
    mazvw42 Forum Participant Posts: 24
    edited April 2016 #6

    Hello, we did that route last July with a camper van and will do the same route this year towing a caravan.  The ferry lands on a Sunday, the roads were  excellent and very quiet, but there were only a few service sations as I recall - maybe I missed them?  

  • MrGarval
    MrGarval Forum Participant Posts: 120
    edited April 2016 #7

    You will not have a problem, in fact it is far easier than travel here at home. Biggest problem can be boredom due to lack of traffic.

    BRILLIANT.

  • mazvw42
    mazvw42 Forum Participant Posts: 24
    edited June 2016 #8

    Eek!! Having just checked the arrival time on my ferry confirmation, i see I arrive in Santander at 14:15 next week on a Sunday, much later than last year.  I had intended to get to Tamarit/Taragona along the coast from Barcelona by that evening but with
    a speed  limit of 50 with a caravan, is this even  possible ? I see Michelin maps says 8 hours with a caravan, so I guess I'm answering my own question? 

  • ValDa
    ValDa Forum Participant Posts: 3,004 ✭✭
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    edited June 2016 #9

    Eek!! Having just checked the arrival time on my ferry confirmation, i see I arrive in Santander at 14:15 next week on a Sunday, much later than last year.  I had intended to get to Tamarit/Taragona along the coast from Barcelona by that evening but with
    a speed  limit of 50 with a caravan, is this even  possible ? I see Michelin maps says 8 hours with a caravan, so I guess I'm answering my own question? 

    No.  Ask for recommendations for an overnight site en-route, and arrive fresh next morning!

  • Landyrover
    Landyrover Forum Participant Posts: 143
    edited June 2016 #10

    Your best bet would be to go along the coast about 100 miles east  to Zarautz for the Sunday night, then it is less than 400 miles across Spain to Tarragona on the motorway via Zaragoza.

  • young thomas
    young thomas Club Member Posts: 11,357 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited June 2016 #11

    or popular stops at Haro or Navarrette....either will leave you 420+ km (260+ miles) to Tarragona...still 5 hours, though....

  • young thomas
    young thomas Club Member Posts: 11,357 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited June 2016 #12

    Thanks any good sites en route San-Barca? use of ASCII vouchers?

    surely a predictive typing error (you mean ACSI card), but made me chuckle and took me back to my first days in IT....Happy

    "ASCII (Listeni/'æski/ ass-kee),[1]:6 abbreviated
    from     American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard (the Internet
    Assigned Numbers Authority     (IANA) prefers the name US-ASCII[2]). ASCII codes represent
    text in computers,     telecommunications equipment, and other devices."

  • mazvw42
    mazvw42 Forum Participant Posts: 24
    edited June 2016 #13

    Thank you for your answers, going to wing in and see how far we can get and then find a site !! 

  • MattyMayo
    MattyMayo Forum Participant Posts: 38
    edited September 2016 #14

    Hi Maz, just wondering how you got on with your drive to Barcelona? Did you manage it in one go?

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