Spain, is it safe to go.
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Oh please everyone! I've lived in Catalonia almost 50 years and I can assure you it is not on the verge of civil war. The Catalans are very peaceful people, intent on carrying on their lives as normally as they can, looking after their families, working - just like the majority of people in the UK. The only violence has been on the side of the Spanish police. I'm afraid that the media - particulaarly the Spanish pro-government - has a lot to answer for with their bias and sometimes downright lies.
Barcelona is a beautiful city to visit - good monuments, good food, good weather (usually), and I'm off there for the day on Sunday. Avoid it if you are worried, but you would be missing a city worth seeing.
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Anny, I think you'll find that virtually every responder on here has advocated travelling as there is nothing to worry about. You may well have misunderstood my post.
I personally would have no qualms at all in travelling to Spain. It's about as safe or dangerous as anywhere else in Europe (UK included) these days.
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Sorry about that. I also realised after sending that your first post was way back in October. I picked up on the advice that you should miss Barcelona! Hope you did come.
I also get annoyed when people talk about avoiding London (or UK) because of terrorist attacks!
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Hi We have just returned from a 3 1/2 week tour including the North, Villanova/Barcelona, Alicanti/Murcia and Madrid.
There is clearly a lot of diverse felling shown by the flags in the windows and we saw some open air debate but the mood seemed good and at no time did we fell threatened or unsafe.
Like Brexit I feel that people are for the moment just getting on with their lives.
Hope you have a good trip. We are going back again at Easter.
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Longtimecaravana - where did you stay for Córdoba please? We are heading that way in April. Then into Portugal. If there were good sites you came across I would love to know. I have a plan but it's always nice to hear what other people might have found. Thank you.
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Hi Beverley
I see you're a Motorhomer, in the centre of Cordoba there is a Motorhome aire near Porte Sevillia at Avenue Menéndez Pidal, 152.
The cost this year was about 18 euros which is quite expensive for Spain but is only 200 metres from the centre and a easy stroll. Enjoy Cordoba is a beautiful city but don't forget Sevilla on the way into Portugal, Plaza Espana is a tick box experience in its self.
Phil
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18 Euros does not seem to be uncommon. The St Antonio motorhome Aire between Albir and Altea want 17 Euros p.n on their sea front pitches. It is cheaper on the nearby campsites if you can find a pitch. Even so the Aire which does appear to have full facilities was full when I popped in on my bike a couple of days ago.
The Kiko Park motorhome Aire was 19Euros but you have full use of the campsite facilities. Again it was full.
peedee
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Yes we too stayed at La Abolafia and it was E19. This is the site extract from my blog about it. There are pictures on my blog.
"Camping La Abolafia is a small, simple ACSI site on the outskirts of Villafranca with a handful of chalets and one toilet block in the middle of the pitches. At this time of year there were about six other units of mainly English people on site. The pitches were a reasonable size for Spain and surrounded by trees. The owner spoke a little English and bread was available at reception to order. The Wifi only worked occasionally and not for long on our pitch. It was E19 a night."
For me Cordoba was the highlight of my holiday, very closely followed by Granada. If you are interested in seeing more my blog is
https://jennyandjohngocaravanning.wordpress.com/2017/11/11/spain/
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We stayed at La Abolafia last Oct and found it excellent specially for visiting Cordoba, our favourite Spanish city. It was a simple drive into Cordoba with plenty of FREE parking on the south side of the river opposite the Roman Bridge. The wifi worked fine in the reception area!
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