hi thinking of going to sansabastion in spain next summer looking for site recomondation and routs

holybobrob
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has any one got a fist hand knowledge of touring in spain

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  • peedee
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    https://clubtogether.caravanclub.co.uk/discussion/410162/hi-thinking-of-going-to-sansabastion-in-spain-next-summer-looking-for-site-recomondation-and-routs

    Yes I have been going there most years since 1990 both with a caravan and a motorhome. This is from my notes on routes:

    Via Paris - one of our earliest routes from Calais was via the A26 and A1 to Paris and round the busy Periphique to take the A6/A10 to Orleans, A71 to Vierzon then the N20 (now the A20 toll free road) to Limoges, Brive, Cahors and Montauban. Here we joined the A62 to Toulouse and the A61 to Narbonne. A variation on this route was to take the Paris outer ring road, the A104, from the A1 just after passing Charles de Gaulle airport to the A6/A10, but this was a difficult route to navigate.
    Via Lyons - As above to Paris but instead of taking the A10 to Orleans remain on the A6 for Lyon, then take the A3 and A9 to Narbonne. This is a toll route all the way but quick and easy.
    Via Clermont Ferrand - as for via Paris but instead of taking the N20/A20 at Vierzon continue on the A71 to Clermont Ferrand. From here it used to be a very scenic drive across the Central Massive to the Mediterranean coast using the N9 but this has largely been replaced by the toll free A75 which joins the A9 for Narbonne.

    Later on we went via Rouen.
    Via Rouen - on the A16/A28 from the channel ports and just before crossing the River Seine at Rouen, we take the D6015 via Pont de l'arche to the A154/N154 to Evreux and Nonancourt. From here we take the N12 to Dreux taking the ring road to again pick up the N154 south to Chartres, then round the Chartres ring road and either stay on the N154 to join the A10 just north of Orleans to travel down central France using the same routes as though we had come via Paris. Alternatively instead of taking the N154 from the Chartres ring road, we take the N10 to join the A10 just before Tours, if we want to travel down the western side of France on the autoroutes to Bordeaux and beyond. We have used the western route on several occasions to and from north west Spain using the A63 and N10 from Bordeaux to Bayonne and the French border at Irun. This western route is probably the quickest route to Portugal and southern Spain. From the border at Irun, take the A8 to San Sebastian. Here you have a choice either to stay on the A8 for Bilbao where you join the A68 and A1 for Burgos or take the toll free N1 to Vitoria and Burgos. At Burgos either take the E5 to Madrid for southern Spain or the N620 to Valladolid, and Salamanca for Portugal. A variation on this route from Bordeaux, especially in the summer months, is to take the A62 to Langdon then down the N524 to Pau and on to the Somport Tunnel into Spain and Zaragoza.

    I have recorded some of these trips on Polarsteps >here< and >here< and I have also kept records on my web site >here<

    peedee

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