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Our final stopping point was yet another aire from the “All the Aires: Spain & Portugal” guide, published by Vicarious Books. This absolute gem of a book enabled us to spend the grand total of €6 on overnight parking in 24 days touring Spain and Portugal. We wild camped a few times but … [Read more...]
Leaving Leon, we headed north east to the Parque Nacional Picos de Europa. The north of Spain is home to some very impressive mountains and we were planning a seriously scenic drive to our destination for the day, a mountain resort called Cangas de Onis which boasted a motorhome aire. Our route … [Read more...]
Our next destination was Spain; the city of Leon to be precise. We normally steer clear of most cities when touring in the van, but Leon had two advantages: It was en-route to Bilbao and sounded so attractive and interesting in our Spanish guide book that I managed to persuade my better half it … [Read more...]
Leaving Izeda, our next destination was the large town of Chaves. Situated in the far north of Portugal – close to the Spanish border – it was to be our departure point from Portugal. It’s about 60 miles by the easiest route from Izeda to Chaves – but we were taking the scenic route, as … [Read more...]
Leaving Torre de Moncorvo the next morning, we continued along the N220 towards the Parque Natural do Douro Internacional. Our national park fetish had not diminished with the time spent in Spain and Portugal and we had high hopes for this area, especially where birds of prey were concerned. I … [Read more...]
After several sub-50 mile days, it was time to get our driving heads on today. We were also nearing the end of our trip and needed to start a meandering route that would lead us to the ferry terminal at (Santurtzi) Bilbao in time for the return ferry. Leaving Estarreja, where we had spent another … [Read more...]
Today’s itinerary was to drive up from Pardilho and take a leisurely tour down the Sao Jacinto peninsula (not sure if this is its correct name), calling at the towns on the way, with a loose plan to spend the night at the motorhome aire at Sao Jacinto. As it turned out, that was what we did – … [Read more...]
We made our way into Aveiro bright and early, ready for a day's exploring. We don’t generally visit large towns and cities much, preferring the countryside, but Aveiro was so highly recommended by our guide book that we thought we would make an exception. And it was very nice. Aveiro’s canals … [Read more...]
After leaving the Serra da Estrela National Park, we headed west on the IP5 / A25 / E80 towards Aveiro, which our guide book claimed was the ‘Venice of Portugal’. We weren’t planning on visiting Aveiro until the next day but wanted to be close to it the night before to make it easier to get … [Read more...]
We left Fatima after one night and headed up the IP2/A23 motorway towards the Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela – home to Portugal’s highest mountain. As lovers of mountain scenery, we had high hopes for this part of the trip. We weren’t disappointed. These are proper mountains – … [Read more...]
