We visited San Sebastián four years ago on a foodie weekend and loved it, so thought it would be rude not to stop again as we were passing by. There’s little to no parking in town, so we booked ourselves into a campsite a few miles outside of town, half an hour’s bus ride from the … Read more
Our stop in Bilbao was very much a flying visit. We arrived in town late morning and parked up on a great aire with a wonderful overview of the city. It’s not cheap, at €15 for the night, but it’s secure, having an entry/exit barrier and CCTV. Much safer than parking in a big city, with the increased risk … Read more
Tapia de Casariego A half hour drive from Foz took us to Tapia de Casariego, a small, sleepy pueblo overlooking the Atlantic. The aire was on a cliff top at the edge of town, with the misty mountains behind and the lovely turquoise and blue sea in front, and great value at €4 per night. … Read more
Leaving the aire at Guitiriz early, we were in A Coruña by 10am. There’s a car park there, by the Tower of Hercules, which has dedicated parking for motorhomes which still had some free spaces. On the downside, you have to drive right through the city centre to get there, which wasn’t much fun in … Read more
We made an early-ish start this morning in an effort to try and get a parking spot in Santiago de Compostela before it got too busy, but even by 10AM, the place was heaving, with loads of congestion. After spending half an hour trying to find a parking space near to the centre of town, … Read more
We were up early today, and at the moho service centre for opening time. Ninety minutes later and the van’s as good as new! It’s been really frustrating these past couple of months not being able to charge up phones, tablets and kindles unless we’ve been on electric hook up, especially when we’ve had a … Read more
We wanted to stay in Porto for three nights, but the options for parking the van were limited to a private aire with services outside of the city centre, or a public car park with no services within walking distance of town. Our preference was the aire, even though it cost €15 per night and … Read more
The Route Leaving Cáceres we took the road north towards Salamanca, and then turned west into Portugal to follow the River Douro to Porto. The route was planned using searchforsites.co.uk, an excellent resource where motorhomers can add stopovers and post reviews and photos of sites – a bit like TripAdvisor. The places we picked were … Read more
We arrived in Cáceres on the bank holiday Monday, and drove through the town centre on our way to the campsite. As expected everywhere was closed, so we decided that we’d stay on the site for the rest of the day, and catch the bus into town the next morning. The campsite was well laid … Read more