Motorhome
Vilamoura
We’re now on an aire just outside Vilamoura, a coastal town west of Faro. The weekly market takes place on the aire, and when we arrived early yesterday the market was in full swing so we parked up in the next door car park and went for a wander round the market. It was a really good one, … Read more
Faro
We checked out of the Manta Rota aire this morning, which cost just €4.50 for overnight parking, great value considering that included servicing. It took about 45 minutes to get to Faro on the N125 road, though it would have taken less than 30 minutes if we’d taken the toll road. The N125 follows the … Read more
Manta Rota
Yay! We’re now in Portugal. It’s been a pretty quiet day, with an uneventful drive over the border. Once in Portugal we had to pull over and register for the road toll system, which uses Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras and charges your card. We don’t intend using the tolls, but it will be interesting … Read more
El Rocío Day Two
This morning we went for a walk into El Rocío. It’s a religious town whose focal point is the Hermitage of El Rocío, which is the end point of a pilgrimage attracting around a million pilgrims a year. It’s all a bit much to try and explain it all here, so if you’d like to know … Read more
El Rocío
We weren’t meant to be in El Rocío until tomorrow night, but it’s been one of those days! We left the overnight car park in Sevilla bright and early this morning, and 30 minutes later we were in a Carrefour hypermarket where we could actually park the van outside. It was huge – probably larger … Read more
Sevilla
It’s the busiest time of the year in Sevilla, with Semana Santa starting on Sunday, and then a week after Easter sees the start of the annual fiesta – the Feria de Abril, which is huge. The area for the fair is about 200m from where we’re parked, and workmen and women are busy building … Read more
Cádiz
Our base for the night was a secure car park in a town called El Puerto de Santa María, a short boat ride across the bay from Cádiz. El Puerto is home to seven sherry bodegas including Osborne’s, which was set up by Englishman Thomas Osborne Mann in 1772. The company logo is the back bull which has become … Read more
Málaga
We’ve spent the weekend catching up with Carol’s cousin Wendy and husband Lee, and had a great time wandering around Málaga seeing the sights, and sampling the local delicacies. It’s a great mini-break destination, with loads to see and do – see photos below. Tomorrow we shall be leaving the camp site and moving on to … Read more