Travel from Uk to La Finca

Aspen1992 wrote on Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:40am:

Hi Donna1952

See route below is what we normally do driving down from Newcastle in the North East, we usually stop at Poitiers which is roughly half way in a Camponile there nothing flash but clean and safe.

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Calais-Abbeville-Rouen-Le Mans-Poitiers-Bordeux-Pau-Somport Tunnel-Jaca-Huesca-Zaragoza-Tereul-Valencia down the A7 to N332 or stay on motorway and pay 2 tolls then into Villamartin. Tolls sre approx 100 eoros through France you are toll free in Spain this way.

Regards

Andrew

Toodiq wrote on Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:05am:

We usually have two overnight stops. Somewhere in or near Tours - there is plenty of hotel / b&b accommodation on Booking.com, we quite like the Novotel, you can park right outside and rooms are clean and spacious. We then drive via Bordeaux to the French/Spanish border where again there is l...

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...oads of choice for places to stay eg Bayonne is lovely(we stayed at the Hotel Villa Koegui - beautiful) and we’ve stayed in Hondarribia and also Hotel Iriarte Jauregia in Bidania-Goliath - off the beaten track but we wanted a night in the Pyrenees. From there it’s an easy 8 hour drive to Quesada through Pyrenees and via Pamplona, Zaragoza, Tereul and Valencia.

Note - fuel is quite expensive on French motorways so try to get it when you stop over - we found it much cheaper at, say, Auchan supermarket and it’s also really cheap once you get over the border into Spain.  

Donna1952 wrote on Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:09am:

Hi Martin thanks for the reply .,

How much drive to the hotel ??

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What’s the total driving hours , I would rather come over on the ferry but my husband does not feel safe cheers Donna

Aspen1992 wrote on Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:42am:

Hi Donna

Its approx 10-11 hours driving each day for us from Newcastle, coming home we stop twice as we dont leave until mid to late afternoon from cleaning and washing bedding this is 6 - 10 - 6 hours driving a day.

Aspen1992 wrote on Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:40am:

Hi Donna1952

See route below is what we normally do driving down from Newcastle in the North East, we usually stop at Poitiers which is roughly half way in a Camponile there nothing flash but clean and safe.

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Calais-Abbeville-Rouen-Le Mans-Poitiers-Bordeux-Pau-Somport Tunnel-Jaca-Huesca-Zaragoza-Tereul-Valencia down the A7 to N332 or stay on motorway and pay 2 tolls then into Villamartin. Tolls sre approx 100 eoros through France you are toll free in Spain this way.

Regards

Andrew

Bakugroove wrote on Thu Oct 20, 2022 7:54pm:

Hi Andrew

We are also from Newcastle and situated in La Finca we are wondering if you had any issues bringing goods through ? We were thinking of van + stuff !

Ta 

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Brian

Aspen1992 wrote on Thu Oct 20, 2022 8:55pm:

Hi Brian

We had our place pre brexit so had no issues, you will have to pay import taxes to take goods through now, deoending what your thinking of taking I would possibly look at buying in Spain.

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You cant even take a cheese sandwich now 🤷‍♂️🤣

Regards

Andrew