Hi need some help .. using euro tunnel for 1st time.. best route and one stop over in France then to La Finca .....
Any help on which Is a good route and a decent but not big hotel .. really just want to get to our house on La Finca thanks Donna
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 loads 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.
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:40am
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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.
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
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
Hi Martin thanks for the reply .,
How much drive to the hotel ??
What’s the total driving hours , I would rather come over on the ferry but my husband does not feel safe cheers Donna
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.
Thanks for the update , I would come over on the ferry but my husband does not think it safe ..
We just want the one night stop over so when you get off the tunnel how long do you drive before stopping cheers
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Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:42am
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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
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 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.
Thanks and I’m sure it’s well worth it xx
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 7:54pm
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.
Read more...
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
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
Brian
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 8:55pm
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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 !
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Brian
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.
You cant even take a cheese sandwich now 🤷♂️🤣
Regards
Andrew
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 1:20pm
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
Ha ha ok then , another Brexit benefit to Europeans !
We will re think our plans
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