Trains,planes and automobiles

In May 2017 coming from Ireland we drove from Cherbourg to La Zenia. Would recommend that you plan your route using Sat Nat or print out your route from the website Via Michelin which is easy to use and has all the information you need including where you pay tolls and how much they are. Since I was doing all the driving we took our time and broke up the journey by prebooking budget hotels on the Internet so I was doing a reasonable amount of daily driving. You will need a travel kit particularly for driving through France, they are readily available in Halfords or on Amazon. The cost of the tolls for the journey was around 65 Euros, it may seem a lot but the motorways are great and they are not that busy so the driving is easy.

Hi, I believe you can only keep a uk car for six months in spain, then it has to be either registered or removed from the country for a further six months.

I was gong to bring a uk car and change it over but it really is cost prohibitive to do so and so we have just purchased a great little run around here for 1500e and 240e insurance with breakdown cover.

Hope this helps

You can keep a UK registered car in Spain for six months so long it has MOT if required, insurance and is taxed. Most UK insurance companies will only cover you for thirty days apart from SAGA who will cover you for six months in the EU on a standard policy.

The Spanish police quite rightly do spot checks on UK registered cars and it is also a legal requirement to have breakdown cover, if they catch you driving illegally they can confiscate the vehicle.

Personally I would take the longer ferry crossing to Santander or Bilbao, more expensive but less driving, lower tolls, less fuel and you get a nights rest without hotel costs.