West coast of France down through the Pyrenees

[oblio]

Hi

I was just wondering whether anyone had done this route down to N Spain and had any recommendations?

We are not doing our normal Euro roadtrip this year so I am already thinking of next years

I was thinking of

- Eurotunnel (wife doesnt do ferries)
- Somewhere to stop whilst making our way over to the Atlantic coast of France
- Bergerac area
- Pyrenees
- Andorra
- N Spain - probably Barcelona

Any input/thoughts/recommendations would be greatly appreciated

ta

[DJRC]

How long do you want to take?
Do you wish to do Autoroutes or Route Nationals?
Is there any particular place you wish to see?
Is there any particular place you wish to avoid?
Are you taking children? Wife?

Have you ever done this sort of thing before? Do you understand the distances involved in the driving seat? Its a long haul down to Andorra/Northern Spain from the Pas de Calais.

Its basically a question of your requirements, they make a big difference to the routes you should take.

[jogon]

If your heading down the West side then I would recommend the fast ferry from Portsmouth to Caen over the Calais crossings depending on where you are in the UK.

We spent a couple of days in each place starting off with La Rochelle then onto Bordeaux and finally down to Biarritz. Then made made our way back via St Emilion and Le Mans. Not very interesting roads via the toll route but empty so easy to make good progress but keep an eye out for cars in the opposite lane flashing you, warning of impending speed traps.

Didn't go any further south so can't help with Spain but recommend any of those towns to break up the journey down. One place that really stood out was a small family run b&b in between Bordeaux and St Emilion called Le Close Du Prince, quite reasonably priced but beautiful setting, very friendly service and good home cooked food (need to order dinner in advance).

[smifffymoto]

I lived in the Pyrennes until I moved near Bergerac last year.I woulg get to Toulouse and then head for Luchon,over the cols towards St Giron,then from there go through Seix,Ustou and over Col D'agnes to Ax les Thermes,from there it's a short drive to Andorra.Bum around Andorra for a day(nowt there apart from tax free fags and booze) a trip on the little yellow railway and then a run into Perpignan.

[oblio]

Thanks team

Sorry I was a little rushed in getting my thread up so didnt give out all the info.

We have around 11 days or so for the trip and are very experienced in these kind of trips (we go most years and have done some fantastic trips in Europe and further).

We arn't averse to doing some mile/km crunching days in order to get to some decent destinations and have a couple of days there. Preference is to have at least 2 nights in places rather than a whole host of single nighters if possible.

cheers

PS We also have a Liberty Sanef Tag thingy...if only I could find the little blighter!!