Driving to Condado from the UK

Hi

We are thinking of driving from Calais to Murcia in May.

Any views/ideas/routes?

Never done it before so any advice would be welcomed.

If anyone knows good place to stop overnight halfway please let me know.

Also, any comments on toll charges and how to avoid them?

Rachel

Hi,

We drove down at Xmas, have all the info in the car some where, will post full details tomorrow.

Basically - Calais to St Jean de Luz on the way down about 9 hours, stayed at the ETAP

                    St Jean de Luz to CDA around 9 hours.

                   CDA to Tours on the way back, about 14 Hours, again ETAP, then around 4.5 hours to Calais.

Phil

Hi,

I too will be driving to CDA in May but I have a Jetski to bring down so will be using the shorter Bilbaou route.

If anyone else has a jetski in CDA can you help with areas and places to use them and any other info that I amy need to know.

Thanks

Neil

Hi Neil

We were over last weekend and noticed a couple of jetskis moored at the harbour in Puerto de Mazarron. Looks like they are stored there over the winter.

Hope this helps

In the summer months and up to October time there were a few jetskis in the sea just before the lighthouse roundabout for the turnoff the Isla Plana/La Azohia.  You can drive your car onto the beach area which makes it easier.  There is also a zone laned off in the sea just to the left of the Playa Grande Hotel in summer, in front of the beach bar.

Anne Marie

hi Rachel and Simon

i will pm you later with various routes and places to stay overnight

also toll routes, and great toll free routes through the pyrenees

breath taking views

hope your well

allan

Hi Allan

When you get a moment, could you send us some information/routes on driving from Calais to Condado please? Avoiding tolls where possible.

Hope you are well?

Rachel and Simon

Hi, iam am also bringing car over from uk to condado for summer could you also give me details of the routes you recommend, much appreciated, Gary

This is the route that I have taken a couple of times.

Euro Tunnel to Condado

12:30 Arrive, take A16 to Boulogne
12:50  A16, Take ticket,
13:25 Abbevile Toll €7.30 Take A28 to Rouen
14:38 At Rouen continue on A28 to La Mans then Tours  Toll €26
 Full up car €53.11
 At tours take A10 Poitiers
16:48 Leave A10 on N10 to Angouleme Toll €11.20

 Join A10 to Bordeaux
 Merege in A63
 Toll at Bayonne €3.2
 Toll Biarritz €2.2
 Toll Saint-Jean-de-luz €0.7
22:00 Arrive ETAP Saint-Jean-de-luz
 http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-6560-etap-hotel-etap-hotel-ciboure-st-jean-luz/index.shtml

08:30  Leave take A63
 Toll at Spanish Border €1.5
 Join A8
 Take A15 to Pamplona  Toll €1.9
 Fill Car €44
 AT Pamplona AP15 to Zaragoza  Toll€3.25 and €3.55
 At Zaragoza take A23 to Valencia
 A7 towards Albacete
 Take A35 then A31 to Elche
 Rejoin A7 to Murcia
 Take RM2
 Take RM23 to Mazarron 
18:00 Exit 7 Arrive CDA
 Total 1160 Miles Toll €57.25

 
Condado to Euro Tunnel
08:00  leave
12:15  Zaragoza
14:09 Pamplona
21:00 Arrive ETAP Tours
 http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-5023-etap-hotel-tours-centre/index.shtml
08:00 Leave Tours
12:25 Arrive EuroTunnel

Phil

http://www.hotel-bb.com/index.phtml?NumLangue=2

B&B Hotels Ok one in Bayonne  Les Genets Hotel nextdoor has a reasonable restaurant B&B  Top Floor rooms have 4 beds  2 on a mezzanine  so if children with you have one room to book

Going via Madrid OK as well  seems same miles