Heads up : Spain N621 to Potes

[Dizzy]

Just back from 2 weeks touring northern spain (will write that up another day) it was awesome our first european jaunt.

But a heads up on the N621 down to Potes in the Picos de Europa, it is being rebuilt... took us best part of and hour and a half to go 15km, multiple contraflows and rough roads.

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[Saesneg Shaun]

Just back from 2 weeks touring northern spain (will write that up another day) it was awesome our first european jaunt.

But a heads up on the N621 down to Potes in the Picos de Europa, it is being rebuilt... took us best part of and hour and a half to go 15km, multiple contraflows and rough roads.

D

Yes we took that road last week. Took a while but don't let that put anyone off Potes, lovely little town and La Viona is a great campsite. We took the other road out up into the mountains towards Riano when we left. Absolutely stunning scenery

 

[Dizzy]

Agreed, Potes is very picturesque. We didnt stay at the campsites, opted for the paid aire on the way out of town to Fuente de, bargain imho. Stayed there 2 nights.

The N621 on to Riano was a very exciting drive as the cloud was down as we went up over the pass, but a simply stunning lake down a the bottom. Took this with our Canon R10 and ultra wide angle in panorama mode (bit of a voyage of discovery as we only just got it to record our retirement travels and are learning to use it.)

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[Saesneg Shaun]

Agreed, Potes is very picturesque. We didnt stay at the campsites, opted for the paid aire on the way out of town to Fuente de, bargain imho. Stayed there 2 nights.

The N621 on to Riano was a very exciting drive as the cloud was down as we went up over the pass, but a simply stunning lake down a the bottom. Took this with our Canon R10 and ultra wide angle in panorama mode (bit of a voyage of discovery as we only just got it to record our retirement travels and are learning to use it.)

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Nice, I think we were on the other side of that bridge

 

[turnitdown]

These roadworks remain but really they only seem to cause maybe a 20 minute delay. Obviously some depends on luck but it wouldn't put me off visiting Potes unless I had been planning to run down to the coast.