Road Trip - France, Spain, Portugal

willwander · Tuesday at 6:17 PM

Day 24
Salamanca. Nice drive out the bottom end of the Picos, great mountain road. Joined a big dual carriageway heading south, drove over an hour before we saw another vehicle in either direction, weird. Put on some good tunes, munched some more miles in the van, great road trip day. Another couple of hours and we arrived at ‘Camping Don Quijote’ , seems nice, it’s busy.

willwander · Wednesday at 8:50 PM

Day 25
Salamanca. Spent the day in town, nice enough, coffee and people watching in plaza mayor, ate a very nice cake type thing. Food at the campsite, surprisingly good.

kurienp · Wednesday at 10:29 PM

willwander said:
Day 25
Salamanca. Spent the day in town, nice enough, coffee and people watching in plaza mayor, ate a very nice cake type thing. Food at the campsite, surprisingly good.

C'mon. We need some pics. How about a few pics each day?

Simon197 · Wednesday at 10:42 PM

Great thread thank you. How have you found Spain for the dogs? Dog friendly?

willwander · 2024-10-03T07:19:45+0100

kurienp said:
C'mon. We need some pics. How about a few pics each day?

Ha, I have pics, didn’t think anyone would be interested.

willwander · 2024-10-03T07:27:24+0100

Simon197 said:
Great thread thank you. How have you found Spain for the dogs? Dog friendly?

It’s ok. No problem on campsites, but it’s out of season, I think in season there are more restrictions. You can’t take them on public transport, unless they fit in a bag. Shops and restaurants, mixed. Obviously you have to be mindful of the heat on hot days, plenty of water and shade.

France was much better.

CaliKatt · 2024-10-03T07:38:18+0100

willwander said:
Ha, I have pics, didn’t think anyone would be interested.

willwander · 2024-10-03T11:06:01+0100

CaliKatt said:
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But other people’s holiday pics are a bit boring haha,
I’ll try do better. This was the nice cake thing which did have an interesting name, which I’ve forgot. It was delicious.

larrylamb · 2024-10-03T12:32:15+0100

willwander said:
But other people’s holiday pics are a bit boring haha,
I’ll try do better. This was the nice cake thing which did have an interesting name, which I’ve forgot. It was delicious.
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looks like a Danish Spandauer.

willwander · 2024-10-03T19:30:10+0100

Day 26
Welcome to Portugal !
Last night we planned to go to Porto, but it keeps raining there, so this morning we changed our mind. A 4hr drive down empty dual carriageway brought us to ‘camping Pelinos’, just outside of Tomar, in central Portugal just north of Lisbon. Campsite is rural, bit hippy but nice little site. Went for a walk, saw a snake !

Photo for @kurienp

chockswahay · 2024-10-03T20:05:46+0100

If you're still there tomorrow i highly recommend a visit to Convento De Christo ...... we went there a few years ago in a previous van ........ here is a 'blog entry' if you feel inclined ........

13th March: Tomar

'The Order of the Knights Templar' I think their title alone is evocative in itself. It conjures up images of magnificent warriors, ri...

wolfydoesportugal.blogspot.com

willwander · 2024-10-03T20:58:32+0100

chockswahay said:
If you're still there tomorrow i highly recommend a visit to Convento De Christo ...... we went there a few years ago in a previous van ........ here is a 'blog entry' if you feel inclined ........

13th March: Tomar

'The Order of the Knights Templar' I think their title alone is evocative in itself. It conjures up images of magnificent warriors, ri...

wolfydoesportugal.blogspot.com

Hi, yes we plan to visit Tomar tomorrow.
I’m now busy scouring your blog for tips.

We plan to eventually make our way down through Portugal and back along southern Spain, Cordoba, Granada etc. perhaps avoiding the most developed resorts along the coast.

Any tips on good spots gratefully received.

Azteccamper · 2024-10-03T22:36:17+0100

willwander said:
Hi, yes we plan to visit Tomar tomorrow.
I’m now busy scouring your blog for tips.

We plan to eventually make our way down through Portugal and back along southern Spain, Cordoba, Granada etc. perhaps avoiding the most developed resorts along the coast.

Any tips on good spots gratefully received.

Fatima is a very interesting town not far from Tomar.

Recommend Ronda in southern Spain. Nice site about 20 min walk into the town. Bullring is impressive as is the well documented ‘Puente Nuevo’.