Driving in Spain

Roses, Barcelona, Perpignan and everywhere in between. Driving through the Pyrenees.

... on the roof and a corner room with a huge balcony overlooking the plaza. We went to Tarifa and took a ferry to Tanger, Morocco!!! Didn't finish driving back to Seville till after 3a.m. Hopefully we can rest a little when we get to Girona. ...

... so many hours without proper breaks or was speeding!  This is done to prevent driver fatigue and improve the safety of passengers.  Driving in Europe is interesting and I am glad I am not doing it myself as signs are all in meters and km and in ...

Driving to Spain Husbond, Me and two children boy 6,5 year and a 9 months old girl I love food and my daily work is with food and I wanted to visit Lyon on the way down to Empuriabrava We had two stops the first one was in Bremen at a Ibis hotel which ...

... the beach.  Hmm.  It was time to see some other areas of Spain; we rented a car and hit the road driving across Northern Spain. Zaragoza After driving 4-5 hours (with our original destination of San Sebastion, but decided that was just too ...

... took the scenic driving route described in our guidebook and explored the area including its foie gras stores! Today was another driving day. When we were in Spain in the fall, we didn't get a chance to go to San Sebastian in Basque country, so we decided ...

... . The anal problem that I have alluded to in earlier posts, now compounded by my dose of Moroccan belly, bought on by driving in Arabic countries being one reason. However, several other factors have played a role in the decision. We have been pushing too ...

... as people overtook on blind corners and drove on the wrong side of the road!! Welcome to Europe...we kept saying "this is good driving compared to Italy!". Then next minute we had a run in of our own...we were stuck behind a truck and could not overtake ...

... cuppa at home before I go, but like all good adventures the time disappears quickly   There was a perverse pleasure in driving through the traffic of Bayswater Road up to Marble Arch at 7PM. 3 Lanes absolutely chock full of pissed off stockbrokers ...

... down 232 Driving the very tight roads 233 Julie and I with Arco in the background 234 Another view leaving Arcos 235 Driving into the country 236 The Parque Natural Sierra de Grazalema 237 Julie in the national park 238 The 1500-resident village ...

... reader? The Spanish freeways are no worse than American ones, even better I'd say. And as long as you've got a GPS, driving around Spain is a total breeze. Had I known this upfront I might've thought about renting a car for our whole stay here. An ...

... so clearly how the here and now isso much more meaningful than any other mental fabricated experiences. The pure joy of driving! Now, I am off to Ingolstadts to visit what someconsider the place as their mecca... andreas@driving-vacation.com    ...

... 4th May Today we said goodbye to Johanna and Matthieu and headed all the way to Ordizia to see Corey in Spain. I was quite a hike – a big driving day really, 500 or 600kms, I cant quite remember.  We went through a few small towns on the way, ...

... we didn´t even want to explore. It was fun driving through the little (and some not so little) towns of France - however driving a Ford Transit throughout the tiniest lanes and alleyways (some probably 100´s of years old) in the middle of a city with ...

... the way they weave around cars and whatever other obstacles(incoming traffic) like they´re pylons without consequences. I think my driving style would blend in well here. :-) Though the way the Spaniards drive doesn´t necessarily reflect the way ...

... to go one way, the Lonely Planet, says another way, while a chain smoking girl in a servo, said something different. So, after driving around in circles for an hour, we headed for Zaragoza instead. Here is a cathedral which used to be a mosque, right ...

... Europe   Leaving from Sevilla was the start of the driving phase of our trip.  I was immediately introduced to Spanish driving etiquette as I was cut off by a speeding car shortly after leaving the rental car agency.  Welcome to the ...

... , seafood and sardines. It cost us Ł10 ($16) for 5 things and a large glass of red wine. 21June was spent driving to Bilbao via Gernika which is the town on which Picasso based his painting Gernika. They have the most amazing Peace Museum which has ...

... and got in the car. When we were driving there we were in the mountains and there were almost no guardrails to stop you from driving off the side! When we got there we had lunch so we wouldn’t be hungry on the trails. We could tell that all of the ...