Northern Spain

[davejmobile]

Hi all any body got any nice routes through northern Spain please

 

[grasscutter]

Just follow the coast it’s stunning. Also worth visiting the Picos.
Lots of Aires.

 

[jongood]

Love Northern Spain but you do need a fallback plan for bad weather.

 

[davejmobile]

Thank you for the replies

 

[Razamataz]

Just follow the coast it’s stunning. Also worth visiting the Picos.
Lots of Aires.

DITTO

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[Two of usI]

Anyone with experience of a site called 'Orio' ( or very similar ) we thought of trying there as a stop off on our way down instead of the normal La Roulletta in St J de Luz

 

[Barti Ddu]

We toured through Northern Spain last October and were lucky with some really good out of season weather. It is a beautiful and varied area.

Our route was basically San Sebastian (an absolutely fantastic city with an excellent aire) - Bilbao (another good aire overlooking the city) for the Guggenheim - Picos d'Europa (great hiking, free parkups) - then the Galician and Asturian coasts (including our favourite free parkup at Cathedral Beach with its morning visit by a bakery van for pastries and bread) to Santiago de Compastella.

More details and pictures in our Instagram posts -

 

[ChrisMac]

Anyone with experience of a site called 'Orio' ( or very similar ) we thought of trying there as a stop off on our way down instead of the normal La Roulletta in St J de Luz

Stayed a couple of nights there in 2016. Decent site, nice beach and walk along the coast. Got train from Orio into San Sebastian for the day, worth a visit.

 

[Lenny HB]

Have a look at my trips links in my signature.

 

[Old Barrian]

Just returned from a trip along the coast from Santander to Santiago. Plenty of delightful coastal towns/villages and easy driving along the A8. It's worth digging out information about the narrow gauge railway network that runs right across northern Spain. We found a number of sites near to stations and then used them as bases for exploration. Not a very frequent train service but very cheap so worth investigating - and it's useful if you want to sample the Rioja.

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[grasscutter]

Cathedral Beach is a must do. Great aire above it. Not sure if you still need to pre book to walk the beach.

 

[jongood]

We toured through Northern Spain last October and were lucky with some really good out of season weather. It is a beautiful and varied area.

Our route was basically San Sebastian (an absolutely fantastic city with an excellent aire) - Bilbao (another good aire overlooking the city) for the Guggenheim - Picos d'Europa (great hiking, free parkups) - then the Galician and Asturian coasts (including our favourite free parkup at Cathedral Beach with its morning visit by a bakery van for pastries and bread) to Santiago de Compastella.

More details and pictures in our Instagram posts -

Love the aire at Bilbao, really good view of the city through A class Screen

 

[autorouter]

We liked the free aire in Foz, on the coast between A Coruna and Gijon. Flat, spacious, view over the sea, free facilities (fresh water, grey/black waste dump, no electric). Nearby cafes/restaurants, daily bread van. But not fond of beaches, so we liked the aire up in the hills in Lierganes.

 

[Old Barrian]

Just returned so I can confirm there is no need to book for Cathedral Beach except on some specific religious days. However, you do need low tide to get any sort of feel for the place and a very low tide to access the most dramatic features. But even with a very low tide, it is quite a scramble over the rocks to get to the best places.

We stayed at a site in Rinlo. Nice 6km coastal walk to Cathedral Beach and a few good eating places within walking distance. Can even come back from the beach by train with a bit of planning although that does depend on the times of the tides.

 

[simsy56]

We are presently in Foz, nice aire with services overlooking the harbour and beach. Lovely town with nice restaurants.

Craig

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[Lynne Roy]

We are presently in Foz, nice aire with services overlooking the harbour and beach. Lovely town with nice restaurants.

Craig

One of our favourites, enjoy

 

[gpat]

Anyone with experience of a site called 'Orio' ( or very similar ) we thought of trying there as a stop off on our way down instead of the normal La Roulletta in St J de Luz

Yes it's ok. The town is strange as it's completely shut from about 5 till 9.30. it's nothing spectacular but it's ok for a couple of nights or 3 and as ChrisMac says it's handy for the train to San Sebastian.

 

[Jays2]

We have travel the coast from Irun to Portugal, all very nice, but cathedral beech was OK but very busy as you have to play the tides. And dogs had to be on the lead, but wear sandals if you go as you will get your feet wet.
Have liked places that require some effort to get to as they tend to be quieter.
Overall you visit what you visit, you see what you see, some Of the best places we visitEd are not listed on any itinerary we look at, but are just on-route, a quick junction in the road.

 

[Lenny HB]

completely shut from about 5 till 9.30. i

What do you expect in Northern Spain, not as touristy as southern Spain so restaurants don't open until 9:30 quite normal in Spain.

 

[gpat]

What do you expect in Northern Spain, not as touristy as souther Spain so restaurants don't open until 9:30 quite normal in Spain.

Yes I know that. Orio though must be the most 'Northern' Spanish town in northern Spain then. It was desolate at 5pm.

I should have said it's not at all touristy. That would have been a better way to describe it.