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Route description for Basque Country/Northern Portugal


Basque Country/Northern Portugal

May 13 - 5 weeks. All changes possible from Spain (pitch/campsite and number of days)

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Merelbeke 13 mei 2023

9820 Merelbeke, Belgium

50° 59' 40.4" N 3° 44' 43.8" E

50.9945558 3.7455051


☍ 235,9 km (2 hrs. 29 min.)


SOISSON - Camping Municipal Les Marguerites Du Mail - 13 mei

Municipality of the campsite - Electricity/water/showers
Sanitary top.
Only 15 paved pitches before MH.
On foot to the center 20 minutes.

02200, Soissons, France

49° 23' 37" N 3° 19' 38" E

49.3936100 3.3272200


☍ 414,2 km (4 hrs. 19 min.)

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ROSNAY Camping Municipal - Zondag 14 mei

Full of nature reserve, village further away nothing to do.
Very beautiful around large pond. Electrical/water/shower
Sanitary facilities not large but in order.
Tip ; drive in and look for a place that does not have a reservation for that day (there are reservation signs with the date of reservation).
Manager will come in the evening for payment.

36300, Rosnay, France

46° 42' 22.7" N 1° 12' 43.2" E

46.7063000 1.2120000


☍ 107,9 km (1 hrs. 30 min.)

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Saint-Junien, Frankrijk - Maandag 15 mei

Campsite of the organization CAMPING-CAR PARK.
Very beautiful, lots of greenery and very large pitches.
Sanitary top.
Center 1km.

Saint-Junien, 87200, Frankrijk

45° 53' 14" N 0° 54' 4" E

45.8872222 0.9011111


☍ 12,8 km ( 15 min.)

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Oradour-sur-Glane, Frankrijk - Dinsdag 16 mei

Visit to a gruesome history.
It made us silent.
Putin and others should come here.
WAR - Horror

87520 Oradour-sur-Glane, France

45° 55' 51.9" N 1° 1' 57.9" E

45.9310789 1.0327460


☍ 170,5 km (2 hrs. 9 min.)

Saint-Martin-de-Gurson Motorhome Aire - Dins 16 mei

Stay at a camper place and visit friends locally.
Very quiet.

24610 Saint-Martin-de-Gurson, France

44° 57' 12.3" N 0° 6' 24.5" E

44.9534161 0.1068089


☍ 337,5 km (3 hrs. 8 min.)


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ZARAUTZ Spanje - Grand Camping Zarautz - Woens 17 - 18 - 19 mei

Campsite by the sea, booked 2 nights but stayed a day longer.
Campsite located above the city with a view of the sea.
Sanitary TOP. Super friendly.

Monte Talai-mendi Zarautz, 20800, Zarautz, Spain

43° 17' 26" N 2° 8' 48" W

43.2905600 -2.1466700


☍ 87,3 km (1 hrs. )

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PAMPLONA - Area Camper Berriozar - 20 mei

Closed camper place 700m from the center.
Electrical and all facilities gray water/chemical and fresh water. No sanitary facilities.
Walked to the center and enjoyed aperitif and tapas with hundreds of Spaniards.
Also visited the arena and followed the bull run course.
In the evening we had a very nice meal 400m from the cmaperplaats in a very local special occasion Basque Cidereria.

Av. Berriozar, 1, 31013 Berriozar, Navarra, Spain

42° 50' 25.6" N 1° 39' 56.5" W

42.8404446 -1.6656806


☍ 85,5 km ( 46 min.)

Logroño, Rioja wijnstreek

Circunvalación Sur de Logroño, 26142, Logroño, Spain

42° 27' 17.8" N 2° 21' 41.3" W

42.4549557 -2.3614584


☍ 137,9 km (1 hrs. 16 min.)

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BURGOS - Camping Fuentes Blancas - 21 en 22 mei

Mega chaotic campsite.
Just find a place and settle down.
Not helpful at the counter.
Very poor (pretty much no) WiFi.
Sanitary facilities are outdated but are kept very clean.
Very good/warm showers.
Camping for transit and very expensive.

Cartuja Miraflores, 09193, Burgos, Spain

42° 20' 30" N 3° 39' 25" W

42.3416600 -3.6569400


☍ 242,9 km (2 hrs. 7 min.)

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SALAMANCA Camping Don Quijote - 23-24 en 25 mei

Carretera Salamanca-aldealengua KM 1.930, 37193, Salamanca-este, Spain

40° 58' 43" N 5° 36' 35" W

40.9786100 -5.6097200


☍ 220,7 km (2 hrs. 1 min.)

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Meda - Campismo Municipal Mêda - 26 mei

Stopover on the way to Porto.
Bought local wine at very cheap prices.
Very tasty pizza eaten in the village. Patron makes his own wine and degustif. The lady is in the kitchen and bakes everything fresh. Very cheap bill.

Av. Professor Adriano Vasco Rodrigues, 6430, Mêda, Portugal

40° 58' 11.4" N 7° 15' 32.9" W

40.9698300 -7.2591500


☍ 223,5 km (2 hrs. 16 min.)


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PORTO - Parque de Campismo de Salgueiros - 27 en 28 mei

Very outdated campsite. Only possibility to visit Porto from here.
Not worth the money, only the water in the showers was warm, the rest was of no use.

Rua do Campismo 263, 4400-397, Canidelo, Portugal

41° 7' 14.6" N 8° 39' 39.1" W

41.1207235 -8.6608694


☍ 242,7 km (2 hrs. 20 min.)

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SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELLA - Autocamper Compostella - 29 en 30 mei

Top location with a view of the city.

Lg Granxa San Lazaro 29, 15890, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

42° 53' 31.1" N 8° 30' 3.6" W

42.8919695 -8.5009938


☍ 156,4 km (1 hrs. 39 min.)

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FOZ - Area de Foz - 31 mei

Camper site with a sea view. Free and great for one night.
Lunch of pure fish top.

Rua do Ru Curbeiro, 27780, Foz, Spain

43° 33' 48" N 7° 15' 27" W

43.5633333 -7.2575000


☍ 300,9 km (3 hrs. 10 min.)

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POTES PICOS de EUROPE - Camping La Viorna - 1,2 en 3 juni

After 30km into the mountains it feels like we are in Austria.
Terrifyingly narrow road through the gorge.
But so beautiful at the top of the campsite.

Car. Santo Toribio, 39570, Potes, Spain

43° 9' 15.9" N 4° 38' 36.7" W

43.1544300 -4.6435200


☍ 197,2 km (2 hrs. 23 min.)

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BILBAO - Autocaravaning Kobetamendi - 4 juni

Standing above the city of Bilbao - beautiful overview. Straight down by bike.
Visit the Guugenheim museum (not open tomorrow).

Calle del Monte Cobetas 33, 48000, Bilbao, Spain

43° 15' 33" N 2° 57' 49" W

43.2591667 -2.9636111


☍ 146,9 km (1 hrs. 32 min.)

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BIARRITZ - Camping-car Park de la Milady - 6 juni

CAMPING-CAR PARK - beautiful place and only 200m from the sea and 1km from the center.
Too bad a pint was €4 instead of €2.10 yesterday. A glass of wine €6 instead of €1.5 yesterday.
Diesel 1.85 instead of 1.32 yesterday Spain.
France expensive or Spain too cheap.

Avenue de la Milady, 64200, Biarritz, France

43° 27' 58" N 1° 34' 18" W

43.4661111 -1.5716667


☍ 201,6 km (1 hrs. 57 min.)

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ARES/ARCACHON - Flower Camping La Canadienne - 7-8-9-10 juni

https://www.lacanadienne.com/

Top campsite - small scale - clean sanitary facilities - heated swimming pool.
Not busy yet (snack bar only opens June 15) so total peace and quiet and enjoying the holiday feeling. 27-29°

Only booked 2-3 nights at first, but quickly booked.

82 rue du Général de Gaulle, 33740, Arès, France

44° 46' 44.3" N 1° 8' 35.3" W

44.7789700 -1.1431360


☍ 435,0 km (3 hrs. 55 min.)

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AMBOISE/LOIRE - Camping de la Poterie - 11-12 en 13 juni

Small nice campsite right on the Loire and major cycling routes.

Quai André Citroën, Mosnes, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankrijk

47° 27' 41.2" N 1° 5' 46.5" E

47.4614374 1.0962531


☍ 287,1 km (2 hrs. 57 min.)

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LES ANDELYS - Flower camping Les Trois Rois - 14-15-16 juni

Campsite on the Seine with a beautiful view of Chateau Grilliard. Two swimming pools and top pitches. Sanitary just cracked. Will stay here longer because it is so good.

Sunbathe - swim - cycle a bit and enjoy.


https://www.camping-troisrois.com/

Rue Gilles Nicolle 1, Les Andelys, Eure, Normandië, Frankrijk

49° 13' 58.3" N 1° 23' 56" E

49.2328622 1.3988926


☍ 327,3 km (3 hrs. 46 min.)

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MERELBEKE - Zusters Maricolenstraat - 17 juni

Home after five wonderful weeks

Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België

50° 59' 27.3" N 3° 45' 7" E

50.9909243 3.7519524