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Basque Country/Northern Portugal
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Basque Country/Northern Portugal

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

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35 Days
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Day 1
Merelbeke 13 mei 2023
9820 Merelbeke, Belgium

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SOISSON - Camping Municipal Les Marguerites Du Mail - 13 mei
02200, Soissons, France
Municipality of the campsite - Electricity/water/showers
Sanitary top.
Only 15 paved pitches before MH.
On foot to the center 20 minutes.

Day 2
ROSNAY Camping Municipal - Zondag 14 mei
36300, Rosnay, France
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.

Day 3
Saint-Junien, Frankrijk - Maandag 15 mei
Saint-Junien, 87200, Frankrijk
Campsite of the organization CAMPING-CAR PARK.
Very beautiful, lots of greenery and very large pitches.
Sanitary top.
Center 1km.

Day 4
Oradour-sur-Glane, Frankrijk - Dinsdag 16 mei
87520 Oradour-sur-Glane, France
Visit to a gruesome history.
It made us silent.
Putin and others should come here.
WAR - Horror

Saint-Martin-de-Gurson Motorhome Aire - Dins 16 mei
24610 Saint-Martin-de-Gurson, France
Stay at a camper place and visit friends locally.
Very quiet.

Bezoek Le GUINOT
Visit Belgian friends Jo - Karolien (ex-Gildenhuis Melle)
Gites & Table d'hotes LE GUINOT


https://www.leguinot.be

Great welcome with delicious dinner.
Warm people who will make your holiday a complete success.
Like god in France that's how it is.



Day 5
ZARAUTZ Spanje - Grand Camping Zarautz - Woens 17 - 18 - 19 mei
Monte Talai-mendi Zarautz, 20800, Zarautz, Spain
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.

Day 6
Met de fiets naar beneden stadje - 18 mei
First Spanish terrace.

Day 7
Wandeling langs de kust op en neer !!! - 19 mei

Day 8
PAMPLONA - Area Camper Berriozar - 20 mei
Av. Berriozar, 1, 31013 Berriozar, Navarra, Spain
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.

Logroño, Rioja wijnstreek
Circunvalación Sur de Logroño, 26142, Logroño, Spain

Day 9
BURGOS - Camping Fuentes Blancas - 21 en 22 mei
Cartuja Miraflores, 09193, Burgos, Spain
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.

Day 10
Bezoek Burgos - 22 mei
Found a bike tour via Komoot. Super cycle paths through the city.
Crosses the entire center.
Cathedral is worth it.

Day 11
SALAMANCA Camping Don Quijote - 23-24 en 25 mei
Carretera Salamanca-aldealengua KM 1.930, 37193, Salamanca-este, Spain

Day 12
Bezoek Salamanca
From the campsite to the center by bike. 7.5km cycle path TOP, even the Dutch would be surprised by this.
What a beautiful city Plaza Royal - Cathedral (as I saw them) - Pont Romana

Day 13
Rustdag
Breakfast in bed - a bit of work Jopal - laundry day Tania - update itinerary

Day 14
Meda - Campismo Municipal Mêda - 26 mei
Av. Professor Adriano Vasco Rodrigues, 6430, Mêda, Portugal
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.

Van Meda nr Porto
Completely drove the route N222 along the Douro (beautiful but long and a lot of up and down).

Day 15
PORTO - Parque de Campismo de Salgueiros - 27 en 28 mei
Rua do Campismo 263, 4400-397, Canidelo, Portugal
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.

Day 16
Porto bezoeken 28 mei
By taxi to the center of Porto (upper town). 10€
On foot down to the Douro. Cross the bridge and visit Porto houses.

Day 17
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELLA - Autocamper Compostella - 29 en 30 mei
Lg Granxa San Lazaro 29, 15890, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Top location with a view of the city.

Day 18
Bezoek Santiago de Compostella - 30 mei
On a pilgrimage, haha.
Heat thunderstorm in the evening but it was good before it cooled down.

Day 19
FOZ - Area de Foz - 31 mei
Rua do Ru Curbeiro, 27780, Foz, Spain
Camper site with a sea view. Free and great for one night.
Lunch of pure fish top.

Day 20
POTES PICOS de EUROPE - Camping La Viorna - 1,2 en 3 juni
Car. Santo Toribio, 39570, Potes, Spain
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.

Day 21
Te voet naar Potes - 2 juni
First a daily special at the campsite.
Starter - main course - dessert and glass of wine Fri €12/pp.
Here €1.4 for a glass of rosé. You can get a bottle of house wine for..... no surprise: €4.
Bottle with cork.

On foot to Potes. Long walk down, the way back took some time. But a Cervesa and Rosé wine and everything is fine again.

Stay here for an extra day so wonderful.



Day 22
Potes extra rustdag in de bergen - 3 juni

Day 23
BILBAO - Autocaravaning Kobetamendi - 4 juni
Calle del Monte Cobetas 33, 48000, Bilbao, Spain
Standing above the city of Bilbao - beautiful overview. Straight down by bike.
Visit the Guugenheim museum (not open tomorrow).

Day 24
Bezoek Bilbao - 5 juni
By bus to the old town. Delicious Paella and Conejo ate with the real Spaniards.
In the city of 28° I'm happy in the shade.

Day 25
BIARRITZ - Camping-car Park de la Milady - 6 juni
Avenue de la Milady, 64200, Biarritz, France
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.

Day 26
ARES/ARCACHON - Flower Camping La Canadienne - 7-8-9-10 juni
82 rue du Général de Gaulle, 33740, Arès, France
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.

Day 27
Met de fiets een deel van Basin D'Arcachon - 8 juni
Many Oyster/cabanes where the fish is so fresh so probably still alive on your plate.
Is for Friday or Saturday evening.
First check with the campsite operator to see who we would be best with. Don't want a TOURIST*TRAP.


Day 28
Rustdag ter plaatse - een beetje werken vr Jopal - 9 juni
Work in peace and quiet with a view of the swimming pool and put your laptop (perfect WiFi here) on the table. Emails - invoices etc.....
I am very grateful to Danny and Tom for arranging and carrying out 90% of the work themselves. Owner very pleased, it won't do them any harm. Haha

Day 29
Naar de markt CAP FERRET - 10 juni
Via the perfect cycling network (many of the cycle paths are closed off).
Market day

Day 30
AMBOISE/LOIRE - Camping de la Poterie - 11-12 en 13 juni
Quai André Citroën, Mosnes, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankrijk

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


Day 31
AMBOISE - 12 juni

Cycling tour along the Loire nr Amboies etc... 48km.


Day 32
LES ANDELYS - Flower camping Les Trois Rois - 14-15-16 juni
Rue Gilles Nicolle 1, Les Andelys, Eure, Normandië, Frankrijk

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/


Day 33
Zonnen - zwemmen - genieten

Day 34
Beetje fietsen langs de Seine - zonnen - zwemmen - genieten

Day 35
MERELBEKE - Zusters Maricolenstraat - 17 juni
Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België

Home after five wonderful weeks

Day 1
Merelbeke 13 mei 2023
9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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236,7 km 2 hrs. 41 min.
SOISSON - Camping Municipal Les Marguerites Du Mail - 13 mei
02200, Soissons, France
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Day 2
422,6 km 4 hrs. 29 min.
ROSNAY Camping Municipal - Zondag 14 mei
36300, Rosnay, France
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Day 3
108,4 km 1 hrs. 34 min.
Saint-Junien, Frankrijk - Maandag 15 mei
Saint-Junien, 87200, Frankrijk
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Day 4
13,3 km 16 min.
Oradour-sur-Glane, Frankrijk - Dinsdag 16 mei
87520 Oradour-sur-Glane, France
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170,5 km 2 hrs. 18 min.
Saint-Martin-de-Gurson Motorhome Aire - Dins 16 mei
24610 Saint-Martin-de-Gurson, France
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Bezoek Le GUINOT
Bezoek Belgische vrienden Jo - Karolien (ex-Gildenhuis Melle)
Gites & Table d'hotes LE GUINOT


https://www.leguinot.be

Super ontvangst met lekker Diner.
Warme mensen die uw vakantie volledig doen slagen.  
Als god in Frankrijk zo is het.


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Day 5
336,3 km 3 hrs. 31 min.
ZARAUTZ Spanje - Grand Camping Zarautz - Woens 17 - 18 - 19 mei
Monte Talai-mendi Zarautz, 20800, Zarautz, Spain
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Day 6
Met de fiets naar beneden stadje - 18 mei
Eerste Spaans terrasje.
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Day 7
Wandeling langs de kust op en neer !!! - 19 mei
Day 8
87,7 km 1 hrs. 6 min.
PAMPLONA - Area Camper Berriozar - 20 mei
Av. Berriozar, 1, 31013 Berriozar, Navarra, Spain
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85,7 km 52 min.
Logroño, Rioja wijnstreek
Circunvalación Sur de Logroño, 26142, Logroño, Spain
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Day 9
140,8 km 1 hrs. 29 min.
BURGOS - Camping Fuentes Blancas - 21 en 22 mei
Cartuja Miraflores, 09193, Burgos, Spain
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Day 10
Bezoek Burgos - 22 mei
Fietstoer gevonden via Komoot.  Super fietspaden door de stad.
Gans het centrum doorkruist.
Kathedraal is de moeite waard.
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Day 11
242,8 km 2 hrs. 23 min.
SALAMANCA Camping Don Quijote - 23-24 en 25 mei
Carretera Salamanca-aldealengua KM 1.930, 37193, Salamanca-este, Spain
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Day 12
Bezoek Salamanca
Van de camping met de fiets naar centrum.  7.5km fietspad TOP, zelfs de Nederlanders zouden hiervan op kijken.
Wat een mooie stad Plaza Royal - Kathedraal (zoals ik ze zag)  - Pont Romana
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Day 13
Rustdag
Ontbijtje aan bed - beetje werken Jopal - wasdag Tania - reisroute bijwerken 
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Day 14
224,2 km 2 hrs. 15 min.
Meda - Campismo Municipal Mêda - 26 mei
Av. Professor Adriano Vasco Rodrigues, 6430, Mêda, Portugal
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Van Meda nr Porto
De route N222 volledig afgereden langs de Douro (prachtig maar lang en veel op en neer).
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Day 15
222,6 km 2 hrs. 17 min.
PORTO - Parque de Campismo de Salgueiros - 27 en 28 mei
Rua do Campismo 263, 4400-397, Canidelo, Portugal
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Day 16
Porto bezoeken 28 mei
Met de taxi tot in centrum Porto (bovenstad).  10€
Te voet naar beneden tot aan de Douro. Brug over en Porto-huizen bezocht.
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Day 17
242,0 km 2 hrs. 27 min.
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELLA - Autocamper Compostella - 29 en 30 mei
Lg Granxa San Lazaro 29, 15890, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Day 18
Bezoek Santiago de Compostella - 30 mei
Op bedevaart, haha.
's avonds warmte onweer maar was goed vr de afkoeling.
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Day 19
178,4 km 1 hrs. 46 min.
FOZ - Area de Foz - 31 mei
Rua do Ru Curbeiro, 27780, Foz, Spain
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Day 20
298,4 km 3 hrs. 20 min.
POTES PICOS de EUROPE - Camping La Viorna - 1,2 en 3 juni
Car. Santo Toribio, 39570, Potes, Spain
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Day 21
Te voet naar Potes - 2 juni
Eerst een dagschotel op de camping.   
Voorgerecht - hoofdgerecht - dessertje en glas wijn vr 12€/pp. 
Hier 1,4€ vr glas rosé.  Je kan een fles huiswijn krijgen voor..... verschiet niet : 4€.
Fles met kurk.

Te voet naar Potes.  Flinke wandeling naar beneden, terugweg was efkes doorbijten.  Maar nen Cervesa en Rosé wijntje en alles weer oké.

Blijven hier nog een dag extra zo zalig.


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Day 22
Potes extra rustdag in de bergen - 3 juni
Day 23
196,1 km 2 hrs. 25 min.
BILBAO - Autocaravaning Kobetamendi - 4 juni
Calle del Monte Cobetas 33, 48000, Bilbao, Spain
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Day 24
Bezoek Bilbao - 5 juni
Met de bus naar de oude stad.   Lekkere Paella en Conejo gegeten bij de echte Spanjaarden.
In de stad 28° al eens blij in de schaduw.
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Day 25
148,5 km 1 hrs. 42 min.
BIARRITZ - Camping-car Park de la Milady - 6 juni
Avenue de la Milady, 64200, Biarritz, France
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Day 26
200,9 km 2 hrs. 12 min.
ARES/ARCACHON - Flower Camping La Canadienne - 7-8-9-10 juni
82 rue du Général de Gaulle, 33740, Arès, France
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Day 27
Met de fiets een deel van Basin D'Arcachon - 8 juni
Vele Oester/cabanes waar de vis zo vers  is dus vermoedelijk nog leeft op je bord.
Is voor vrijdag of zaterdagavond.
Eerst eens polsen bij campinguitbater bij wie we best zijn.  Willen geen TOERIST*TRAP.

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Day 28
Rustdag ter plaatse - een beetje werken vr Jopal - 9 juni
In alle rust met zicht op zwembad den laptop (perfecte wifi hier) op tafel een beetje werken.  Mails - facturen enz.....
Ben Danny en Tom zeer dankbaar dat ze 90% van het werk zelf regelen en uitvoeren.  Baasje dik te vreden het zal hun geen windeieren leggen.  Haha 
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Day 29
Naar de markt CAP FERRET - 10 juni
Via het perfecte fietsnetwerk (vele vd opnebare weg afgesloten fietspaden).  
Marktdag
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Day 30
439,0 km 4 hrs. 32 min.
AMBOISE/LOIRE - Camping de la Poterie - 11-12 en 13 juni
Quai André Citroën, Mosnes, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, Frankrijk
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Day 31
AMBOISE - 12 juni

Fietstour langs de Loire nr Amboies enz...  48km.

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Day 32
285,3 km 3 hrs. 15 min.
LES ANDELYS - Flower camping Les Trois Rois - 14-15-16 juni
Rue Gilles Nicolle 1, Les Andelys, Eure, Normandië, Frankrijk
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Day 33
Zonnen - zwemmen - genieten
Day 34
Beetje fietsen langs de Seine - zonnen - zwemmen - genieten
Day 35
328,4 km 3 hrs. 43 min.
MERELBEKE - Zusters Maricolenstraat - 17 juni
Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
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200 km

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