not if it involves Ryanair..... I would not use them even if free. Easyjet are excellent in contrast
Your experience is obviously different from mine, what went wrong?
not if it involves Ryanair..... I would not use them even if free. Easyjet are excellent in contrast
It will be nice if Jay comes back with his experiences before I press the button.
I can only see this line "Under no circumstances will I use Ryanair"
here is what I did in the end www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/julian2014
Jay - I found that very interesting and informative, and may well use that as a basis for a fortnight trip next November. I particularly liked the reference to the specific places you stayed at - very useful indeed.here is what I did in the end www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/julian2014
I got a Spanish sim card and used booking.com every time. Amazingly good appJay - I found that very interesting and informative, and may well use that as a basis for a fortnight trip next November. I particularly liked the reference to the specific places you stayed at - very useful indeed.
I have ridden Gib to Madrid, and Madrid to Irun, plus Santander to Santiago de Compostela, and found campsites in Spain to be largely non-existent while hostels/hostels etc are frequent, clean, cheap and friendly. I would certainly never bother to take camping kit to Spain - as, in fact, you discovered.
OK so I have weekend booked in Seville with Mrs Jay Clock from 7-10 November. Return for her booked, and all I have booked is a single home on the Monday. Plan is (asap!) to book a single outbound on Sat 1st to somewhere in Southern Spain or Portugal and cycle to Seville in time for Friday morning (she arrives just after lunch). That gives me Sunday to Thurs as full cycling days
Under no circumstances will I use Ryanair. Easyjet or BA preferred, Direct flights only and from southern UK (I am in Winchester)
So options are (with distances based on car route - may do more but aiming at 80-100k in hills poss more on flat roads)
Almeria 405k
Faro 200k so would need a big loop north (and done it before)
Malaga (200k and done before when I did Malaga to Faro)
Gib 200k also done before but choice of routes
Lisbon 400+k
Seville and do a loop
WHAT DO YOU RECKON, and recommend some specific routes!!
Fire away
I plan to do a similar route in September 2015, but will avoid the coastal roads around Malaga at all costs. They are lethal and littered with the Ghosts of previous riders.OK so I have weekend booked in Seville with Mrs Jay Clock from 7-10 November. Return for her booked, and all I have booked is a single home on the Monday. Plan is (asap!) to book a single outbound on Sat 1st to somewhere in Southern Spain or Portugal and cycle to Seville in time for Friday morning (she arrives just after lunch). That gives me Sunday to Thurs as full cycling days
Under no circumstances will I use Ryanair. Easyjet or BA preferred, Direct flights only and from southern UK (I am in Winchester)
So options are (with distances based on car route - may do more but aiming at 80-100k in hills poss more on flat roads)
Almeria 405k
Faro 200k so would need a big loop north (and done it before)
Malaga (200k and done before when I did Malaga to Faro)
Gib 200k also done before but choice of routes
Lisbon 400+k
Seville and do a loop
WHAT DO YOU RECKON, and recommend some specific routes!!
Fire away
here is what I did in the end www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/julian2014