January Spain trip

[Texan52]

Planning early January trip down to Spain. Thinking of going Burgos. Valladolid. Salamanca to Huelva. Any thoughts on this route as far as weather and road conditions

 

[MichaelT]

We did similar thus winter. It's fine bit cold overnight but warm during the day. Once south it's nice and warm in general. Here's route we did.

 

[L' Hobo]

Planning early January trip down to Spain. Thinking of going Burgos. Valladolid. Salamanca to Huelva. Any thoughts on this route as far as weather and road conditions

It was very cold 10yrs ago, some nights down to minus 3 but okay daytime.

 

[suavecarve]

I ve just opened up our journal from March this year and our first attempt at Spain off season.

This entry seems appropriate

https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/journals/n111-via-soria.652/

The whole journal is here https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/journals/blog/alicante-to-valencia-probably.359/

 

[Purrfecttune]

Planning early January trip down to Spain. Thinking of going Burgos. Valladolid. Salamanca to Huelva. Any thoughts on this route as far as weather and road conditions

Our first Euro trip last year, we did Burgos, Valladolid, Salamanca, Caceres, Seville.

Late April so can’t advise your weather but the roads were superb, both quality and low number of traffic. After 4 years we finally discovered that our motorhome can run without rattles

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[cyberyacht]

In winter it's worth remembering that the average altitude of Spain is higher than Switzerland.

 

[jumar]

All cities worth a visit, you might find it sunny most of the time but quite cool with below 0 temperatures at night...take a Cardi..

 

[Funnymunny]

We have done Calais to the Algarve using that route at least a dozen times in January and luckily never had any problems. We only ever had a small snow shower going up over Beja but nothing to worry about. If any snow is forecast then the snow ploughs are out ticking over on the side of the road waiting. The roads are excellent and there are plenty of free aires to stop at on the way down, France the water will mostly be off but once into Spain you will find water everywhere.

 

[Ducatian]

It was very cold 10yrs ago, some nights down to minus 3 but okay daytime.

Global warming has kicked in since then.

 

[Ducatian]

We did similar thus winter. It's fine bit cold overnight but warm during the day. Once south it's nice and warm in general. Here's route we did.

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What's the route planner please MichaelT ?

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[L' Hobo]

Global warming has kicked in since then.

Yes I know! Now you just have to look out for the flooding!

 

[MichaelT]

What's the route planner please MichaelT ?

Polar steps, just add your stops as you go and it follows you.

I also did a blog on here

Another run to the sun 🌞

We had planned 8 to 10 weeks away but our house move that should of happened in October got postponed due to the twats that were buying it dropping out when we were ready to exchange contracts. We've got another buyer but as our train ticket can go beyond April we decided to get away anyway...

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[Rick@62]

Check the Winter Tyre requirements for France and Spain too..

 

[Texan52]

Thanks for all the useful information

 

[Ads86]

Planning early January trip down to Spain. Thinking of going Burgos. Valladolid. Salamanca to Huelva. Any thoughts on this route as far as weather and road conditions

Salamanca.... Awesome place!

We found loads of wide on street parking with no restrictions re over night, if you need directions let me know. 15 minute walk into the town centre.