From E to W. Spaniards go to Portugal.

[Peavy]

Prelude.
It seems, this year, Portugal is the place to be. So we are travelling to our beloved neighbour country.
We've been many times there, but never with the van.
As of tomorrow we'll be posting our journey from our base in the Mediterranean coast to the atlantic, and the journey through the Peninsula.
Vámonos. Let's go

 

[jumar]

Disfruta tus vacaciones.

 

[jumartoo]

Prelude.
It seems, this year, Portugal is the place to be. So we are travelling to our beloved neighbour country.
We've been many times there, but never with the van.
As of tomorrow we'll be posting our journey from our base in the Mediterranean coast to the atlantic, and the journey through the Peninsula.
Vámonos. Let's go
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I'll be following your trip.

Have a good, safe, journey.

 

[CAB96]

Hooray! We're off

 

[Just smiffy]

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[Jane And Rog]

Prelude.
It seems, this year, Portugal is the place to be. So we are travelling to our beloved neighbour country.
We've been many times there, but never with the van.
As of tomorrow we'll be posting our journey from our base in the Mediterranean coast to the atlantic, and the journey through the Peninsula.
Vámonos. Let's go
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I hope the weather improves for you! We may cross paths along the way.

 

[royandsharont]

We happened upon a site at Quinta Cheve Grande near Viseu for a one night stop, so beautiful countryside we stayed 10 nights and only moved off when the rains came. Discovered Tomar, fantastic Templar history. Enjoy & looking forward to your travels

 

[Peavy]

Day 0.
After our working duties, and the last packing, we were ready to depart.
Fridge full with goods (and beer) and everything, up to 3.5T

We set off from Tarragona and drove to Albeta (beyond Zaragoza, where the big local fiesta is ongoing these days).
There's a fantastic MH area in the tiny Albeta. The rules of the place are strict.

It says, among other things, "be respectful with the neighbours rest, silence between 22 and 9, respect that we are a small area with only 11 places, we don't want massification..."
Are we are changing, us Spaniards? or that's what we hope... because we two hate being noisy and avoid crowds.
Tomorrow we have a special plan, let's see how it goes...

 

[Barriesimpson]

Que lo paséis bién, seguiré vuestra aventura pues pronto haremos lo mismo.
Enjoy it, I'll be following your adventures as I plan to do the same soon.

 

[jumar]

Day 0.
After our working duties, and the last packing, we were ready to depart.
Fridge full with goods (and beer) and everything, up to 3.5T
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We set off from Tarragona and drove to Albeta (beyond Zaragoza, where the big local fiesta is ongoing these days).
There's a fantastic MH area in the tiny Albeta. The rules of the place are strict.
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It says, among other things, "be respectful with the neighbours rest, silence between 22 and 9, respect that we are a small area with only 11 places, we don't want massification..."
Are we are changing, us Spaniards? or that's what we hope... because we two hate being noisy and avoid crowds.
Tomorrow we have a special plan, let's see how it goes...
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Such a tidy fridge....keep your eye on the weather...quite unsettled in parts of Iberia...as we are back at our base in Murcia, we can live in some space around us...and do some motorhome jobs too...
Have a nice day, which we know is special for all our Spanish friends...

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[Just smiffy]

There are shops in Spain when travelling….

 

[jumartoo]

Well we've now seen your van, and your fridge. I hope we're going to see you and Snra Peavy sometime

 

[Gaston aires]

Northern Portugal is full of wonderful towns. Barcelos, Braga, Coimbra etc full of Aires to stopover.
I’m jealous, Phil

 

[royandsharont]

Enjoy the travels. I was interested to see what you had in your fridge . Yes the Spanish are very different people to Brits in many ways, but nice . We love today in Los Alcazares, where we lived. They call it Caldero Day locally re Colon & his travels and we were allowed to cook on the beach that day. It is rammed with people & organisations some cooking Caldero as Colon would have done. well worth experiencing the day there which I have not seen similar elsewhere

 

[Peavy]

Day 1.
We drove heading west and after stormy weather on the road we arrived at Pozal de Gallinas (weird name, don't ask) in Valladolid province.

There is a music festival there, a Heavy Metal festival, to be more precise, where one of our favourite bands was playing there (a German band).
The place is in the middle of nowhere in Castilla y León (a vast land, as many of you may know), just 500 people living there. Since 18 years ago, they do this festival with some international names.
But first...

After quesadillas for lunch, we headed to the sports pavilion to enjoy the night.
We parked in a random street in the tiny village, hoping we'll be fine to spend the night there, after the show...

....wrong, despite the peaceful and tolerant spirit from the attendance, there were some after-party goers lurking in the streets around, so we decided to move to the outskirts and we were fine, then.

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[Wanders from Glos]

It’s worth filling up in Spain, fuel seemed to be about 20 higher in Portugal.

 

[Peavy]

It’s worth filling up in Spain, fuel seemed to be about 20 higher in Portugal.

We'll do that. Thanks for the heads up

 

[Peavy]

Day 2.
After the hangover, we depart towards western lands.
We drove to Mieza. Nice isolated place in the natural border with Portugal, which is the Duero river.
We arrived at the MH area and Mrs. Peavy cooked a nice plate of arroz con verdura (rice with vegetables) wich was spectacular

Mieza (200 people) doesn't have much, just a church, friendly people and a MH area. It's the end of the road, because there is the cliff that ends down in the river. Beautiful Natural Park. Quiet place. Perfect. We were alone and couldn't hear nothing but a donkey complaining in the distance.

The border with our neighbours is the oldest in Europe and the longest between two state members from the EU.
The river is natural border here, and the vultures watch it in the Mirador de la Cove (an spectacular viewpoint).

Never seen voltures flying so close before (griffon vultures).
Now we're ready to cross the border.

 

[royandsharont]

Interesting route, I’m guessing you have travelled it before Peavy. Every time I look at those type of church spires with bells I think the bells look like ladies in big dresses wearing a headdress. First noticed that up on the coast in Asturias but I guess I must have seen plenty before then, can’t stop seeing the relationship now . I want to travel the Douro one day

 

[Peavy]

Interesting route, I’m guessing you have travelled it before Peavy. Every time I look at those type of church spires with bells I think the bells look like ladies in big dresses wearing a headdress. First noticed that up on the coast in Asturias but I guess I must have seen plenty before then, can’t stop seeing the relationship now . I want to travel the Douro one day

We have been in Portugal many times before, but never with the van and never entered the country through the Douro. Really surprising and and scenic route, driving within the vineyards.
Never thought about the bells in that way

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[Wanders from Glos]

Great route, we went in near Braganca. Whenever we return next week plan a Douro Valley tour. The little bit we saw was very scenic.

 

[Jane And Rog]

Day 2.
After the hangover, we depart towards western lands.
We drove to Mieza. Nice isolated place in the natural border with Portugal, which is the Duero river.
We arrived at the MH area and Mrs. Peavy cooked a nice plate of arroz con verdura (rice with vegetables) wich was spectacular
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Mieza (200 people) doesn't have much, just a church, friendly people and a MH area. It's the end of the road, because there is the cliff that ends down in the river. Beautiful Natural Park. Quiet place. Perfect. We were alone and couldn't hear nothing but a donkey complaining in the distance.
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The border with our neighbours is the oldest in Europe and the longest between two state members from the EU.
The river is natural border here, and the vultures watch it in the Mirador de la Cove (an spectacular viewpoint).
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Never seen voltures flying so close before (griffon vultures).
Now we're ready to cross the border.

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Love that photo of the vultures!