We were lucky that the small hill top town of Bidart was just a short walk or cycle ride away from our base, although the journey up to the town took a little more effort than the return 😉 The well known resort town of Biarritz and its international airport was also only about 6 kms north from here, although we never visited during our stay. Continue reading Bidart in French-Basque
The combination of heavy rain, poor weather forecasts, and not least, the thoroughly waterlogged ground our caravan was parked on brought about a big change of plan today. We had intended staying in northern Spain for at least another week to visit the region around Bilbao and Guggenheim museum.
As we knew today was probably going to be our last in the Picos de Europa we were enthusiastic to make the most of the limited time available and the best of the weather.
On our way into Potes yesterday, we had passed by an impressive building, named the Centro de visitants Sotama, so we headed back to investigate.
Continue reading Picos de Europa National Park in the Cantabrian Mountains
In my motorcycling touring days I had considered coming to the Picos de Europa on a couple of occasions but the lure of further destinations such as Croatia and Norway had always taken priority. Now was a good time to rectify my omission. We packed up and set off along the the A8 Autovia toward Campsite La Isla-Picos de Europa
Towing Kilometres – Today: 294 Cumulative: 13,946
Barreiros, our current base, is in the region of A Mariña Oriental on the northern Galician coast and along its 8 kms of coastline are several beautiful and often deserted beaches, as well as the very popular Praia das Catedrais. Continue reading Praia das Catedrais or Cathedrals Beach