Thread: Santander by Ferry

If you have an updated SatNav, it is now a breeze, because of the new by-passes, you no longer drive through the City.

Originally Posted by JazminesII

On the Madrid front.....having driven down from Madrid after seeing AC/DC I can say it's not an experience we want to repeat in a hurry

I went to the AC/DC gig at Wembley last year. Excellent evening but not a patch on the Bonn Scott era.
The short walk from the new stadium to the train station turned into a nightmare - over an hour and a half to travel a few hundred metres. I'm going to stick to the O2 in the future which is literally on my doorstep.

Looking forward to hearing about your crossing by ferry and drive. We have done the 1400 mile or so drive from calais to Marbella before and it's not something I'd like to do regularly.

Used that ferry once when I was going to Portugal with am empty lorry and if it were not for the fact that I always have a load down as well as back I would use that route all the time, and with Madrid as long as you avoid rush hour it's a doddle with the A6 by pass.

Just read the posts avoid Madrid has any one a sugesred option, we are traveling down to La Tercia, Murcia in April. We dock Santander about 1pm we want to do the journey in one go and hope to arrive at La Tercia about 10pm if all goes well.

Rob G

Originally Posted by Rob G

Just read the posts avoid Madrid has any one a sugesred option, we are traveling down to La Tercia, Murcia in April. We dock Santander about 1pm we want to do the journey in one go and hope to arrive at La Tercia about 10pm if all goes well.

Rob G

Traffic allowing, your time frame should be fine, I docked at the same time, and was in La Alpujarra by 11pm, stopping only for fuel.

Cadiar, Rob was asking for a route. I have only driven from Bibao to the Alicante area, and I used the AP68 tollroad passing Vitoria Gastez to Bilbao. Then to Madrid where I took the A1 (E5) changing roads at Aranda de Duero, (It is marked to Madrid). As I approached Madrid, I took the M40 motorway which by passed the city and picked up the Road to Valencia. I stayed on that until I took the motorway to Albacete. Stay on the Albacete ring road until you see the sign for Murcia A30. If you think Murcia looks complicated on the map, Its because it is. Just follow the signs to Cartegena to get round the city. After the city you will go up a hill through a wooded area., and as you go down the other side look for the road to San Javier. take that, and the road to La Tercia is I think the first junction off.(As I used that route some time ago)
It is possible some new roads have been put in, but check the way I said on the map.

I don't know whether you are better to go along the Coast to Bilbao. (There are no mountains to cross on that route) Or whether someone else knows a better route without touching Bilbao.
CD

We've planned two routes so far using google maps (maps.google.co.uk) > get directions.

One route takes us through the outskirts of Madrid and the other route through Zaragoza, then dropping down into Valencia.....time wise there's not much in it....

If you don't need to take a car with you, and don't like flying, why not take the train? We went by Eurostar to Paris and then took the trenhotel (once to Madrid and once to Barcelona). If you go first-class, you get dinner including drinks (a la carte) plus continental breakfast and you have your own cabin with shower and toiletries provided.

Sue