Any Dog Friendly Hotels - Santander to Alicante ??

Hi,

      does anyone know of a dog friendly hotel or guest house en route from Santander to Alicante ?

      We are planning our road trip for May of this year and will be taking our collie cross dog along. If there was a suitable venue approx. half way we may stop overnight.

regards

 Ken

Its only 7 hours driving but there are 2 Paradores on the route google Paradores Spain

Thanks Fred for the reply,  we are likely to do a straight run but just in case we have to do overnight stop we thought of having a named venue will be worhtwhile. I will google as you suggested. Thanks

 Ken

As Spanish hotels generally do not allow dogs, I usually stay in French owned hotels like IBIS which all welcome dogs.

Jon

 There are IBIS hotels in Spain on your route ( Zaragoza & Valencia ) that take dogs.

you may find some here...in both france & spain but not sure if they have the area you want not too great on areas   www.thepetsdirectory.co.uk worth a try

 Hi Ken,

If you havn't booked your crossing yet, don't forget to have a look on my listing to get up to 10% discount on your ferry tickets with Brittany Ferries.  You get this by using my membership number.  If you can't find it e mail me and I will send you the details.

Better still herewith details if anyone else wants to use it.

When booking on line drop down menu:

ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE TRAVEL CLUB - YES

PROPERTY CLUB NUMBER   S91197

MEMBERS NAME;  MOORHOUSE

You are a GUEST of the member.

On another subject, we are taking our new Spanish dog to England via Bilbao in June and it is the first time we have taken a dog on board.  Can anyone let me know what the form is and what you have to do.

Thanks

Joan

Thanks Joan , i kept your details from last years booking and I have used it again this year. This time weve gone for Portmouth to Bilbao. looking forward to the trip in June.

When we traveeled last year the on board dog kennels were clean and tidy. You will however need to bring on board your dogs bedding and dog food. There is a fresh watersupply and clean foodbowl next to the kennels. Your dog will need to have been vacinated and certified on the dogs petpassport by the vet administering the treatments. Check out requirements on the Brittany Ferries website. or DEFRA website.

Kind Regards

Ken 

 Hi Ken,

Glad you used the membership number and got your discount.

Thanks for info on dogs.  Can you tell me what you do when you get on board, do you go straight to the kennels with the dog then what do you do about your own luggage?  Where do they do their business and how often do you go to them.  It will all be a little strange for us and Oscar, as it's our first trip together.

Any advice would be appreciated. 

by the way regarding pet friendly hotels, we have booked into a hotel in Chinchon, near to Mardrid and get a one bedroomed apartment (dogs accepted)  the cost of E60 includes accommodation, breakfast  VAT and bottle of wine. (on the face of it, it looks a great deal.)  I have booked it via booking.com and just keyed in accepts dogs.  The hotel is called LA POSADA DEL ARCO.

Chinchon is a lovely place to visit with it's round plaza with lots of great Restaurants surrounding it.  Well worth a visit.

Regards

Joan

Hi Joan,  when you drive onto the cardeck you will be allowed to take your dog up to the kennels where a member of staff will allocate a kennel and give your a swipe card that allows access to the kennels for anytime you wish. Bring the dogs bedding and dog food at this point. You then go back to your car to collect cabin baggae and go to your cabin etc. You are free to return to the dog kennel deck any time day or night.

If you are travelling on the Cap Finister there are a small number of pet friendly cabins which you can have your pooch with you from start to finish but they tend to get booked up so check with Brittany Ferries for availability.

There is some walking space and seating so you can sit relax on deck weather permitting. There are waste bins nearby for dog waste etc. Your dog may not feel the desire to have a pee on metal if he /she is used to grass ! so you may want to bring a piece of turf or patch of grass on board ?Seriously though there is plenty of outside space for the dogs. When we travelled last there were approx thirty dogs on the vessel with no problems that we could see.

Thanks for the info. on the accomodation near to Madrid it sounds good and we may take that one.

Regards

Ken

 Thanks Ken, Happy Sailing.

Joan

 Hi Bethany,

Thanks for your reply.  We travelled over from Santander to Andalucia 2 weeks ago and found some wonderful Hotels.

The first one was in Palencia and they made more fuss of Oscar (the dog) than us.  We arrived late and they served a lovely meal in the room without any trouble.  If you want the name and address let me know.

We then stayed in Aranjuez on the second night.  Bit disappointed with this as we had to drive into the Cuidad, but Aranjuez was lovely and we had a great Italian Pizza and Lasagne and again they let Oscar in.

The third night was in Ubeda and the best.  Wonderful Hotel right in the middle of the old part surrounded by Churches, Monestaries and excellent Restaurants.  We went back to a Restaurant we know and of course Oscar came too.  Had Pork on Skewers, to die for.

Anyway if you need any names let me know.

Joan