20 Jan 2010 1:14 PM:

Pat,

Certainly a lot of material on various threads about driving to Spain.

I drive to Spain twice a year from Calais to just south of Alicante with a dog and 2 kids - 1270 miles in total.

I stop just north of Toulouse at Cahors which is about a 8.5 hour drive which leaves 10.5 for the second day. In order to balance out the 2 days you could go onto Montauban.

I stay in a Kyriad which is family and dog friendly! We stay at Cahors because there is a McD opposite which suits the kids and you can get a beer with the Big Mac which suits me!

Would definitely avoid Paris and we head down to Rouen from Calais, then cut across onto the main road down to Toulouse

Hope this helps

Darren

PS Petrol cheaper in Spain than France

Thread: Drive to Spain

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03 Jul 2009 2:52 PM:

Mike,

We live in Margate and chose to drive to Murcia via Dover/Calais Ferry. By way of comparison...

Excluding the 30 mins to Dover and the 90 mins crossing the total distance from Calais to Murcia was 1250 miles and it took us 18 hours; 8 hours on the first day stopping at a Kyriad in Cahors (just north of Toulouse) and 10 hours the following day.

We took the route west of Paris ie via Rouen and then across Orleans which has less tolls. Total cost of tolls was €88 plus the overnight stay in the Kyriad which at Easter was €50. However, wouldn't recommend that you have breakfast which was €8 per head including kids!

Doing the same at the end of July - P&O Ferries doing some goog offers at the moment on Dover/Calais.

Darren

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