11 Aug 2009 1:25 AM:

Hi,

My OH and I drove from Birmingham to Manilva in June - 1,710 miles door to door with 2 drivers.  We chose to do the tunnel and as it was our first trip we made a slight error when exiting the tunnel (signs said one thing - sat nav told us another !)  Experience of the trip made me rely on the sat nav as 9 times out of 10 it was correct.  We were not in a hurry and used the time to see a bit of France (as 30 years since last made the trip) having lunch in La Rochell before moving on to northern Spain. We covered between 400/500 miles per day.  We left home at 8am and arrived just outside Paris around 2pm but were heading towards Le mann for our first overnight stay.  The roads were very good, the weather a bit hit and miss until we were around the Spanish border. We had 4 over night stops - the final being in Ronda (I just love the place).  We didn't pre-book any accommodation, we used sat nav and our instincts on the area.  I must say there was only 1 place that didn't live up to expectations but we were late finding it (1 star hostel) and it was the only place open.  We visited Pamploma - the tapas bars were fantastic (I'd like to come back and spend a weekend).  I must say we really enjoyed the whole experience - everyone was so helpful and friendly.

Were taking the car back at the end of September but this time were doing the coast of Spain up to Reims before heading over to the tunnel - estimating 6-7 days and some 2,066 miles.  I'd love to stay in a Chateaux the last night before the tunnel, finish the holiday/journey in a spectacular way - well it is our anniversary.  Just need to find a map of France now to find out where they are located in relation to our scheduled journey - unless anyone knows of any ?  I'm really looking forward to doing this trip - if anyone has any recommendations please don't hesitate to let us know.

 

 

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11 Aug 2009 12:00 AM:

Hi all,

Does anyone know if you are charged for parking at Marbella bus station and how long you can park.  I'm flying back to the UK for 2 days and wanted to leave the car there and get the fast bus to Malaga.  I don't want to get back and find the Grua have taken it !!!

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30 Jul 2009 4:57 PM:

I'll keep my eye on the web site, I will be back out in a weeks time.

Hire cars are a ridiculous price now with so many add ons for fuel, insurance, wheels....  We had to pay 110 euros more than quoted to cover the last car - they charged us 65 euros for fuel, we filled it up and could only get 29 euros worth in it - what a rip off.

We have a UK car out in Spain at the moment and have had since early June - being a convertible it is ideal for the Spanish weather.  For what it cost to drive it over - and it was a very nice journey it is well worth doing it for 6 months.  We plan on driving the coast of Spain back to France at the end of September to see parts we've never visited before.  10 nights stop over covering 2 journeys and petrol still doesn't come to what I would have to pay for hiring a convertible for 5 months.

It'll be back to hire cars from October though...

Thread: How do I get from Marbella bus station at 11pm to Duquesa - the bus has stopped!

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30 Jul 2009 12:44 PM:

Many thanks ........  :o)

Thread: How do I get from Marbella bus station at 11pm to Duquesa - the bus has stopped!

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30 Jul 2009 10:13 AM:

It is quite clearly advertised at the bus station there is a bus at 11pm - there were a lot of people waiting for it and a few said they catch it on a regular basis but it is never on time and can be up to 45 minutes late.  I've got my timetable here and it is not shown - it's a case of pot luck I think.  The only thing to do if you are there and want this bus is ask people at the stand (7) if they are waiting for the Estepona bus.

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