Hi, Me and the wife are thinking of going to Spain for a few days on the Plymouth Santander ferry wondering if anyone knows any good drives in that area
Cheers in advance [:D]
DAY 1
11:06 0.0 Depart Santander on Calle Jesús de Monasterio (West) 0.1 mi
11:06 0.1 Keep STRAIGHT onto Local road(s) 0.3 mi
11:07 0.5 Keep STRAIGHT onto Calle San Fernando 0.4 mi
11:08 0.8 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto Calle Camilo Alonso Vega 0.5 mi
11:09 1.3 Turn LEFT (North-West) onto Bajada de San Juan [Grupo San Luis] 10 yds
11:10 1.3 Turn RIGHT (North-East) onto Bajada de San Juan 0.4 mi
11:11 1.7 At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto Ca-230 [Calle Repuente] 0.4 mi
11:11 2.1 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto S-20 0.2 mi
11:12 2.3 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto S-20 [Autovía Bezana-el Sardinero] 3.4 mi
11:15 5.8 Take Ramp onto A-67 [Autovía Cantabria-Meseta] 10.1 mi
11:23 15.9 Take Local road(s) (RIGHT) onto A-8 [E-70] 8.3 mi E-70 / N-634 / Cabezón de la Sal / Oviedo
11:30 24.2 At Exit 244, keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.2 mi N-634 / Casar de Periedo / Virgen de la Peña / Mazcuerras
11:31 24.4 At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto N-634 0.4 mi
11:31 24.9 Turn LEFT (East) onto Ca-283 0.5 mi
11:33 25.4 Keep STRAIGHT onto Ca-812 3.4 mi
11:39 28.7 Bear RIGHT (South) onto Ca-180 2.5 mi
11:42 31.2 At Ruente, stay on Ca-180 [Barrio Ruente] (South-West) 3.0 mi
11:47 34.1 Turn RIGHT (North-West) onto Ca-182 7.1 mi
11:56 41.2 At Carmona, stay on Ca-182 (West) 2.4 mi
11:59 43.6 Turn LEFT (South) onto Ca-281 [Barrio Puentenansa], then immediately turn RIGHT (West) onto Ca-282 [Barrio Puentenansa] 4.3 mi
12:05 47.9 Turn RIGHT (North-West) onto Ca-282 0.2 mi
12:05 48.1 Turn LEFT (West) onto Local road(s) 0.6 mi
12:06 48.7 Road name changes to Barrio Quintanilla 0.7 mi
12:08 49.4 Turn RIGHT (North) onto Ca-282 11.8 mi
12:24 61.1 Turn LEFT (South-East) onto N-621 6.3 mi
12:32 67.5 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Calle Otero 0.1 mi
12:33 67.6 At Castro, return South-West on Calle Otero 0.1 mi
12:33 67.7 Turn RIGHT (South-West) onto N-621 3.3 mi
12:39 71.1 Turn LEFT (South-East) onto N-621 [Calle Enrique Herreros] 22.2 mi
13:07 93.3 Turn LEFT (South) onto N-621 6.9 mi
13:15 100.2 At Boca de Huérgano, stay on N-621 (West) 32 yds
13:15 100.2 Turn LEFT (South) onto Le-241 8.5 mi
13:26 108.7 Bear LEFT (South-West) onto C-615 8.8 mi
13:39 117.5 At Guardo, stay on C-615 [Avenida Asturias] (South) 76 yds
13:40 117.6 Bear LEFT (East) onto C-626 [Calle de la Unión] 0.1 mi
13:40 117.7 Turn RIGHT (South-East) onto C-626 [Calle Mayor] 10.9 mi
13:55 128.6 Turn LEFT (East) onto C-626 6.0 mi
14:03 134.6 Bear LEFT (North-East) onto C-624 3.2 mi
14:07 137.8 Keep STRAIGHT onto C-627 2.1 mi
14:09 139.9 Keep RIGHT onto Local road(s) 65 yds
14:09 140.0 Keep STRAIGHT onto C-627 0.3 mi
14:10 140.3 Bear RIGHT (North-East) onto Local road(s) 43 yds
14:11 140.3 Bear RIGHT (East) onto P-212 15.3 mi
14:31 155.6 Bear RIGHT (South-East) onto P-220 [Calle Grupo Abella] 0.3 mi
14:32 155.9 Keep STRAIGHT onto N-627 36.4 mi La Calzada / Ventas de San Julián
15:18 192.4 Bear RIGHT (South) onto N-623 10.8 mi
15:33 203.1 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto N-623 [Avenida de Cantabria] 1.1 mi
15:36 204.2 Road name changes to Bu-11 [N-623] 2.3 mi
15:38 206.5 At Exit 4B, take Ramp (RIGHT) onto Bu-30 [E-80] 0.6 mi A-1 / Burgos / Vitoria / Logroño
15:39 207.1 Toll road Merge onto A-1 [E-5] 4.3 mi
15:43 211.4 Toll road Road name changes to Ap-1 [E-5] 34.9 mi
16:13 246.3 At Exit 4, turn RIGHT (South-East) onto Ramp 0.4 mi Pancorbo
16:13 246.8 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto N-232 12.4 mi
16:29 259.2 Turn LEFT (North) onto N-126 1.9 mi
16:31 261.1 Keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.1 mi Ap-68 / Logroño / Zaragoza / Vitoria / Gasteiz / Bilbao
16:32 261.3 Keep LEFT to stay on Ramp 0.4 mi Logroño / Zaragoza
16:33 261.7 Toll road Merge onto Ap-68 [E-804] 24.5 mi
16:54 286.2 At Exit 12, keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.4 mi N-111 / Logroño / Soria
16:54 286.6 Bear LEFT (North) onto Local road(s) 0.9 mi
16:56 287.5 Merge onto N-111 0.7 mi
16:56 288.2 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto Local road(s) 0.3 mi Lo-20 / N-232 / N-111 / Pamplona / Zaragoza / Avda. de Madrid / Estadio Municipal las Gaunas
16:57 288.4 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto Local road(s) 0.2 mi
16:57 288.6 At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto Avenida de Madrid 0.2 mi
16:58 288.8 Road name changes to Calle General Vara del Rey 0.1 mi
16:58 288.9 Keep STRAIGHT onto Local road(s) 54 yds
16:58 289.0 Keep STRAIGHT onto Calle General Vara del Rey 0.5 mi
17:00 289.5 Turn LEFT (West) onto Muro de Francisco de la Mata 0.1 mi
17:00 289.6 Arrive Logroño
End of day
DAY 2
09:00 289.6 Depart Logroño on Muro de Francisco de la Mata (West) 43 yds
09:00 289.6 Road name changes to Calle Bretón de Los Herreros 76 yds
09:00 289.7 Turn LEFT (South) onto Calle Víctor Pradera 0.1 mi
09:01 289.8 Road name changes to Local road(s) 21 yds
09:02 289.8 Road name changes to Avenida República Argentina 0.5 mi
09:03 290.3 Turn LEFT (East) onto Avenida Club Deportivo 0.2 mi
09:04 290.5 Turn RIGHT (South) onto Avenida de Madrid 0.1 mi
09:05 290.7 At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto Local road(s) 1.0 mi Lo-20 / N-111 / Zaragoza / Pamplona
09:06 291.6 Bear LEFT (East) onto Local road(s) 0.1 mi
09:07 291.7 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto LR-250 [Calle Piqueras] 0.5 mi LR-250 / Hospital de San Pedro / Villamediana
09:07 292.3 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto LR-250 1.1 mi LR-250 / Villamediana
09:09 293.3 Keep STRAIGHT onto LR-250 [Paseo de la Rioja] 0.3 mi
09:10 293.7 Keep STRAIGHT onto LR-250 1.3 mi
09:12 295.0 Turn LEFT (North-East) onto LR-259 4.9 mi
09:19 299.9 Keep STRAIGHT onto LR-259 [Calle Daniel Esteban] 0.2 mi
09:19 300.1 Turn LEFT (North) onto LR-259 [LR-261] 0.2 mi
09:20 300.4 Bear RIGHT (East) onto LR-259 6.3 mi
09:27 306.7 Keep STRAIGHT onto LR-259 [Calle Alberto Villanueva] 0.2 mi
09:28 306.9 Keep STRAIGHT onto LR-259 [Avenida Eduardo Fernández Balmaseda] 0.1 mi
09:28 307.1 Keep STRAIGHT onto LR-259 0.7 mi
09:29 307.7 Bear LEFT (North-East) onto LR-259 [Calle Mayor] 0.7 mi
09:30 308.4 Turn RIGHT to stay on LR-259 [Calle Mayor] 98 yds
09:31 308.4 Keep STRAIGHT onto LR-259 [Calle de la Iglesia] 109 yds
09:31 308.5 Keep STRAIGHT onto LR-259 2.1 mi
09:34 310.6 Bear RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s) 54 yds
09:34 310.6 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto Ramp 0.2 mi N-232 / Zaragoza
09:35 310.8 Bear RIGHT (South) onto N-232 12.8 mi
09:50 323.6 At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto Local road(s) 0.2 mi
09:51 323.8 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto N-232 [Calle de la Mediavilla] 0.1 mi
09:51 323.9 Turn RIGHT (East) onto Carretera de Calahorra a Azagra 2.6 mi
09:54 326.6 Bear LEFT (East) onto Local road(s) 65 yds
09:55 326.6 Turn LEFT (North) onto Na-6510 0.9 mi
09:57 327.5 Turn RIGHT (South-East) onto Na-134 [Carretera Variante Azagra] 0.2 mi
09:58 327.7 Keep STRAIGHT onto Na-134 4.0 mi
10:02 331.6 Turn LEFT (North) onto Na-115 3.6 mi
10:07 335.3 Turn RIGHT (East) onto Na-8631 1.2 mi
10:09 336.5 Keep STRAIGHT onto Na-8631 [Carretera Madrid] 0.3 mi
10:10 336.8 Bear RIGHT (North) onto Na-8631 [Calle Arrabal de Norte] 98 yds
10:10 336.8 Turn RIGHT (South-East) onto Na-6630 [Avenida de Peralta] 0.1 mi
10:11 337.0 Turn LEFT (East) onto Na-6630 [Plaza España] 32 yds
10:11 337.0 Bear RIGHT (East) onto Na-6630 [Avenida de Navarra] 0.3 mi
10:12 337.3 Keep STRAIGHT onto Na-6630 3.0 mi
10:16 340.3 Keep STRAIGHT onto Na-6630 [Carretera Funes] 131 yds
10:16 340.3 Keep STRAIGHT onto Na-128 5.1 mi
10:23 345.5 Keep RIGHT onto Local road(s) 32 yds
10:23 345.5 Bear RIGHT (South) onto N-121 142 yds
10:23 345.6 Keep LEFT onto Na-5500 0.6 mi
10:24 346.1 Turn LEFT (East) onto Na-5500 [Calle Mélida] 0.3 mi
10:25 346.4 Bear LEFT (East) onto Na-5500 5.3 mi
10:32 351.7 Keep STRAIGHT onto Na-5500 [Calle Zumalacarregui] 0.5 mi
10:33 352.2 Keep STRAIGHT onto Na-5500 5.2 mi
10:39 357.4 Bear LEFT (North-East) onto Na-5500 [Calle Balobreca] 153 yds
10:40 357.5 Keep STRAIGHT onto Na-5500 [Calle San Juan] 0.1 mi
10:40 357.6 Bear LEFT (North) onto Na-5500 [Calle La Fuente], then immediately turn RIGHT (South-East) onto Na-124 [Calle Carretera] 0.2 mi
10:41 357.8 Bear LEFT (East) onto Na-534 [Calle Carretera] 0.4 mi
10:42 358.2 Keep STRAIGHT onto Na-534 [Calle de Carcastillo-Venta de Aibar] 4.3 mi
10:48 362.5 Keep STRAIGHT onto Na-534 8.9 mi
10:58 371.4 Turn RIGHT (North) onto Na-5341 3.9 mi
11:04 375.3 Turn LEFT (North) onto Na-5342 21 yds
11:04 375.3 Keep RIGHT onto Local road(s) 3.3 mi
11:09 378.7 Turn RIGHT (South-East) onto A-127 3.0 mi
11:13 381.7 Keep LEFT onto A-1601 9.1 mi
11:25 390.8 Turn RIGHT (East) onto A-2602 21.7 mi
11:53 412.5 Bear LEFT (North-East) onto A-132 3.8 mi
11:58 416.3 Turn RIGHT (South) onto N-240 12.1 mi
12:14 428.4 Take Local road(s) (RIGHT) onto N-240 [Avenida Perimetral] 32 yds
12:14 428.4 At Jaca, stay on N-240 [Avenida Perimetral] (South-East) 0.5 mi
12:16 428.9 Turn LEFT (North-West) onto Calle Voto de San Indalecio, then immediately turn RIGHT (North) onto Calle Tierra de Biescas 0.2 mi
12:17 429.1 Turn RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s) 1.0 mi
12:19 430.1 Turn LEFT (North-West) onto Local road(s) 153 yds
12:19 430.2 Bear RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s) 0.4 mi
12:20 430.7 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto Local road(s) 153 yds
12:20 430.7 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto Local road(s) 65 yds
12:20 430.8 Bear RIGHT (South) onto Ramp, then immediately bear RIGHT (North-West) onto E-7 [N-330] 12.8 mi
12:38 443.6 Keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.3 mi
12:38 443.8 Bear RIGHT (North) onto E-7 [N-330] 5.1 mi
12:46 449.0 Entering France
12:46 449.0 Road name changes to N134 [Col du Somport] 4.8 mi
12:52 453.8 Turn RIGHT (North) onto E07 [N134] 5.9 mi
13:01 459.7 Turn RIGHT (East) onto N134 87 yds
13:01 459.8 Turn RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s) 0.4 mi
13:03 460.1 Bear RIGHT (South-West) onto Local road(s) 5.6 mi
13:10 465.7 Turn LEFT (East) onto Local road(s) 2.3 mi
13:13 468.0 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s) 0.9 mi
13:14 468.9 Bear LEFT (North-East) onto Local road(s) 0.5 mi
13:15 469.3 Bear LEFT (East) onto D231 2.2 mi
13:18 471.5 Gate access required Turn LEFT (North) onto D934 9.2 mi
13:34 480.7 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto D934 [Avenue de la Gare] 65 yds
13:35 480.8 At Laruns, stay on D934 [Avenue de la Gare] (East) 2.7 mi
13:39 483.5 At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto D934 15.6 mi
14:03 499.1 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto E07 [N134] 5.4 mi
14:14 504.5 Turn LEFT (North) onto E07 [N117] 0.2 mi
14:14 504.7 Turn RIGHT (East) onto Rue d’Orléans 0.1 mi
14:14 504.8 Keep STRAIGHT onto Place Albert 1ER [Rue d’Orléans] 76 yds
14:14 504.9 Keep STRAIGHT onto Rue d’Orléans 65 yds
14:15 504.9 Road name changes to Rue Nogue 131 yds
14:15 505.0 Bear RIGHT (East) onto Place de la République 131 yds
14:16 505.0 Road name changes to Place Marguerite Laborde 109 yds
14:17 505.1 At Pau, stay on Place Marguerite Laborde (North) 54 yds
14:17 505.1 Turn LEFT (North) onto Rue René Cassin 0.1 mi
14:17 505.3 Road name changes to Rue des Alliés 0.2 mi
14:18 505.4 Bear RIGHT (North) onto E07 [Cours Lyautey] 0.5 mi
14:20 506.0 At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto E07 [N1134] 1.4 mi
14:23 507.3 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto Local road(s) 0.5 mi A64 / E80 / Dax / Bayonne / Lourdes / Tarbes
14:23 507.8 Keep STRAIGHT onto Ramp 0.4 mi
14:24 508.2 Toll road Merge onto A64 [E80] 54.4 mi
15:11 562.5 At Exit 4, stay on A64 [E80] (South) 3.2 mi
15:13 565.7 Road name changes to E80 [D1] 6.4 mi
15:19 572.1 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto Ramp 0.2 mi
15:19 572.2 Keep LEFT to stay on Ramp 43 yds
15:19 572.3 Keep RIGHT to stay on Ramp 0.3 mi
15:20 572.5 Keep RIGHT to stay on Ramp 0.2 mi
15:20 572.7 Toll road Merge onto A63 [E5] 5.5 mi
15:25 578.2 At Exit 4, keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.3 mi Biarritz / Aéroport Biarritz-Parme / Bidart / St Pée S/Nivelle
15:26 578.6 Keep RIGHT onto Local road(s) 142 yds
15:26 578.6 Bear RIGHT (North-East) onto N10 [Boulevard Marcel Dassault] 0.4 mi
15:27 579.0 Keep RIGHT onto D254 0.3 mi
15:27 579.3 At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto Carrefour de la Négresse 0.1 mi
15:27 579.4 At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto D910 [Avenue du Président John F. Kennedy] 1.8 mi
15:32 581.2 At Biarritz, return South on D910 [Avenue du Maréchal Foch] 1.0 mi
15:34 582.2 At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto D910 [Avenue du Président John F. Kennedy] 0.8 mi
15:36 582.9 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto Carrefour de la Négresse 0.1 mi
15:36 583.1 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto D254 0.3 mi
15:37 583.4 Bear RIGHT (South-West) onto N10 [Boulevard Marcel Dassault] 0.4 mi
15:37 583.8 At roundabout, take the FOURTH exit onto Ramp 0.2 mi
15:38 584.0 Keep RIGHT to stay on Ramp 0.3 mi A63 / E5 / E70 / E80 / St Jean de Luz / St Sébastien
15:39 584.3 Toll road Merge onto A63 [E5] 13.3 mi
15:50 597.6 Stay on A63 [E5] (West) 0.2 mi
15:50 597.8 Entering Spain
15:50 597.8 Toll road Road name changes to Ap-8 [E-5] 5.4 mi
15:55 603.2 Road name changes to A-8 [E-5] 10.8 mi
16:04 614.0 Toll road Road name changes to Ap-8 [E-70] 54.5 mi
16:50 668.5 Road name changes to A-8 [E-70] 10.0 mi
17:00 678.5 End of day
DAY 3
09:00 678.5 Stay on A-8 [E-70] 46.8 mi
09:39 725.2 At Exit 8, road name changes to S-10 5.1 mi
09:44 730.3 Keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.1 mi N-623 / Burgos
09:45 730.4 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto Calle Jerónimo Sainz de la Maza 0.6 mi
09:46 731.0 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto Calle San Fernando 0.4 mi
09:47 731.4 Keep STRAIGHT onto Local road(s) 0.3 mi
09:48 731.7 Keep STRAIGHT onto Calle Jesús de Monasterio 0.2 mi
09:48 731.9 Arrive Santander
SUMMARY
Driving distance: 731.9 miles
Driving time: 14 hours, 43 minutes
Any good to you?? Some nice twisty driving roads, Long blats on the coast road, and a bit of Swank in Biarritz 
Cheers Skodaman,
Looks good have you driven this route? If so any good hotels you can recomend
The section from Guardo to Pau is part of a route I have researched in preperation for a longer roadtrip planned for 2010,
Sorry can’t reccomend any hotels, If you are going ‘out of season’ I would just stop where I found a decent spot by mid afternoon, remember (especially in the route I printed) the timings are way way out and expect to travel under 200 miles a day once you get off the m’ways. (Sat Nav and computer progs tend to give timing based on speed limit for roads and you can’t do 100 kph on mountain passes :D)
Skodaman - Don’t suppose you have done anything similar in the seville/granada area ??
I’m there in August. Sad thing is that I’m in the Vectra avec caravan!
Sorry mate, never planned to go that far south. My Spanish adventure as been put on hold for another year as can’t get enough holiday booked at one stretch. Still having a week to play in the Alps and Dolomites later this Month should compensate slightly.
Have a good trip and let us know how you get on
Some fantastic roads between Santander and Barcleona. A selection of which are on that route
We are off to northern Spain on the Plymouth to Santander boat in September. Really looking forward to driving through the mountains (‘Picos de Europa’) and the coast!
If you have been since the original post we’d appreciate any tips!
Jan
we went to the picos de europa in 2005 you will enjoy make sure you speak a little spanish it helps found the roads really good ,go to Fuente De and take the cable car up into the mountains for a change from driving it was one of our best holidays
An old thread but one worth resurecting.
Recently had 10 days around the Picos area, probably the best combination of roads I have ever driven.
The San Gloria Pass was the one that really did it for me.
If I can work out how to do it I’ll put a couple of photos up.
Phil
The road to Cucayo
Reinosa to Caezon de la Sal
San Gloria Pass
