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HI

has anyone used the ferry to head into the pyrenees to camp? The pictures of the mountains look fanstastic but is it easy distance from Bilbao ?- are there any nice sites to visit with 3 kids 5,9,12 ? We're looking for rural sites with activities arond lfor the kids like canoeing , horses, lakes, walking etc

 Is there much to see round Bilbao or would it be a better option to head into france into aquitaine?

this is a last minute scabble to organise things - too many other things happening to even think about the summer until now

thanks for your help

c-mac

Not much of a thumbs up for the area then - was quite excited about going somewhere warmer - tho sounds like its more wet than anything else! Three kids on a boat and not much driving just felt a better option than 9 hours in a car!

Thanks for your advice

c-mac

Also, the ferry to Bilbao costs a fortune.  You could do a return journey through France, including overnight stops, for less than a single leg of a crossing to Bilbao.  It sounds attractive, but in reality if you make the journey through France part of your holiday, rather than a road-trip to a destination, you'll have a far more enjoyable holiday.

We've done 'Spain' (or or the Costa  Brava or Costa Dorada) in a two week holiday - with a couple of overnight stops each way, so ten days on site, at far less than the cost of a crossing to Bilbao.

If I were you, with children that age, then I would head to France - lovely, fantastic sites, and great areas (but I wouldn't choose the Landes area - for the activities you love, but the Ardeche/Aveyron/Tarn areas instead, which offer everything you want)>

Quote: Originally posted by c-mac on 19/6/2008

Not much of a thumbs up for the area then - was quite excited about going somewhere warmer - tho sounds like its more wet than anything else! Three kids on a boat and not much driving just felt a better option than 9 hours in a car!

Thanks for your advice

c-mac

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thanks for all your ideas....looks like a simpler crossing to france and the longer drive!

c-mac

Hi my parents live just over the French border and several of their guests come by those longer ferries. I have two young children and find the shorter Brittany crossing and longer drive easier with them, they go nuts on the ferry but in a car you can strap 'em down

The area around Hendaye, St Jean d Luz is great for kids, You're right next to the lower mountatins, day trip distance to higher ones, great beaches, nice towns for coffee.