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We are two elderly bacholars (68 &73) and are intending to drive down to Spain in our Auto Trail Motorhome and staying there for January & February, any tips & advice would be very much appreciated as we have never done this before.

Quote: Originally posted by joecroft2 on 21/8/2011

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watch out for the weather through France , a few years back we drove through 5oo miles of snow , we stayed at Vilanova park just below Barcelona , and there were lots of outfits coming back from the south saying the weather was horrendous roads flooded and continuous rain , when they saw  us sitting outside in the sunshnie ,they said thats the first sun they had seen , if you decide on Vilanova , buy camping cheques its a lot cheaper , and you also get a discount for being over 60 and the longer you stay the cheaper it is

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We've stayed in Vilanova Park in December/January and while I agree that it's warmer further south, some Brits do spend the winter there and the weather is certainly better than in the UK!  It's also got excellent facilities, including nicely-heated toilet blocks and a supermarket, so it's worth using en route perhaps.  We moved on from there to the coast south of Valencia, but had the best weather even further south, in Almeria.  There's no shortage of campsites along the coast catering for the North European "snowbirds", and not justy on the coast - inland is interesting as well.  It's such a fascinating country that it's  well worth moving around a bit, rather than staying in one place for the whole time.  There are some excellent supermarkets in Spain, our favourites were Mercadona, where you can usually get fresh milk (not all that widely available in Spain) and Eroski, which sounds a bit like a sex shop but is actually a very good supermarket!

thousands dont bother with sites just free camp . i,m sure you will meet up with others on your journey that can show you the ropes . i have only used 1site in the last 12 years wintering in spain. . mind i do drift to morocco as well if you want to be warm. . 26,000 campers hit morocco every winter , they cant all be wrong.

cheers alan.

This is a very interesting topic, as we are contemplating a long stay in spain, fairly southward (warm as possible) la manga or further ?. As we may be in the Charente until october what would folks think is the better route

 Thanks Stew