Advice on driving to Spain.

I'm going to be driving to Spain in late December, stopping at Benidorm
to visit relatives, then a few days visiting friends in Grenada.

I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a route as i'm a little concerned
that there may be snow on the roads (motorways) through the pyrenees,
and thought that maybe someone could suggest an alternative route, or
maybe someone has travelled the route in winter.

Thanks in advance.

"Peter" wrote in message
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I'm going to be driving to Spain in late December, stopping at Benidorm to
visit relatives, then a few days visiting friends in Grenada.

I thought you said you were going to Spain :-)

I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a route as i'm a little concerned that
there may be snow on the roads (motorways) through the pyrenees, and
thought that maybe someone could suggest an alternative route, or maybe
someone has travelled the route in winter.

I would guess that the Eastern costal route is kept clear, if indeed it even
gets any snow.

tim

I would have thought the roads would be kept clear, but have no way of
knowing for certain, as for if it gets snow, i can tell you that early
January .

tim (not at home) wrote:
"Peter" wrote in message
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I'm going to be driving to Spain in late December, stopping at Benidorm to
visit relatives, then a few days visiting friends in Grenada.

I thought you said you were going to Spain :-)

I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a route as i'm a little concerned that
there may be snow on the roads (motorways) through the pyrenees, and
thought that maybe someone could suggest an alternative route, or maybe
someone has travelled the route in winter.

I would guess that the Eastern costal route is kept clear, if indeed it even
gets any snow.

tim

Following up to Peter wrote:

I would have thought the roads would be kept clear, but have no way of
knowing for certain, as for if it gets snow, i can tell you that early
January .

i havent had any problems with snow so far, on high mountain roads
in Feb i have seen signs of past problems. I reckon you will be OK on
main roads. Take chains?
--
Mike
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Peter wrote:
I'm going to be driving to Spain in late December, stopping at
Benidorm to visit relatives, then a few days visiting friends in
Grenada.
I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a route as i'm a little concerned
that there may be snow on the roads (motorways) through the pyrenees,
and thought that maybe someone could suggest an alternative route, or
maybe someone has travelled the route in winter.

Thanks in advance.

I think it hardly rains in Andalusia..It should be OK in GRENADA

but if you rent a car ask for chains.. if they think it is necessary ( I
hardly think there is snow in Spain.. )

"Peter" wrote in message
...
I'm going to be driving to Spain in late December, stopping at
Benidorm
to visit relatives, then a few days visiting friends in Grenada.

I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a route as i'm a little
concerned
that there may be snow on the roads (motorways) through the
pyrenees,
and thought that maybe someone could suggest an alternative route,
or
maybe someone has travelled the route in winter.

From the UK? Get the Plymouth-Santander or Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry,
then you avoid the pyrenees.

--
Andy

"Andy Pandy" kirjoitti
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"Peter" wrote in message
...
I'm going to be driving to Spain in late December, stopping at
Benidorm
to visit relatives, then a few days visiting friends in Grenada.

I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a route as i'm a little
concerned
that there may be snow on the roads (motorways) through the
pyrenees,
and thought that maybe someone could suggest an alternative route,
or
maybe someone has travelled the route in winter.

From the UK? Get the Plymouth-Santander or Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry,
then you avoid the pyrenees.

What's the point? Better fly between the UK and Southern Spain and rent a
car there. Perhaps the only drawback might be the excess of luggage onboard.
On the other hand a bit of extra money will settle that potential problem.
You would save time considerably. And time is money. Only if you want to see
things enroute, then driving from Britain is reasonable (or you draw a
motorhome). Renting a car in Spain is cheap (particularly in winter). I
would say that for economy cars the rent start from about ten pounds a day
(gasoline is also rather cheap in Spain, by Western European standards that
is). The car is also adjusted for local conditions. The driver doesn't sit
on right which is wrong but on left which is right. If one is a pansy,
he/she can assemble a rack on the roof and load it by winter tyres. Or give
the car a ride on a car pulled by a French or Spanish engine. Both pieces of
advice are laughable for most people, I know.

Following up to "tile" wrote:

but if you rent a car ask for chains.. if they think it is necessary ( I
hardly think there is snow in Spain.. )

there are roads where carrying chains is compulsory, they are mainly
near ski resorts and a few mountain passes, I've only seen it in the
north, in Andalucia the only place it could apply would be the roads
above Granada in the Sierra Nevada.
--
Mike
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Following up to "Andy Pandy"
wrote:

From the UK? Get the Plymouth-Santander or Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry,
then you avoid the pyrenees.

thats what I would do too.
--
Mike
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"Peter" wrote in message
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I'm going to be driving to Spain in late December, stopping at Benidorm to
visit relatives, then a few days visiting friends in Grenada.

I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a route as i'm a little concerned that
there may be snow on the roads (motorways) through the pyrenees, and
thought that maybe someone could suggest an alternative route, or maybe
someone has travelled the route in winter.

A couple of Christmases back, when my swimming pool (1/2 hour from the Med)
had 2cms of ice on it, there were no problems with snow blocking any of the
roads in southern France, even minor roads up in the mountains, or on any of
the roads up into Andorra. Unlike Britain, where snow always seems to take
us by surprise, the snow ploughs are out as soon as they are needed, which
is not very often if you follow the A9 from France into Spain.

Colin Bignell