Driving time from northern Portugal to Carcassonne?

I am pondering driving from northern Portugal to Carcassonne. I do not know
northern Spain, nor the Pyrenees, nor the region south of Carcassonne. Am I
mad to consider the drive, since I have no time to tarry en route for
sightseeing, or is this doable? I had considered flying from Lisbon to
Barcelona, but the one-way fare is exorbitant. If driving is feasible,
please suggest the fastest route. Clearly, northern Spain warrants visiting,
but I have no time on this trip. I would appreciate an email reply as well
as a posting here. Many thanks.

Harlan
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Soft adventure tours at http://softadventure.net

Harlan

Autoroute show Porto-Carcassone to be about 850 miles and 12 hours of
driving. I couldn't comment on the acuracy of this, but its a starting
point.

The route it chose was directly North out pof Portugal, then across to
Valladolid then up to Bilbao.

Rob

HH wrote:
I am pondering driving from northern Portugal to Carcassonne. I do
not know northern Spain, nor the Pyrenees, nor the region south of
Carcassonne. Am I mad to consider the drive, since I have no time to
tarry en route for sightseeing, or is this doable? I had considered
flying from Lisbon to Barcelona, but the one-way fare is exorbitant.
If driving is feasible, please suggest the fastest route. Clearly,
northern Spain warrants visiting, but I have no time on this trip. I
would appreciate an email reply as well as a posting here. Many
thanks.

Harlan
-----
Soft adventure tours at http://softadventure.net

Following up to HH

I am pondering driving from northern Portugal to Carcassonne. I do not know
northern Spain, nor the Pyrenees, nor the region south of Carcassonne. Am I
mad to consider the drive, since I have no time to tarry en route for
sightseeing, or is this doable? I had considered flying from Lisbon to
Barcelona, but the one-way fare is exorbitant. If driving is feasible,
please suggest the fastest route. Clearly, northern Spain warrants visiting,
but I have no time on this trip. I would appreciate an email reply as well
as a posting here. Many thanks.

Driving tends to be slow up near the Pyrennees, I would suggest
taking the most southerly route available and then up near the
east coast
--
Mike Reid
"Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
Walking-food-photos, Wasdale, Thames, London etc "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site
and same for Spain at "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

"HH" wrote in message
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I am pondering driving from northern Portugal to Carcassonne. I do not
know
northern Spain, nor the Pyrenees, nor the region south of Carcassonne. Am
I
mad to consider the drive, since I have no time to tarry en route for
sightseeing, or is this doable? I had considered flying from Lisbon to
Barcelona, but the one-way fare is exorbitant. If driving is feasible,
please suggest the fastest route. Clearly, northern Spain warrants
visiting,
but I have no time on this trip. I would appreciate an email reply as well
as a posting here. Many thanks.

You could fly from Vigo to Barcelona on Iberian for as little as 29.45 euro.
That's for advance purchase, internet booking. See www.iberian.com

Cheers,
Flemmo

There are lots of route planning sites, such as www.viamichelin.com and
www.mappy.com. They all will let you make various choices as to the type of
route, etc.

"HH" wrote in message
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I am pondering driving from northern Portugal to Carcassonne. I do not
know
northern Spain, nor the Pyrenees, nor the region south of Carcassonne. Am
I
mad to consider the drive, since I have no time to tarry en route for
sightseeing, or is this doable? I had considered flying from Lisbon to
Barcelona, but the one-way fare is exorbitant. If driving is feasible,
please suggest the fastest route. Clearly, northern Spain warrants
visiting,
but I have no time on this trip. I would appreciate an email reply as well
as a posting here. Many thanks.

Harlan
-----
Soft adventure tours at http://softadventure.net

Following up to HH

I am pondering driving from northern Portugal to Carcassonne.

My wife is the navigator on our team, I mentioned this journey
and she just shook her head!
do you aim to do it in a single drive?
--
Mike Reid
"Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
Walking-food-photos, Wasdale, Thames, London etc "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site
and same for Spain at "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

HI
I've just made a trip like that about 1 month ago.

Main places to see in the Northern Spain that I recommend (just from
personal experience) are Oviedo, the Picos de Europa (Potes,
Covadonga), the seaside town of Comillas (already in Cantabria), not
to miss Santillana del Mar.

If you do not intent to drive in the mountain, you'll have a motorway
(no tolls) from the Portuguese border in Valenca (in Minho) till the
French border in Hendaye. You can to to Leon, Oviedo, Santander,
Bilbao, San Sebastian, Hendaye and then in France you can go to
Carcassone via Toulouse. Crossing the Pyrinees might be a nightmare if
you choose to take Andorra.


On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 23:21:53 GMT, "HH"
wrote:

I am pondering driving from northern Portugal to Carcassonne. I do not know
northern Spain, nor the Pyrenees, nor the region south of Carcassonne. Am I
mad to consider the drive, since I have no time to tarry en route for
sightseeing, or is this doable? I had considered flying from Lisbon to
Barcelona, but the one-way fare is exorbitant. If driving is feasible,
please suggest the fastest route. Clearly, northern Spain warrants visiting,
but I have no time on this trip. I would appreciate an email reply as well
as a posting here. Many thanks.

Harlan
-----
Soft adventure tours at http://softadventure.net