Trip of the Month – Santander back to base

This month we follow a family on their journey from Plymouth to Santander (by ferry) and back to our Buckinghamshire base taking in a wide range hot spots through Spain and France.  Using a range of campsites (Search for Sites), France Passion stops and Aires they worked their way up the Spanish and French coastline.

Starting with the port of Santander they ventured through the Santander Santona National park, where they enjoyed the panoramic view from their driving seats for a scenic drive before stopping in Bilbao for some culture – ‘the Guggenheim is a must see attraction’.

Their next stop was San Sebastian ‘a beautiful place with great beach and restaurant’ from where they took a detour inland to Pamplona where they were pleased to have missed the bull run however enjoyed this beautiful, historic city.  A stunning drive across the Pyrenees took them into France where they enjoyed the beaches of Biarritz and the fabulous sand dune filled coastline of ‘Les Landes’ up to Bordeaux which features the Dune Du Pilat, the tallest sand dune in Europe which no surprise was a big hit with the children!

No trip through France’s most famous wine region would be complete without a stop in St Emilion which was recorded as ‘so pretty, historic with great wine and food’ before cruising onwards up the Brittany coast.  Visits included Ile de Re, La Rochelle (nice coastal city, lots to do), Rochfort-en-Terre (our favourite place on the whole trip, stunning village), Auray (lovely historic quarter by the river, nice spot for dinner), the walled Breton town of Dinan (an historic place on a large scale, worth a whole day) and then the infamous Mont St Michel – (a truly amazing experience).

The Normandy coast hot spots were the next to be ticked off with stops at Omaha Beach, Colleville-sue-Mer (American Cemetery with 9,800 heroes buried there), Bayeux (home to the infamous tapestry), Beauvron-en-Auge ‘pretty little village, lovely restaurant – le pave du auge, Rouen (historic city with stunning Cathedral), Lyons-la-Floret (beautiful little village with 3 restaurants – all Michelin star!) and Giverny to view Claude Monet’s famous lily pad garden.

After all that culture, history and landscapes our GlamperRV adventurers made a detour inland to pacify the children and parked up at Disneyland Paris which proved a great end to their epic adventure.

That was quite a tour and travelling in a GlamperRV allowed them to enjoy the flexibility to visit such a wide range of stunning locations whilst having all their creature comforts.