A new regional trip: Spain, Pyrenees and France.
1. Route after the fact:
- Barcelona, drive up the
- Costa Brava to
- Blanes
- Tossa de Mar
- Sant Feliu de Guixoles
- Palamos
- Montgri
- Escala / Ruines des Empuries
- Sant Pere Pescador
- Roses and Castillo de la Trinitat (Citadel), across to
- Figueres and Castillo de San Pedro (Citadel)
- Purenees to
- Ripoll, up the
- Seu D'Urgell and
- Puigcerda, to
- Andorra and France. Reenter from France at
- Roncesvalles, visit
- San Juan de la Pena
- Jaca and Castillo de San Pedro (Citadel)
- Castillo de Loarre
- Huesca
- Graus
- Lleida
- Terrassa
- Barcelona
Barcelona is an ideal landing place for a trip to the South of France, Languedoc and Provence mainly, bracketing with Spain. Get a non-stop flight, rent the car, and travel for the half-day saved in making connections; enjoy the Costa Brava.
We had no fixed time for entering France. Avoid the motorways to get accustomed to the rental car, be sure to ask (if you use Hertz) for a Class C to get the small size needed for village roads and tight parking. A Class B will result in big SUV's waiting for you. Turn them down.
1. Blanes.
Blanes, Costa Brava, Spain. Beach.The beaches closest to Barcelona will be the most crowded. Aim for Blanes to get more leisure. The area has been settled since Roman times. Romans, Visigoths, then Moors. See http://blanes.costasur.com/en/history.html. Who was there before the Romans? It was virtually destroyed in wars thereafter, but is a fine touristy stop. Excellent for a first lunch.
2. GPS tip: In our Peugeot, the GPS I brought from home with a Europe map in it, only worked if put in the lighter one way and one way only. Do not lose hope if yours loses its connection. Keep putting it back in, rotating around, until it works.
Stay on secondary roads to get accustomed to the car and find restrooms easily. We also were grateful for a local Peugeot dealer to show us why the GPS was not working. Turn it with the light facing the driver.
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