Driving to Spain
 

Hi all,
Could anybody out there who,s driven to costa blanca area from UK give us an idea of how much it cost for petrol please? :thumbup:

Thanks,Debi

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well to the costa del sol it cost us about 110 euro for tolls and about 500 euro in fuel from lincoln to costa del sol xxxxx
so would be less for you

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Wow thats not half as much as we were expecting! Did u travel with children Miss Naughty?

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Hi
yep all 3 of them :thumbdown: a bloody nightmare that was and with the breaking down from paris all the wat, and the bloody mountins in france, make sure your car can cope with them :ohmy:
We also have a 4 ltr jeep so i thought it was very good xxxxx

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We would also be doing it with 3 kids and 2 dogs :eek: .we won,t be going for about a year yet but we gotta try working out the best way to do things! I just want to say also, im so sorry that things didn,t work out for u over there. Maybe next time eh! xx

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HI,
I bet you are really excited about making the move, keep me posted on how it is progressing xxxxx
How old are your children? xxx

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They,re 12, 11 and 6! we,re doing our best at learning the language :confused: as they would be going into spanish schools. We,re going over in October to look at schools for them also my husband has done a lot of work in spain and knows a few companies he can see for work while we,re there! How old were your children when u went?

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hi they are 14, 13 and 5 we only managed 5 weeks out there, however next time we go i will make sure we are there for a lot longer lol.
What does your hubby do? where abouts in the costa blanca are you goingxxx

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Miss N I hate to tell you this but you chose about the worse 4x4 to go there with!

Why didnt you keep the L200?

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wish we did if we knew we would only be out there 5 weeks we would not of sold it, we sold it to raise more cash big frigging lesson learnt there. as well as the crappy jeep i ma driving around in a old battered kia mentor.
However if Mr N's mum did not give us the cash i would be walking still.

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Have a look at this site http://www.autoroutes.fr/voyage/itineraires.php?lng=2

Even though it's a French site, you can put your Spanish destination in and it will price the Spanish tolls as well.

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Get it running, and get it sold! My best advice I could ever offer when it comes to Jeeps!


Hardly a wonder really that Jeep (Chrysler) are bankrupt really!

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Now that the bloody tax has gone up i plan too xxxx

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Hi Debi,

Use Via Michellin put in your route, type of car, etc and it will give you approximations of petrol and tolls. It is updated frequently and quite accurate ;)

Martha

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Could not agree more. We found this site brilliant. In addition you will find it helpful to get money bags from the bank and put in the correct toll money for each stage. This takes a lot of stress out of that particular aspect.

Rosemary

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he,s a hgv removal driver!! :D we,re planning on going to la marina urb it,s between alicante and torrevieja. Did u get ure children in spanish school? if so how did they settle?

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Thanks for that! I,ll get the other half to look at that, planning the route is more his dept than mine! It does sound a good site and the idea of putting toll money in seperate bags is a good one (not something i would of thought of!) thanks for that The Oddities!

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Just printed off our route, one question though is it well signposted when you get off the ferry

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Yes its fairly easy ... you've got the road numbers on your Michelin printout, so just look for the numbers, its easy honest .... If my wife can navigate me through it anyone can :D

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Being a techy git im tomtom`ing it the whole way.. will print off routes just in case as well :)

Im taking ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao, might be easier on the kids doing it that way, saves them being stuffed in the car for 2 days straight.
You avoid the french tolls, the mileage, having to find a hotel :)

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Everything is pretty well sign posted, but just to be on the safe side, purchase a European road map as well to have with you while travelling.

We mapped out the michelin route on the European map and off we went. Didn't get lost once ;)