I am flying out at the start of November to help my partner pack up for the winter. We are then planning to drive to Calais to come back into the UK. When he came out in January he only drove down from Santander, but we fancy doing something different.
We have plenty of time to make the journey (7-10 days) and want to plan several overnight stops before we set off. I would be grateful to hear any suggestions, feedback or experiences from Forum members and guests.
Many thanks, have a great weekend

We drove out last year via an early evening tunnel crossing, leaving on a Thursday and arriving in Carvoeiro on the Sunday.

From Calais we went to Arras and spent our first night there, then around the peripherique (nightmare) and straight down to Toulouse. From Toulouse we did a slight detour to a village I used to visit a lot when I was young (sigh!) and then crossed the Pyrenees, skirting round Andorra, and down towards Barcelona. This part was quite slow but the scenery was fantastic, if you don't want to do the most mountainous parts you can cross into Spain on the coast road via Perpignan. This might also be a better route if the weather is bad. You can also go from Toulouse to Santander and down through Madrid.

We spent the next night in Valencia and then went inland and joined the motorway to Seville just below Madrid, then through Huelva and into Portugal.

Hope this helps

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Brillant. Many thanks.
Any other suggestions gratefully received