Campgronds in Portugal and Spain. Pictures
Hi Folks. I promised a few pictures of the camping facilities in Portugal and Spain. We were not camping there this time but we took the time to walk thru a few of the parks that were on our route. ...
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RICK-ards Red wrote:
Very nice, thanks. I am surprised at seeing the size of the MH's and some larger trailers. I would have thought that they would be smaller due to higher cost of gas.
We've rented in Germany and Spent a lot of time in Spain on our boat where we've seen and talked to a lot of RV'ers.
These pictures seem to show the larger end of the RV market compared to what we've seen. A 25' class C would be a pretty big unit and people doing it in 20' units is probably more common. Trailers seem to be mostly stationary on seasonal sites.
We rented a smaller class C and averaged just shy of 30mpg...too small for us on a longer term basis but even if you got 20-25mpg with a slightly larger unit, that blows your average American RV MPG away. Downside on the Autoban downhill flat out, I could only get it up to 90mph.
Plus the distances really are lower. If I had to put a number on it, probably 20-30% lower in general (of course specific destinations need to be accounted for).
In Spain, you can often park on or near a beach for free (little or no services). Lots of cities have RV parking typically with connections to transit, so no need to skip the big cities.
