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. Sort of a reci for future trips. For those planning on an Iberian snowbird trip they may be helpful or just maybe interesting.
Couple things. The highway and rest stop infrastructure is generally Superior to anything we are used to on this side of the pond and yes you can overnight in them although there are no hookups. There are always restaurants, water, air, quite often electric vehicle charging etc. Good fall backs if you don't make your campground. Security is not an issue on most of the peninsula including Portugal and Spain.
In the south a lot of the RV parks have a lot of snowbirds set up for the winter. They use those add on tent rooms a lot. Many leave during the summer but sometimes have a seasonal rate so they leave their rigs for the summer.
There are a ton of RVers on the road in the winter and summer. Snowbirds in the winter and tourists in the summer. A lot of the winter snowbirds are Brits, Germans, French, Dutch etc. Many of the campground staff are Multilingual. In Portugal many of the Tourist areas will have English speaking staff to cater to the brits. If you can't get the message across try Spanish then french. French is reasonably common in Lisbon especially. Its kind of becoming Paris south. In Spain English is less common but still reasonably common in high tourist areas. In many areas German will get you further in the Andalusia snowbird communities...especially on Mayorca.
We are not experts in the area but are reasonably well travelled thru the region. Ask away. It is an absolutely super interesting part of the world and I highly recommend it to those who enjoy history and culture. Here are some Pics. Some are overnight spots and some are snowburd sites. There are probably representations of 3 or 4 campgrounds here in portugal. Having difficulty finding the pics from the Spanish campgrounds so I used some from our last years trip. Enjoy
240 volts of course.
KOA type cabins.
Multilingual signage.
and menus. This is indicative of the 5 predominant languages we find in Portugal. Take away the portuguese and the rest are indicative of handy languages to know in Europe. I don't speak Portuguese but speak the rest. Handy but not necessary to enjoy touring in Europe.
Motorhomes out number trailers about 3 to 1
Some campgrounds have power for each site but common water and sewer facilities. Especially in the smaller mountain towns.
This was a smaller but very interesting town. This is typical and is more a semi serviced RV parking facility. Individual site power though.
EVERYTHING is recycled EVERYWHERE no matter how small the town.
Get used to driving on streets like this...or MUCH MUCH NARROWER.
Common Toad.
Hope you enjoyed the pics. We will answer any questions we can. Again, not experts, just travelers who enjoy interesting places.
Couple things. The highway and rest stop infrastructure is generally Superior to anything we are used to on this side of the pond and yes you can overnight in them although there are no hookups. There are always restaurants, water, air, quite often electric vehicle charging etc. Good fall backs if you don't make your campground. Security is not an issue on most of the peninsula including Portugal and Spain.
In the south a lot of the RV parks have a lot of snowbirds set up for the winter. They use those add on tent rooms a lot. Many leave during the summer but sometimes have a seasonal rate so they leave their rigs for the summer.
There are a ton of RVers on the road in the winter and summer. Snowbirds in the winter and tourists in the summer. A lot of the winter snowbirds are Brits, Germans, French, Dutch etc. Many of the campground staff are Multilingual. In Portugal many of the Tourist areas will have English speaking staff to cater to the brits. If you can't get the message across try Spanish then french. French is reasonably common in Lisbon especially. Its kind of becoming Paris south. In Spain English is less common but still reasonably common in high tourist areas. In many areas German will get you further in the Andalusia snowbird communities...especially on Mayorca.
We are not experts in the area but are reasonably well travelled thru the region. Ask away. It is an absolutely super interesting part of the world and I highly recommend it to those who enjoy history and culture. Here are some Pics. Some are overnight spots and some are snowburd sites. There are probably representations of 3 or 4 campgrounds here in portugal. Having difficulty finding the pics from the Spanish campgrounds so I used some from our last years trip. Enjoy
240 volts of course.
KOA type cabins.
Multilingual signage.
and menus. This is indicative of the 5 predominant languages we find in Portugal. Take away the portuguese and the rest are indicative of handy languages to know in Europe. I don't speak Portuguese but speak the rest. Handy but not necessary to enjoy touring in Europe.
Motorhomes out number trailers about 3 to 1
Some campgrounds have power for each site but common water and sewer facilities. Especially in the smaller mountain towns.
This was a smaller but very interesting town. This is typical and is more a semi serviced RV parking facility. Individual site power though.
EVERYTHING is recycled EVERYWHERE no matter how small the town.
Get used to driving on streets like this...or MUCH MUCH NARROWER.
Common Toad.
Hope you enjoyed the pics. We will answer any questions we can. Again, not experts, just travelers who enjoy interesting places.
