Month in France & Spain 2323 Responses

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• ernexbcn

  you should go to Cadaques it's nice and you can visit Salvador Dalí house

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cad…

  The Girona province of Catalunya is really nice. In Barcelona you should visit the usual:

  Sagrada Familia
  Park Guell
  Passeig de Gracia street, Ramblas too

  • you can buy a prepaid GSM card really cheap and charge it in tobacco shops, ATMs or kiosks– ernexbcn

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 12:13 p.m. – Permalink

• Gordy22

  Biarritz is well worth a trip

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 12:13 p.m. – Permalink

• Milan

  watch out for the thieves in Barcelona, they're everywhere

  • they are. everywhere. my daughter had her phone nicked and the police station was jammed full of tourists with bad luck stories– hans_glib1/2

    luck stories - no passport/money/phone... thieving fucks.– hans_glib2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 12:14 p.m. – Permalink

• Gordy22

  ^ I was nearly pick pocketed on the subway, group of people sort of box you in when you're getting on the subway...

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 12:20 p.m. – Permalink

• arthur

  Thanks!

  I was in Barcelona 10 years ago and have seen the major attractions, but will likely go to them again so my son can check em out. I'll watch my wallet, thanks.

  Biarritz - We may go to the west coast, not sure. What's the draw?
  Girona - Planning on going. What's to do there?

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 12:35 p.m. – Permalink

• Gordy22

  Biarritz - very close to border, the beaches / surfing are the biggest draws I guess. Depending on when you go, its either scenic and serene, or a zoo.

  • cool, thx– arthur1/3

    biarritz is on the west coast :)– goygoygoy2/3

    oups, nvrmnd the west coast remark, hadn't read everything– goygoygoy3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 12:36 p.m. – Permalink

• isakosmo

  yup biarritz is ace, good in the summer, would rent a car and do the whole coast around there though, rather than just biarritz. check out anglet and hossegor for surfing, saint jean de luz is lovely, also check out bayonne (ham is a specialty)

  • I second the rent a car idea. Especially if you can find some Chambres d'hôtes on the way where you can sleep in and eat,– vsplus1/3

    eat.– vsplus2/3

    I'll already have a car, but have a free place near Perpignan, so that will be my base.– arthur3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 2:51 p.m. – Permalink

• hektor911

  Bilbao, Spain is a must see..

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 2:57 p.m. – Permalink

• fugged

  I hear there's a place down in France, where the naked ladies dance.

  But I don't know where it is.

  • Apparently there's a whole in the wall, where the people see it all, too.– fugged1/2

    lol– spraycan2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 2:59 p.m. – Permalink

• vsplus

  I've never been there but it might be worth it.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The…

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 3:07 p.m. – Permalink

• vsplus

  for fugged
  http://www.naturisme.fr/naturism…

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 3:10 p.m. – Permalink

• miesvan

  In Girona, try this
  

  

  
  Mas les Cols - Ctra. de la Canya, s/n - Tel. 972 26 92 09, Fax 972 27 07 27, 17800 OLOT (Girona)
  In Donosti/San Sebastian going to Bilbao, this
  

  

  • what's going on in the 2nd pic?– quack

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 3:14 p.m. – Permalink

• vsplus

  Gésiers confits de canard
  nomnomnom

  

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 3:20 p.m. – Permalink

• raf

  I was about to write Cadaques, but ernexbcn beat me to it. It is a fantastic place, probably the most picturesque of this part of the coast's villages. This is off-season, so only a plus. Dali, who lived there, not only had a demigod status, but also was bringing a lot of tourism. The story goes, he didn't allow to build large hotels there.

  It is worth at least a full day stay. The rock formations there are quite unique, maybe you'll recognize them from Dali's paintings.
  There is a restaurant on a cliffy cap nearby in Cap de Creus, I never got there in the end but only ever heard raves about both the location and the food.
  http://www.cbrava.com/restcap.uk…
  http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=… Cap de Creus
  http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=e…

  • Thanks! Will def spend some time there.– arthur

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 3:41 p.m. – Permalink

• miesvan

  If you go for just a month I recommend a visit
  to any of these places.
  Few places in the world have so many Michelin stars per m2
  http://www.martinberasategui.com…
  http://www.arzak.info/ing/home.a…
  http://www.turismoa.euskadi.net/…

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 4:13 p.m. – Permalink

• arthur

  Thanks everyone.

  I'm not looking to spend much time, or any, in the Basque region. I have a great deal on an apartment outside Perpignan for a month, and will be using that as my home base, occasionally spending a few days in a different region, I'll have a car the whole time. So it is that part of France and the Catalonia region of Spain with Barcelona as my southern boundary.

  Cadaques and Girona are great, and I'm looking for smaller, less-known gems as well.

  

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  Dog-earMar 15, 10, 6:33 p.m. – Permalink

• arthur

  Bump for the euro crowd.

  

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  Dog-earMar 25, 10, 11:08 p.m. – Permalink

• JazX

  

  
  Málaga

  • heading for two weeks– JazX

  

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  Dog-earApr 23, 10, 7:14 a.m. – Permalink

• hans_glib

  on the french side the cathar castles (puilaurens, queribus, montsegur, peyrepertuis) are great fun (dunno how old your son is but who doesn't love a ruined castle atop a craggy hill?)

  • He's super into castles, so these are a must. Thanks!– arthur

  

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  Dog-earApr 23, 10, 7:37 a.m. – Permalink

• lowimpakt

  one of the best holidays myself and the g/f had was a few years ago was near that region.

  we got the train from London to Narbonne just north of Perpignan and spent a couple of weeks camping and walking along the canal du midi. This is a canal that cuts across the entire south of france. We went through places like Carcassonne etc.

  one of the best things was to spend most of the day walking past vineyards and tiny little villages to then call in and buy some of the wine from the vineyard and then camp out eating the food from the little village you walked past (lots of fresh breads and cheeses of course).

  we then cut back and went via Perpignan into the Pyrenees. We got the "le petit train jaune" over the pyrenees (stopping to camp in some villages along the way)

  Our last stop in france was at the border in a little village right on the spain/france border called Bourge-Madame.

  from here we got a train right into barcelona that was really cheap.

  we then hooked up with about 20 friends from home and rented a few apartments and went to the Primavera festival.

  so if you have the family things like renting boats on the canal du midi and the petit train jaune would be good things to do.

  • Sounds great. Thanks for the ideas.– arthur

  

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  Dog-earApr 23, 10, 7:40 a.m. – Permalink