4 Weeks in Portugal/Spain
Dec 31, 2015, 5:46 am
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The alternative route across Portugal and into Spain isn't motorway the entire route.
The A2 south through the Alentejo is a lovely road, scenic rolling farmland and then some nice hills and valleys as you cross into the Algarve.
Jan 1, 2016, 2:56 pm
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450km with no traffic on very high standard motorways: 4 hours if you were cruising at 140km/h (perfectly possible). I would head south from Lisbon on the A2 or A12 (depending on whether you wanted to take the new bridge or the old bridge), then A2 south to the Algarve, then A22 east into Spain at Vila Real and then continue on the A-49 straight to Seville. Certainly not a day's driving.
The alternative route across Portugal and into Spain isn't motorway the entire route.
The alternative route across Portugal and into Spain isn't motorway the entire route.
When i was a youngster Elvas was the stop to exchange currency in slightly shady deals before crawling across the border controls into Spain on shopping trips, and another (obligatory) stop on the way back at the frontier for custom's inspection.
Hard to believe when you wizz past the Elvas turn-off at 140kph
