A friend thinking of buying a retirement villa in Spain was asking about the best location.
As they like driving, hate flying, and would be regularly shuttling between Spain and the UK (Essex) I suggested they consider buying somewhere not far from Santander, because a regular car ferry sails between there and Poole. That way, at the cost of some time, they could knock several hundred miles from a monster car drive from the French coast through France to somewhere like Perpignon.
But studying a map of Spain, the coast north of Portugal round the North West tip, including such places as Vigo and Pontevedra looks pretty desolate, almost like the north west coast of Scotland if the lack of roads is any indication!
So I was wondering if somewhere near that coastline, or along the northern coastline towards Santander, would be such a desirable place to live. Or is it battered by Atlantic gales almost the whole time, and devoid of roads much larger than goat tracks wending through mountain passes so my friend would have to drive for an hour to reach the nearest corner shop?
Anyone with experience of the area care to comment?
As they like driving, hate flying, and would be regularly shuttling between Spain and the UK (Essex) I suggested they consider buying somewhere not far from Santander, because a regular car ferry sails between there and Poole. That way, at the cost of some time, they could knock several hundred miles from a monster car drive from the French coast through France to somewhere like Perpignon.
But studying a map of Spain, the coast north of Portugal round the North West tip, including such places as Vigo and Pontevedra looks pretty desolate, almost like the north west coast of Scotland if the lack of roads is any indication!
So I was wondering if somewhere near that coastline, or along the northern coastline towards Santander, would be such a desirable place to live. Or is it battered by Atlantic gales almost the whole time, and devoid of roads much larger than goat tracks wending through mountain passes so my friend would have to drive for an hour to reach the nearest corner shop?
Anyone with experience of the area care to comment?
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