help required

[facom]

im planning a trip to Portugal next year for SWMBO and I, but I have never been !! I plan on getting the ferry to Santander then ride into northern Portugal.

I need routes or at least ideas
Ta
Dave

 

[Wapping]

Start with buying a couple of decent maps of the area(s) you intend to visit.

Have a look at the shipping line's timetable (out and back) as they do not sail every day. The dates and times of the sailings will, to some degree or another dictate where you'll need to be on certain days.

Ask your SWMBO why SHE wants to go.

Have a look at:

https://www.visitportugal.com/en/content/best-portugal?gclid=CIPTpsPvh8ACFYfJtAodul8AqQ

http://www.brittany-ferries.co.uk/guides/motorbike-touring/portugal

http://www.twistyride.com/contentArticles/roads/Motorcycle-Roads-Spain.html

http://www.bestbikingroads.com/moto...in-portugal-/northern-portugal--___12730.html

http://www.bestbikingroads.com/motorcycle-roads/motorbike-rides-in-portugal-/portugal-__2010.html

http://www.motorbikeeurope.com/en/routes-category/top100

Buy / download / borrow from a library / read in a bookshop, a half decent guide book from say, Michelin, Rough Guide or Lonely Planet

Put Portugal into the word search of UKGSer and read through several threads.

Consider going on an organised tour; they are not all crap, no matter what you read on these pages.

Last but by no means least, say 'Please' in any requests for help, please. Thank you.

 

[facom]

my mother would be disappointed with me :-(
thank you for your reply and any info would be a great help please
ta
Dave

 

[Bumpkin]

Look into staying in a Pousada for at least one night as a treat for SWMBO, if not yourself.

http://www.pousadas.pt/historic-hotels-portugal/en/

 

[facom]

thanks

 

[Peirre O`Bollox]

Anyone know if the Pousada at Mantegias is still open?
I rode past it a couple of weeks ago, but couldn`t determine if it was open.

As for the OP, I`d suggest anywhere around Chaves is a safe bet to visit

 

[Wapping]

The booking site says:

Please contact the Booking Centre via telephone no. 00351 218 442 001. Thank you for your understanding.

Can't fault it really.

 

[Wapping]

I have moved this thread into the Portugal section, where some bods who know and frequent the area may well see it.

Richard

 

[RJC]

what means SWMBO?

 

[polecat]

what means SWMBO?

She Who Must Be Obeyed

 

[RJC]

She Who Must Be Obeyed

Thanks never saw that expression!

BTW you don't have to plan with 1 year advance, this is small and easy, take the bike and be spontaneous everything will be fine.

 

[facom]

I have moved this thread into the Portugal section, where some bods who know and frequent the area may well see it.

Richard

thanks
dave

 

[facom]

Thanks never saw that expression!

BTW you don't have to plan with 1 year advance, this is small and easy, take the bike and be spontaneous everything will be fine.

I would love to be able to do it that way BUT SHMBO has OCD !!

 

[RJC]

I would love to be able to do it that way BUT SHMBO has OCD !!

OK whats OCD?

 

[facom]

Obsessive compulsive disorder

 

[RJC]

Obsessive compulsive disorder

I'll go do a 4 journey tour next week then I'll post it here.

 

[RJC]

Well it will be like this:

Douro valley, my favourite area of the country.

 

[The smudger]

I've stayed there, it's a great place, Ricardo is a top guide as well...

 

[RJC]

I've stayed there, it's a great place, Ricardo is a top guide as well...

Thanks Steve!

I'm not a guide just a guy who likes to receive foreign bikers in a typical Portuguese way! the same way others receive me when I visit they're country's.

But some of this forum members probably think that I made of it a business, cause every time I invited them to pass by, they start to act weird and almost never appears.