Winter route and sites and advice to Spain

If I were going there in winter it would be…

Day 1 home to Portsmouth and overnight boat to St Malo

Day 2 st Malo to Bordeaux choice of two sites open - 300 miles 

Day 3 Bordeaux to Burgos -280miles

Day 4. Burgos to Caceres - 280 miles

Day 5 Your choice of destination - say 200 miles

My own choice is to fly to Thailand . It takes less than 12 hours. My daughter is there now and I am so envious.

Sites on the Spanish costas get fully booked in winter, so you would be well advised to book ahead here if possible. The Spanish Atlantic coast sites may be easier. 
inland Spain is an ideal tourist destination in winter (the worst weather tends to be from 15th January to mid February). The coast in Southern Spain can be quite cloudy and wet in winter.

Personally, when we travel to Spain for the winter, we never use sites for overnight stops as there are lots of aires within a couple of miles of the major routes.  This approach means we can stop when we are ready to call it a day rather than having to "soldier on" regardless of road & weather conditions and how tired we might feel. 

Of course, if you don't have full on-board facilities, this option isn't available, but it works very well for us.

Thank you for the replies. JimE do you book a site for when you are in Spain or do you tour and use aires then too?

I book sites at the Spanish resorts as they can get fully booked - my favourites are :

• Bonterra Park
• Camping Javea
• Alannia Costa Blanca
• Camping Kikopark
• Camping Salata

As you can see, I favour the east coast as I find the winter climate is better than the south coast or Portugal.

I do also use aires in Spain occasionally but they tend to get overcrowded especially during the "snowbird" season in the winter months.