tostaky

Hi !
We (2 adults and 2 kids) our flight will arrive in Barcelona july 13. We have already reserved 5 nights. The plan is to take the plane after that 5 nights to Go to Porto to see Portugal and Galicia. We have 24 nights total (including 5 in Barcelona). We plan to keep 13-14 nightsfor Portugal. We are thorn between adding 2 mores days for daytrips from Barcelona (Montserrat, Girona or Tarragona) or use those 2 nights to see mkore in Galicia (-5-6 nights in Galicia 13-14 in Portugal).

So options:

a) 7 nights in Barcelona (with daytrips). Lodging is more costly in Barcelona than elsewjere in the trip so it have to be not to miss daytrips. Then flight to Porto (3 nights),4 nights Galicia and 10 nights Portugal

b) 5 nights Barcelona (no daytrip), flight to Porto (3 nights),6 nights Galicia and 10 nights Portugal

c) your suggestion !

thanks a lot in advance !

sundriedtopepo

Here are two good Trip Reports and a planning thread on Galicia. Maybe they will help you get a handle on what to expect.

On your plan to do a circle tour, I think Oviedo and Leon are too far out of the way. Concentrate on Galicia. Otherwise you are getting back to your original driving plan of a new stop almost every day. That means packing up 4 people's belongings every morning. Gets tiring very quickly.

http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...of-galicia.cfm

http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...of-galicia.cfm
http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...then-porto.cfm

ribeirasacra

What is your dilemma? why are you changing your plans?
You have not finished with this thread?
http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...m#last-comment

tostaky

ribeirsacra: My dilemma is 2 days daytrips from Barcelona or 2 days in Galicia. My plan still is the same Arriving in Barcelona and leaving from Lisbon 24 nights later.

sundriedtopepo

I think you need to do some research to determine what you want to see/do in Galicia and that will guide you in deciding how much time you need.

ribeirasacra

That is for you to think about. All I have said is in the other thread.
Except this: This is what Galicia is all about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCgZBqjqdcM
Food, seeing historic sites, meeting the locals seeing local events. Not hanging around cities.
Galicia's tourism is very different than your other locations for this vacation.
Galicia has something very different to offer than the rest of Spain, but like everything else you cannot discover than in a few days.

rialtogrl

I'd do more days in Barcelona. You can do your day trips on the train. Not sure kids would really like Montserrat as much as Tarragona or Girona.

tostaky

Thanks for those answers !

We have a very hard time to decide what we want to do. Girona/Besalu are very attractive for us but the same goes for Pontevedra/Santiago de Compostela....

Would doing 2 nights in Girona would be a good idea ? It's less expensive than Barcelona and our appartment is only avaible foor the 5 nights we already booked

We would sleep 5 nights in Barcelona,2 nights in Girona and catch train on the third day to get to our 17:55 flight to Porto.

Is it a long and hard ride from Girona to BCN airport (I think Ryanair is at T2) ?

tostaky

After some trips reports reading I think we have convinced ourselves cthat Catalonia is the way to go !

I also think that we are gonna rent a car. We where affraid to drag the kids car seats in the plane between Barcelona and Porto, then drag them to our appartment in porto, but that should not be that bad.

And by having a car, maybe we can fin find nice, and less expensive, lodging near Girona without having the need to be near train or bus station.

Ouir trip would be :

Barcelona (5 nights)
Girona + daytrips (6 nights)+ flight to Porto
Porto (3 nights)
Lisbon (4 nights)
Portugal (still have to look for that) 6 nights

ribeirasacra

I have noted you have posted on several forums the same question.
Maybe you could read up on Netiquette.
http://www.toptenreviews.com/service...tiquette-tips/

Particularly this point:
*Do not double post (post the same message twice in one thread) or cross post (place the same message across several forums).

tostaky

I didnt know that you are the web police and that the web code of law is written on toptenreview website !

Why didnt you gave me that lecture on Lonely planet forum ? Because someone already told you how much your comment is ridiculous I guess.

Can you tell me exactly why this is bothering you so much at the point that you have made some search juste to prove your point even if it means to use a random website ?

Un many years if forum usage in many domaine I've never cross someone Who is chassing me to told me " stop posting on multiple forum" ...You really dont have anything better to do from your precious Time ?

I guess I'll copy and paste this answer on other forum where you are bugging me too.

tostaky

And one last thing that came from your web code of law ( still laughing about that one):

"Stay on topic"

So maybe you can let adults help me and my family to have a good and fun trip ?

sundriedtopepo

Adults have been trying to help you but it doesn't appear that you are doing much research of your own. People can give you suggestions but ultimately you have to decide for yourself and your family what pleases you and them.

Have you read any of the links that members have provided for you? Trip reports are a rich source of information on personal experiences in places.

Wherever you go it is ultimately up to you whether your family and you have a good time or not, but in my experience, it's the logistics that make a trip fun or not.

rialtogrl

Have you already found lodging in Girona? I stayed at a really nice apartment a couple of years ago, with street parking but you have to walk into town 10 minutes or so. Its a nice walk.

There is also the Casa Cundaro in the historical center, they have apartments too but its up a lot of stairs and you'd have to park another 5 minute walk away. Not sure how good that would be for the kids. But let me know if you would like me to post the links.

danon

July in Barcelona with kids..
..make sure you include time on the beach (s).

tostaky

sundriedtopepo: of course I've read them and made reading from various travel guide. And all my post are about the logistic, about if our plan are feasible or not. I know the motto about travel is ''dont think it's the only time you will visit that place.', but since we are from Canada chances are that this will be our only time, we just dont want to miss something.

Like I,ve sais we are fixed on:

Barcelona (5 nights)
Girona + daytrips (6 nights)+ flight to Porto
Porto (3 nights)
Lisbon (4 nights)
Portugal (still have to look for that) 6 nights

Danon: about the beaches...will see but our kids and us are not very fan of beach.

Rialto girl: no we haven't made any reservation yet. Stairs is not a problem, parking could be (or not). I would appreciated that you give me the links. Maybe we can stay a bit outside town so it would be easier with the car ?

rialtogrl

Ok, here are the links. This place has street parking.
Lofts Sant Daniel - https://www.loftssantdaniel.com/
It is not that hard to drive in Girona, but to get here you do have to drive some streets in the center. Once you get the hang of it, it is easy.

No street parking, but you can park in the Plaza Domenic and walk five minutes to the apartment.
Casa Cundaro
http://www.casacundaro.com/
There is one apartment with two separate bedrooms. There are a lot of steps to get up and down to Casa Cundaro.

sundriedtopepo

Looks like you have come up with a practical and fun plan. Not to discourage anyone from going to Galicia, but I think what you have decided on is a better fit.

I guess I didn't word my comment very well, what I meant about logistics is, wherever you decide to go, you will have a good time. But the logistics are sometimes the deciding factor, and it's good that you are looking for help in that regard. Sorry to sound rude.

Also, I didn't know it was considered rude to post your question on 2 different forums.?? In my opinion, the more input one gets, the better, and maybe someone on another forum is more experienced in a certain area. I sometimes see Fodorites telling others to post their question on Tripadvisor, so I don't think it's a no-no??

tostaky

Sundriedtopepo: No problem at all ! Since english is not my first language (french is) sometimes i'm not able to express myself the way I really want or the way I should.

We also think that Catalunya will offer us more diversity than Galicia. And since we are going to Portugal after that I guess we will have a good look on the cost from there !

It's not rude at all to post on multiple forums. It's only Ribeira_sacra who made, for an unknow reason, a ficxation on this. When you pay 10k for a trip you want to be sure that you use that money the best way. I really appreciate all the help everybody give me.

ribeirasacra

I am going to have to say something here...you are not correct. I chose only one example of common internet courtesy.There are a load more.

I said this before you have got a loads of answers to this one question.It would appear in some posts you have not responded to. On this one you even wanted to respond to me rather than respond to suggestions.It took a direst question on this forum to ascertain what you had chosen to do.
Overall that is bad netiquette. Remember your post had to be moderated on LP!
I am not the police, some others may have more patience for someone who cannot do some basic research than me.
You write about this will cost you a load on Dollars However what happens if you spend all this money and the route is not to your liking? The first thing to do is to research. On this thread you undertaking some research was suggested on the 6th March. I think that has been suggested before.
I suggested on the 6th march that maybe Galicia is not what you are looking for. Tourism here is much more "low key".