Useful
Links
Useful
Links
Airlines (Use also for car hire - always best to book in advance)
| Ryan Air. Flights: Stansted/Santander, Stansted/Valladolid | www.ryanair.com |
| Easy Jet. Flights: Stansted/ Bilbao, Stansted/Asturias, Gatwick/Madrid, Luton/Madrid | www.easyjet.com |
| BA. Flights: Heathrow/ Bilbao, Heathrow/Madrid, Manchester/Madrid, Birmingham/Madrid, Gatwick/Madrid | www.britishairways.com |
| Iberia. Flights: Heathrow/Bilbao, Heathrow/Madrid | www.iberia.com |
Ferries
| P&O. Portsmouth/Bilbao | www.poferries.com |
| Brittany Ferries. Plymouth/Santander | www.brittany-ferries.co.uk |
Airport/Bilbao hotels
| Hotel Andrea *** Big business hotel, comfortable and only 5 mins from Bilbao airport | www.hotelandrea.com |
| Hotel Arriaga Small family run, perfectly located in old centre of Bilbao, close Guggenheim | tel(English spoken) 0034 944790001 |
| Hotel Rural Matsa** Country hotel 4km from Bilbao airport | www.euskalnet.net/matsa |
Guide Books, Weather, Wildlife Walks
| Book. Picos de Europa Car Tours and Walks. Sunflower Guide by Teresa Farino a must | Bookshop or www.amazon.co.uk |
| Book. 10 Circular Walks around the Picos de Europa. Black Bee Walking Guides a must | www.blackbeewalking.co.uk |
| Book. Walks and Climbs in Picos de Europa. Cicero Press by Robin Walker | Bookshop or www.amazon.co.uk |
| Book. Walking in the Cordillera Cantábrica. ditto CP RW 11 walks accessible from Olmares | Bookshop or www.amazon.co.uk |
| Weather forecast: unreliable and usually better here than Potes! | Weather forecast for Potes |
| Guided wildlife walks in the Picos with Teresa Farino | Daily wild life walks |
Others
| Information on all local buses | www.santandereabus.com |
| All TV satellite equipment advice etc (based on Costa del Sol but we used their mail order!) | www.digitalfuture.eu.com |
Self Catering Elsewhere
| Cottages in Slovakia | www.slovakcottages.com |
| Mt Tully Cottage Stanthorpe, South East Queensland, Australia (they stayed with us 2005!) | www.wildermuth.com.au |
| Amsterdam Escape (Apartments) (We're staying with them Nov 2005!) | www.amsterdamescape.com |
| Wood + Earth Studios, Margaret River, West Australia (We stayed & loved them Dec2004!) | Wood + Earth Studios |
| A site for other self-catering rentals | IHA.com - Alquiler vacaciones, casa rural por habitaciones de particular a particular |
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