AIRLINES (Use also for car hire)
Ryan Air. Flights: Stansted/Santander, Stansted/Valladolid
Easy Jet. Flights: Stansted/ Bilbao, Stansted/Asturias, Gatwick/Madrid, Luton/Madrid
BA. Flights: Heathrow/ Bilbao, Heathrow/Madrid, Manchester/Madrid, Birmingham/Madrid, Gatwick/Madrid
Iberia. Flights: Heathrow/Bilbao, Heathrow/Madrid
FERRIES
Brittany Ferries. Plymouth/Porstsmout to Santander/Bilbao
AIRPORT/BILBAO HOTELS
Holiday Inn Express Hotel (500M from the airport
Hotel Arriaga Small family run, perfectly located in old centre of Bilbao, close Guggenheim
Hotel Rural Matsa** Country hotel 4km from Bilbao airport
CAR HIRE
Cheaper Car Hire? Enter Santander Airport, seems to offer good rates - can someone try this!?
Cheap car hire Excess waiver GBP 4.97 per day - can someone try this!?
Atesa/National. I use this company sometimes
GUIDE BOOKS, WEATHER, WILD LIFE 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
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!
Guided wildlife walks in the Picos with Teresa Farino
http://www.iberianwildlife.com/
A "Black Country Lad" DVDs of the Picos de Europa
Book. The Wildlife of the Picos de Europa by The Black Country Lad
http://www.ablackcountryladexplores
OTHERS
Information on all local buses
SELF CATERING ELSEWHERE
Mt Tully Cottage Stanthorpe, South East Queensland, Australia (they stayed with us 2005!)
Amsterdam Escape (Apartments) (We stayedwith them Nov 2005!)
Wood + Earth Studios, Margaret River, West Australia (We stayed & loved them Dec2004!)
http://www.woodandearth.com.au/
Rentals in Spain