London to Malaga

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How long does it take to drive in a car form London to Malaga?

[rja211077]

2 days, 6 hours, 5 minutes accoreing to autoroute, but that is based on numerous assumptions, not least that you only drive from 9-5. it is roughly 1400 miles.

[slimjim]

I did Reading to Marbella and back a few years ago which is very similar. Two routes open to you once across the channel (take a crossing from Portsmouth or Poole, not Dover - you have enough driving to do as it is): West side of France (via Bordeaux) and cross border by Biarritz then across central Spain (via Madrid). Or through middle of France (via Limoges - new motorway still pretty empty) and cross south of Perpignan and stick to coast road all the way to Malaga. I prefer first route but they're pretty similar on time. Allow 2 nights stops on the way. I went for a stop south of Bordeaux and a stop in Toledo.

[philaxxxx]

Are you in a hurry? From Calais at 7.30 in the morning, on a sunday it is possible to be across the Spanish border by 7.00pm in the evening, via A26,A1,A10,A63,N10 to hondarribia, for a first stop in San Sebastian, then an early start next day would get you to somewhere between Madrid and Jaen following the A8 to Bilbao,A68 to Burgos, then the E5 as far as Bailen/Linares, then the N323 to Granada and the newly named A44 to Malaga. The advantage with doing France on a Sunday is NO LORRIES and if you drive at night in spain, the heavy stuff is mostly off the road after dusk/7pm.We travel to Spain and Italy quite often, and out of the many routes we,ve tried, this IS the fastest from Calais. Another fast route is from the ferryport at Caen(Portsmouth-Caen) via N158,N138 to Alencon, then the A28 to Le Mans,and on towards Tours.As of last year the A28 was not finished and only extended to about 20km from Tours,leaving a section of non-dualled N138 before joining the A10.This route can have a lot of traffic and early in the morning fog can be a real problem between Caen and Le Mans. Good luck anyway.

[archbishop]

I did this last week and took Eurotunnel and basically drove for 8 hours and stopped for the night.I took the Northern route (via San Sebastian) and it was 1500 miles.Some of the AA/RAC routefinders are out of date as the French/Spanish are building roads so fast.