What is the best route to the Algarve driving from England?

Answer 1

Driving directions to Faro, Portugal

1,448 mi - about 22 hours 15 mins Folkestone, Kent, UK

1. Head east on A2033/Bouverie Rd W toward A2034/Middelburg Square 427 ft

2. Slight left at A2034/Cheriton Gardens

Continue to follow A2034 0.3 mi

3. At Castle Hill Ave, take the 2nd exit onto A259/Shorncliffe Rd heading to Sandgate/Hastings/Hythe

Continue to follow Shorncliffe Rd 0.7 mi

4. Continue on B2064/Beachborough Rd 0.1 mi

5. Turn left at A20/Cheriton Rd

Continue to follow A20

Go through 2 roundabouts 2.6 mi

6. Slight left 0.8 mi

7. Continue straight 0.6 mi

8. Slight left 0.5 mi

9. Take the Folkestone - Calais train to Fréthun

Entering France 36.4 mi

10. Continue straight 0.2 mi

11. Turn left 1.5 mi

12. Merge onto A16/E402 via the ramp to Rouen/Boulogne

Partial toll road 63.6 mi

13. Take exit 23 to merge onto A28 toward Le Havre/Le Tréport/Rouen

Partial toll road 60.6 mi

14. Continue on E402/N28 (signs for N28/Bihorel/Rouen)

Continue to follow E402

Go through 2 roundabouts 7.2 mi

15. Slight left at Boulevard de l'Europe 0.2 mi

16. Slight left at Voie Rapide S III 325 ft

17. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto N338 heading to Petit-Quevilly/Grand-Quevilly/Elbeuf/Le Mans/A13/A28 5.2 mi

18. Continue on N138 1.0 mi

19. Take the exit toward Caen/Le Mans/Le Havre/Elbeuf/Grand-Couronne/A13 0.5 mi

20. Merge onto N138 2.2 mi

21. Take the exit onto A13

Partial toll road 7.3 mi

22. Take the exit onto A28/E402 toward Lisieux/Alencon/Bordeaux/Le Mans

Partial toll road 108 mi

23. Take the exit onto A11/E50 toward Paris/Tours

Toll road 5.6 mi

24. Take the exit onto A28/E502 toward Blois/Tours/Orléans

Toll road 53.2 mi

25. Take the exit onto A10/E05 toward Tours/Bordeaux

Partial toll road 215 mi

26. Continue on A630 14.5 mi

27. Take exit 15 to merge onto A63/E70 toward Saint-Sébastien/Arcachon/Mont-de-Marsan/Canéjan/Cestas/Bayonne 29.3 mi

28. Continue on N10 57.7 mi

29. Continue on A63

Toll road

Entering Spain 40.9 mi

30. Continue on A-8

Partial toll road 43.0 mi

31. Take exit 15A to merge onto AP-1 toward Bergara

Partial toll road 27.7 mi

32. Take the exit toward N-622/Autovía de Altube 0.4 mi

33. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Vitoria-Gasteiz/N-622 and merge onto N-622/Autovía de Altube 2.0 mi

34. Take the exit onto E-5/Autovía del Norte/N-I toward Madrid/Burgos 15.3 mi

35. Take the exit toward AP-1 243 ft

36. Keep left at the fork to continue toward AP-1 and merge onto AP-1

Partial toll road 51.6 mi

37. Continue on Circunvalación de Burgos 6.5 mi

38. Continue on E-80/A-62 (signs for Palencia/A-62/Valladolid(Sur)/E-80) 89.7 mi

39. Take the exit onto A-6/A-62 1.2 mi

40. Take the exit onto E-80/A-62 toward Zamora/E-82/Salamanca/A-11/Portugal

Continue to follow E-80

Go through 1 roundabout

Entering Portugal 126 mi

41. Continue on IP5

Go through 1 roundabout 21.9 mi

42. Continue on A23 (signs for IP2/Guarda Sul/A23/Portalegre/Covilhã)

Partial toll road 133 mi

43. Take the exit toward Lisboa/Santarém

Toll road 0.5 mi

44. Merge onto A1

Toll road 38.9 mi

45. Take the A10 exit toward A9/Arruda

Toll road 0.3 mi

46. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for A1/Vila Franca/Lisboa

Toll road 0.2 mi

47. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for Benavente/A10 and merge onto A10

Toll road 13.4 mi

48. Take exit 6 to merge onto A13 toward A6/Algarve/A2/A12

Toll road 25.2 mi

49. Take the exit onto A2 toward Alcácer

Toll road 114 mi

50. Take the exit onto A22/E01 toward Faro 13.7 mi

51. Take exit 13 toward Faro 0.3 mi

52. Merge onto IC4 5.5 mi

53. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Estr. 125

Go through 1 roundabout 0.6 mi

54. Turn right at R. Gomes Freire 358 ft

55. Turn left at R. Miguel Bombarda 0.2 mi

56. Turn right at R. Gil Eanes 148 ft

57. Turn left at Av. da República 0.2 mi

58. Turn right at Jardim Manuel Bívar 308 ft

Faro, Portugal