Just a short hop today of about 100 kms to Barcelona and we hope a camping spot from which we can base ourselves for 4-5 days while we explore the city and its attractions. The motorway south from Figueres was pretty easy to find and follow until we got into the complex of roads around and through Barcelona and then it was very helpful to have a co-pilot and a GPS/SATNAV each and to know that our intended campground was south of the city near the airport. That meant that at the numerous merging and separation of motorways if all else failed we could simply follow the airport sign.

We selected Camping 3 Estrellas for our Barcelona stay while back in the US as it seemed to be the only one in the Barcelona area open in March and had good public transport connections into the city. It turned out to be quite suitable for our purposes with all the required facilities, electricity, a sani-dump, water, hot showers and laundry facilities. Most of the camping spots (pitches the English call them, parcellas in Spanish) are occupied permanently by caravans or huts that are either owned by locals as holiday places or rented out to travelers as accommodation.

Some of the accommodation (the free form exotic shapes in the above photos are a small prelude to what will be seem in Barcelona).

Cost approximately 30 euros per night and I would not rate it better than 3 stars (which is its name).