Hello whoever stumbles upon this post!

Looking for advice and ideas. 11/08/2026 will travel to Porto, Portugal with a plan to get a rental and travel to Spain. Idea is to find a hotel somewhere between Porto, Portugal and Leon, Spain and on the big day travel somewhere around Leon to find a viewing area.

Maybe someone could advise how to really choose a viewing spot? Is getting snacks and parking on random roadside would be a good idea? Never been to Spain, so had to imagine what to expect!

  • OogaBooga@piefed.socialOP
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    3 days ago

    i check, and, in my opinion, it’s that bad, could find quite many decent places, especially becaue we are splitting in half and because we are so much more flexible with car. £200 for 2nights for 2, not bad at all

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      3 days ago

      That’s really good! I couldn’t get a hotel at all for that price. I ended up with a hostel for 200 a night in a 6-person room in Reykjavik. Most hotels were completely booked or at least 400 a night (and I’m going for 6 days).

      Probably because Iceland is closer to the States, and has one of the longest times for totality.

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        2 days ago

        Iceland is expensive probably because its an isolated islands far away, been there once as transfer, Would really love to go here as we were there just few hours. Really beautiful place!! Hope you will enjoy it!!! Any extra plans there?

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          2 days ago

          Yeah, true. No plans yet, waiting on last minute stuff because of finances. If anything, I’ll probably just find stuff to eat, and places to walk to, in Reykjavík. I want to go to Skrímslasetrið - The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum, because that sounds awesome!

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            2 days ago

            that does sounds awesome!

            Honestly, there are no big plans for me too. Main thing is to go there, have snacks, see eclipse,go home, Everything else is extra.