I’m interested to hear from people who have been on solo roadtrips in Europe. I’m planning on visiting France, Spain and Portugal in September. I’d like to visit some cities (alongside some car camping and outdoors activities) but I’m concerned about parking somewhere safe in big cities.
I don’t want to avoid the big cities for obvious reasons, I want to explore and meet new people. But as freeing as having a car will be, in this regard it feels quite limiting – as I’m always going to be concerned about the safety of my car!
The advice online suggests that you should make sure that there are no valuables in your car at all, but that’s just not possible for me. Of course I will carry with me whatever I can in my day bag but I am also bringing a surfboard, a tent, and other large expensive items that might attract attention. I’ve got covers for all my windows (I’m driving an SUV btw), but someone suggested to me that it might attract even more attention that way lol.
My current thoughts are that I’ll rely heavily on park4night for stealth car-camping spots, with public transport connections to the city centre. I’d like to meet people at hostels but it seems that hostels are not geared for people on a roadtrip and usually don’t have parking. I’d be hesitant to park somewhere and then spend the night in a hostel somewhere different, I don’t think I’d sleep very well, if I have the option to spend the night stealth camping in my car that is probably the smarter decision. Some friends have said I can still meet people at hostels as the bars are open to the public – I’ll give this a try.
Probably just going to have to be brave and figure it out as I go along, but if anyone reading this has any similar experiences I’d be really interested to hear your thoughts! Or if you have any recommendations for a more appropriate subreddit for this post, I’m also all ears.
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