SP18 - Recorrido por Extremadura - Tyre/TomTom

So with the car-hire dilemma sorted.  I went for the no-excess plan instead of the low rate and potential hassle route of the cheap hire and massive insurance risk.

So back to the route.  As usual I have used Tyre to plan a route between the various stops and the airport. Having this in the TomTom doesn't preclude from going off-piste to look at things in the Rough Guide or on the hoof.  

I know there are people that think that a paper map is all you need and technology only ruins the trip. Good luck to them.  Finding a hotel in a huge city and arriving right outside the front door is preferable to riding around for hours.  I have done both other the last 40 years of touring and believe me. The TomTom way is way preferable.

So this is the base route:

Anti-clockwise at the top from the airport to the Parador de Gredos and then clockwise around the Extremadura cities.

There will be some autostrada as well.  Not all of it on ordinary highways.  I can set the TomTom to ignore highways and toll roads and it will re-map to suit.

This is the same set of waypoints but with the avoid highway and avoid toll options set.

All actually clockwise.