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Solar eclipse Spain- find a spot. (piefed.social)
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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!

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[–] 2 points 9 months ago (12 children)

For reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_12,_2026

There's a static image of the path, plus an animated gif of timing.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 9 months ago (11 children)

    Thank you for link, but this is not the information im looking for, i know the path an times, but more specific places, how to choose one.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (9 children)

    Oh, this was mostly for others, in case they didn't know. Just wanna help how I can.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 9 months ago (8 children)

    that’s thoughtful:) will you go to see eclipse as well?

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    Yep! Going to Iceland. Plane and hostel paid for.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    wow nice! I didn’t really check Iceland option that much, because of cost. But would love to go to Iceland some other time! Hope you will have an amazing trip!!!

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (5 children)

    Hope you find a spot in mainland Europe! I expect it'll be limited and costly at this point (I booked in September and things were mostly booked).

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    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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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

    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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  • [–] [S] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

    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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