We will be arriving in Bilbao mid-May and have 18 days of travel before flying home. The initial plan is to go Bilbao 1 night), San Sebastián (4 nights), Picos de Europa (4), Llanes (2), Oviedo (2), train to Madrid (4). Question with what we consider short driving distances this feels like a good plan, but should we break it up more or stay longer anywhere? San Sebastián may seem long but will we be coming off a 20+ hour flight so we need a minute to find our legs.
We have always had a bucket list of visiting the Dordogne and realized that we could possible do this instead. Bilbao(1), Llanes/Oviedo (4), Picos (3), San Sebastián (2/3), Dordogne/Bordeux (6).
Thoughts on pacing this either way? Are we nuts to consider switching Madrid for Dordogne/Bordeaux? One thought is that we have a lot to see around Madrid and it would be part of a separate trip not sure when we would get back to this area of France.