Trip Advice: Spain to Slovenia Roadtrip 2026
Hello!
I am looking for some locality and target advice on my upcoming roadtrip this summer. I have converted my youngest brother into a full on wildlife addict like myself and we will be taking a road trip between the two of us from June 21 to July 15 in Europe. Our main focus is salamanders which is why the itinerary is the way it is. We are going for almost all of Europe’s salamander species. However, he has become interested in mammals via my stories and we did a three day trip this last Jan for Eurasian Otter and salamander in Portugal together. This summer we are starting out trip in Barcelona and ending in the vicinity of Ljubljana, Slovenia where we will target the Olm.
I am reaching out to get any advice on mammal watching locations for our trip. I am most interested in bats, rodents and other small mammals but since I haven’t explored much in Europe there countless mammalian lifers for me. My biggest non-bat targets are Pyrenean Desman, European Badger, Northern Chamois, Iberian Lynx, Western Polecat, Pine Marten, Eurasian Beaver, Common Hedgehog, Northern White-breasted Hedgehog, and Stone Marten. The current skeleton itinerary is below but minor changes can be made, and anything within a 1-2 hour drive are fair game, but anything suggestions are welcomed. We also have the ability to add an additional 4 days along the route to places we may want more time at.
06/21-06/24: Barcelona area
06/25: Drive to Montpellier
06/26: Montpellier to Aix-en-Provence
06/27: Drive from Aix-en-Provence to Tende
06/28: Tende to Parco Naturale Alpi Marittime to High Alps.
06/29: Drive to Genoa
06/30-07/02: Genoa
07/03-07/05: Corsica
07/06: La Spezia
07/07-07/09: Trento, Italy
07/10: Trento to Ljubljana
07/11-07/15: Ljubljana area
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