Hello, we are lucky enough to be able to take 4 weeks next July/August to tour France with our Countryman Folding Camper. Now to decide where to go! Does anyone have suggested routes or tips having done this before? We would like max 6 stops and avoid Calais as entry/exit port. Thank you!
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2lovely campsites we use in our campervan , Le chat D’Oiseau ( just North of Saumur) and Camping Bellevue, near Hautefort, if you like small friendly well run sites with pool, some meals , lovely countryside. We cross Portsmouth Caen ( Ouistreham) on night crossing in cabin .
I see from your profile you’re not new to France, so I guess you’re looking for new ideas. Since you’ll be having a month, I’d suggest you think of it as three blocks of about ten days. Then sel3ct sites that offer a contrast: sea, mountain, cities for example. If you have children (judging by dates that’s true) you’ll need to factor in the boredom threshold too.
I’ve suggested in the past adopting a theme - wine/ food regions (it often feels like Asterisk and the Banquet:); troubadours if you’re going south.
Quote: Originally posted by familycamper21 on 14/5/2022
Hello, we are lucky enough to be able to take 4 weeks next July/August to tour France with our Countryman Folding Camper. Now to decide where to go! Does anyone have suggested routes or tips having done this before? We would like max 6 stops and avoid Calais as entry/exit port. Thank you!
Your interests are not likely to be the same as mine. Buy a general guide book to France and decide what you yourselves would like to see and do. I really can’t choose for you.
If you want seafront sites in July and August they will need to be booked in advance .For other popular places take a mobile phone and call sites a day or so in advance to ask about availability. For more rural areas you can still go as you please.
If you've got the funds to allow it, I'd get the ferry to Spain and then work my way back up. We've done that a couple of times and it makes for a great trip.
Good morning, we did a road trip around france back in 2019 for just under 8 weeks and stopped in the areas below, although we did start and finish in Calais it may give you some ideas. Ive attached the viamichelin route we roughly did. Generally a week or longer in each place (apart from Disney).
Our first trip started and finished in Calais, and took in Burgundy (two different areas), the Ardeche, the Mediterranean, Carcassonne area, the Dordogne, and a site on the outskirts of Paris. We loved it, and it's kept us caravanning in France very many years later.
We always chose sites with pools, to keep the kids happy.
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Thank you guys. Lots of food for thought.There will just the two of us as the boys have decided that they are too old (and tall) for the camper! Our first holiday as empty nesters.
We thought may arrive in St Malo and leave Santander.
We quite fancy a trip of the coasts. Maybe Britanny (Finnestere) the Ile de re or oleron, over to the coast near Beziers and finish off either on coast in France near the border or maybe on the N Spanish coast.
We love water so if it is not the sea then would like to stay near lakes or rivers.
Not very bothered about the big sites now we are sans enfants but it would be nice to have a pool and bike hire.
We've done the north of France to Spain and back several times ... though never via Britanny ... tend to start or finish in the fabulous Marais Poitevin (Green Venice) area near Niort ... if you want to browse out campsite reviews, you'll see plenty that may attract.
We also choose water as often as possible as we have bikes and kayaks ... the latter prefer water!
this is what we are doing this year
arras, loire next to zoo beuval, millau, marsellian plage, perigord, lac de st pardoux, lac de varrannes south of le mans, la chaumierre near st omer,
27 nights in total
i would also recommend lac d orient near troyes especially if heading down via lyon towards the ardeche stopping at tournon sur rhone, annecy is lovely too
If you are near Limoges you could visit Oradur sur Glane. Site of a WW2 atrocity, visitor centre and the village is as it was on the day the Germans left. it's very moving.
A day of all things motorhome and campervan. The show is held both in the main indoor arena and across the grounds. Catering, hot drinks and food options are available. Easy access to the site and free parking included. Win one of five pairs of day tickets
Topic: France Tour
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