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We will be towing to Bavaria early Sept. and thought to take the route via Belgium and Germany using the autobahns. Can anyone suggest a specific route and possible night stops ?

Thanks.

Thanks Ben9 - looks good.

Quote: Originally posted by jg73 on 24/7/2009

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We stopped at Camping Waldpark Hohenstadt which is just off exit 60 of the A8 between Stuttgart and Ulm on our way to Italy. The lady was very welcoming and friendly. It's in the ACSI book so will be on their website (www.campingcard.com)

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I have just put a review on this site on here. Agree about the welcome.

David

Quote: Originally posted by ben9 on 24/7/2009

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My favoured route to Munich is and has been for the last 12 years is -

Calais,
Brussells,
Namur,
Luxembourg..........This is about 4.5hrs into your journey.
Saarlouis,
Saarbrucken,
Follow for Mannheim,
Pirmasens, At this point follow B10 for Landau Pflaz DO NOT follow sat nav it adds 200kms on trip.
Karlsruhe,
Stuttgart,
Ulm,
Augsburg,
Munich.

Can't help with overnight stops but Munich is around 600 miles from Calais and around 6-7 hours from Luxembourg.

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Done that exact route many times (and the bit about the B10 is correct, cuts a big chunk off). We have now changed the route slightly to avoid Brussels as we were ALWAYS held up with traffic there. Instead, from Calis we first head to Lille and then across to Namur and find it a better route. We were first suggested to go via Lille by a lorry driver, and he was right!

Either way, its a good journey, in fact one we'll be doing next Friday on our trip to Austria

Chaz

back in the latew 80s early 90s i used to go to ford sarrlouis somtimes 3 trips a week

always done calais dunkirk lille namur at 55 60 mph you can make the big lay by

just before lux

where the war musem is in 4.5hrs and once through the german border their used to be a good shnell imbiss for your frikandells  and boch wursts

Quote: Originally posted by coneman on 26/7/2009

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back in the latew 80s early 90s i used to go to ford sarrlouis somtimes 3 trips a week

always done calais dunkirk lille namur at 55 60 mph you can make the big lay by

just before lux

where the war musem is in 4.5hrs and once through the german border their used to be a good shnell imbiss for your frikandells  and boch wursts

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 . . . .  and Munich is approx 625 miles from Calais via the Lille route.

Thanks everyone for the advice. I think the Lille route is the one we will use.

Have a good trip!

I really enjoy the drive, and for me its part of the holiday!

We're leaving Friday morning arriving at Eurotunnel Calais approx 3pm French time. We'll stop at Luxembourg services for fuel and then probably drive as far as Augsburg (540 miles from Calais) before stopping for the night (circa 11pm). That will leave us with a 150 mile drive to our Austrian campsite Saturday morning.

Really looking forward to our trip!

Chaz