i am hopefully going to be driving to the south of france this weekend but am a bit nervous of planning the route! i will be staying in france from
monday to monday and will be going on euro tunnel from folkestone.
i have done a route planner and it takes over 18 hours so i need to split the journey and not miss too much of the first monday. its about 5 hours to
the tunnel,then 12 hours through france
what time and day would you suggest setting off from cumbria to the euro tunnel?
where to make an overnight stay? (if any)
and we are hopefully going to st maxime, so any inf would be great cheers
I can not comment on your routing, but our lemans trip in june took advantage of all the toll roads
they do cost a bit, but the journey was very pleasurable, as not much traffic was on those roads
They are aslo silky smooth and very open, so the veiws were very good, a total differnce to our crappy potholed m roads, with tailbacks/roadworks, and
3-4 lanes of carnage, and a view off, grass banks
Steve
But seriously, a mate of mine has a house near the French alps and would know a good route I guess (his wife is French).
I'll drop him a line and see what he suggests.
JB
[Edited on 18/7/11 by Daddylonglegs]
we are travelling to ste maxime on the cote d'azur from north lancashire. but i dont think i could do a minimum of 18 hours straight and arriving
there tired.
our first day is monday so in theory i have the weekend to get there if needed. but i was thinking of setting off early hours of sunday morning
(around 5 am) driving a long day to the channel tunnel, and then well into france so that i can start up again early monday, (around 7 am) and
arriving before lunch. but i would obviously need somewhere to stay sunday as the mrs doesnt fancy sleeping in the car.
the only other alternative is to set off later on sunday. get into france after tea time and drive well into the night. stop for a couple of hours
rest on a few occassions and drive through the night when no traffic
We have often crashed out at a formula one hotel. Cheapish, usually clean, etc. but can be a bit noisy as they are cheaply built....
Found at every major junction etc in France (well, almost)
Sadly not as cheap as they were a few years ago, used to be just over a tenner.
As to route, if using the motorways (ouch, expensive but much faster) then I would go Reims, Troyes, Dijon, Lyon. We stayed near Frejus a couple of
years ago (I assume you are on the med?) and spent plenty of time loafing about. A boat trip to St Tropez is a good day out, mooch around the harbour,
have a swim from the beach, spot of lunch, see Kate Moss on the beach...................
Just got back yesterday from my hovel in France, driving over there is a breeze, nice smooth empty roads and a sensible speed limit of 80, its the bit
from the tunnel to home thats a ballache.
Premiere classe is a good place to rest your head a bit more civilised than formula ones about £40 quid a room to sleep 3 you can book online here
http://www.premiereclasse.com.
I'd go for the Ille de France region just south of Paris so about 2.5 to 3.5 hours into France.
Cheers,
Bob
ive driven to barcelona 3 or 4 times - always take the a75 over the millau bridge to the south towards montpellier/toulouse
going the other way lyon can be a bit far to get to in one day .
getting south of orleans is important , paris is easy , as long as you dont go wrong and stay on the periphique .
ill be belting down the motorways mate!i was planning on driving about 8 hours down from calais.getting a rest then completing the trip the following day!
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Originally posted by daniel mason
ill be belting down the motorways mate!i was planning on driving about 8 hours down from calais.getting a rest then completing the trip the following day!
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Originally posted by cliftyhanger
As to route, if using the motorways (ouch, expensive but much faster) then I would go Reims, Troyes, Dijon, Lyon.
we ars stopping just east of dijon on the saturday. driving to lyon sunday morning for a day and night, and completing the trip on monday