France
Paying aire. ROughly 8-10 euros a night and it is collected in the evening.
Always well subscribed with a narrow gauge railway running behind and a swimming lake in front of you but walkers going through as they walk round the lake which takes hour and half or so.
Across the lake they have...
If Carlsberg did out of the way peace and quiet aires, this would be it.
It is not going to be for everyone.
It is very Q
It is just a car park with adjacent boules
Water comes straight out of the mountain so you can fill up at the cemetary or the lavage and it is drinking quality.
There is a...
Right against the river Meuse, free parking in designated motorhome aire with facilities, which I cant remember if free or not.
This aire has only been open about a year and the one on the other side of the bridge but same side of river no longer exists.
Pleasant enough town but the main part is...
Another aire which is good for first/last night.
Its on a dusty cindery surface so not taking your shoes into your van is recommended
No facilities, plenty of space, we have never had a problem but i ave read a couple of times it was full but it must take 40 vans
Ramparted moated town which is...
Wissant aire is a free stopover well used by the Belgians and always full. Dont expect to turn up at 2300 hrs and expect a place. There is a dump but no water. The town is lovely and about 800 yards away with small shops and a PMU for chaser (y)
The beach is very clean and just beyond the town...
A very well used aire with lots of space alongside La Loire and crawling distance of the chateau with classic moat.
The aire has 2 areas, the second one is sort of an overflow with park where you can/want attitude and this is to be used if the first one is full or you dont fancy driving the...
A town built around a rock face with Roman Catholic significance in that it is on some form of pilgrims path, but you may have gathered I dont know much about that, but really like this place with its narrow streets.
It is steep, very steep and this needs consideration before going though there...
Gravelines aire is the choice of many for first/last stop in France between Dunkirk and Calais and far enough away to not worry about illegals too much.
However the town is somewhat more than that with ramparts and cobbled streets and very nice atmosphere
AIre is marked up on the map and is...
NB this is a France Passion site. You need to be a member however the joining fee is worth paying jsut to stay at this place.
It is a gated truffle orchard that you park under the trees in loads of space
Shop on site for lavender related products
Its about a mile downhill (and it is steep) to...
French village that is infamous for not having anything done to it and left as it was after the Nazis killed nearly everyone in the village in a heinous manner.
Eerie walking around it, people have said better to do it on the way home rather than on the way to your holiday.
You will be moved...
I have marked up where I firmly believe you can park for the day. We parked on the road but we saw motorhomes parked here and saw ones parked overnight as well. If that isnt right when you get there please dont blame me. Otherwise its extortionate euros for a campsite.
You dont need to pay if...
I have put the marker at the place we stay at. It is supposed to be a France Passion but he isnt bothered. There is electric there but not sure if he charges, I dont think he does but we dont use it. 30+ wine shops to wonder around, Storks a plenty on the roofs and it has its own stork...
Cycle or motorbike, if cycling it will be hilly, motorhomes have height restrictions along here.
Lovely ride up the gorge and wild boar come out and eat out of your hand, great scenery. We used the free aire at Sault for this one. Bit of a dusty car park job but nice still.
I ve put the mark...
3,000 foot drop with hardly anything to stop you going over on windy roads which busses go up. It travels n the North and South side however the best part is the "Route des Cretes" NB the one way system, its quite doable in a motorhome.
The pin point of the map is for where you start the Route...
Stay overnight in the aire in order to go in first thing and then you may have a chance, under normal circumstances, of missing the very annoying tourists with their cameras which gives you chance to get some decent photos of a lovely garden.
Payable so look to see how much. As a much vaunted...
Off the tourist hotspots, this 3 sided valley has numerous waterfalls of 500 foot plus coming out of the side of mountains and is a stunning walk, something we dont do enough of.
Best described as something out of Game of Thrones.
You have to pay to park but even a FLT like me didnt begrudge...
This is the best place we have been to in France to watch a sunset. The mountain is much higher than all those around it and was on my bucket list for quite some time before the conditions were right. If there is a light breeze at Bedoin dont go up there overnight. It needs to be still, it is...
No chance of getting here in a motorhome, Its pretty difficult in a car, just dont. motorbike is the form of transport or ebikes but it is out of the way.
Possible to scramble down to the river but its a walk, a worthy reward of peace and Q at the end of it. The road is best described as a...