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[SteveG]

off the ferry around 4pm a week tomorrow in Calais, plan to head south on A26. Any ideas for an overnighter and then areas to explore. Maybe Ardeche area?
Steve

 

[Deleted member 29692]

There's a choice of aires within 20 minutes or less of the ferry terminal.

The popular choices to overnight are usually Calais port, Gravelines or Wissant depending on which direction you are heading.

 

[FIDGET]

Ardeche, try municipal campsite Zamenhof. right on the river next to camping chauvieux. ideal to pick up a hire canoe to go down the river under the famous arch

Also fab drive along the gorge.

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[parknride]

That's a fabulous canoe trip. Well worth doing the full length. Gets quite exciting along the gorge in places!

 

[FIDGET]

Hi, not quite on a26, catillon sur sambre nice canal side aire
43 Avenue de la Groise
59360 Catillon-sur-Sambre, France
50.076190, 3.645805

or a bit further east of Troyes lakeside aire Geraudot
33 Rue du Fort Saint-Georges
10220 Géraudot, France
48.302259, 4.334727
check them out on google earth

 

[FIDGET]

That's a fabulous canoe trip. Well worth doing the full length. Gets quite exciting along the gorge in places!

Couple of slight white water bits ( be careful )

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[parknride]

Keep right then keep left left left!!!
Not for the faint hearted. we did it with the boys years ago and on our own last July. Won't be doing it again though. Great experience

 

[FIDGET]

Wish you told me before I went, took an early bath just before the arch, but still here to tell the tale ( gets exaggerated each time)

 

[SteveG]

Thanks all, I've read about Zamenhof, thanks Fidget. Might head down that way, then back up through Loire. Any advice on the Spring Bank bank holiday at the end of May? Are places likely to be real busy?

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[FIDGET]

We've been twice about that time (actually the week after) inland not had a problem at the aires, busier on coastal aires. Not sure about campsites as don't use them very often.
Loire aires , loads of them, Sully sur loire really great (200 yards from chateau) free,
Chemin de la Salle Verte
45600 Sully-sur-Loire, France
47.771096, 2.384157

Briare aire free Ok . for services
7-9 Rue des Vignes
45250 Briare, France
47.631819, 2.739847
but we use canalside parking
24 Quai Mazoyer
45250 Briare, France
47.634323, 2.740061

Amboise aire NOT free
Allée de la Chapelle Saint-Jean
37400 Amboise, France
47.417540, 0.987302
we used the campsite
Allée des Mariniers
37400 Amboise, France
47.416589, 0.987125

Turquant Aire nice
5 Rue des Martyrs
49730 Turquant, France
47.223110, 0.028896

Challones sur Loire aire was closed when we there, its moved to outside the campsite
nice aire alongside the river. 5 euros
Chalonnes-sur-Loire
France
47.350636, -0.748899