Verdon Gorge? (1 Viewer)

[Delboyarapaho]

Can anyone advise if the gorge is driveable in the Elegance? at 9 metres I would value any advice anyone can offer as to whether the roads are good enough to drive through and if so which ones are recommended and which to avoid. We are booked on the D952 at castellane for 2 nights

 

[Gaston aires]

We did the North and South rim in a Flair, 9mtrs, with no problems. A very good aire is at Moustiere St Marie, a short drive away, and well worth it.
Phil

 

[Delboyarapaho]

Thanks Phil very re assuring

 

[AMK]

Yes should be ok , I did it in a tag 8.6 mts.

Stunning scenario.

 

[Gellyneck]

Might be worth a read for you.
https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/threads/off-to-gorge-du-verdon.154047/

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[suavecarve]

On the South side we met a 53 seater coach. God knows how but he was making it !

 

[Riverbankannie]

Might be worth a read for you.
https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/threads/off-to-gorge-du-verdon.154047/

Yes, we found south side slightly easier even though yellow road not red. Road surface good and traffic all tourist not local van man or lorries etc who were all on the red north road. Try and be there as early as possible as the only problem is meeting a tourist coach head on, they seem to arrive about midday and can be going in either direction. The other reason for avoiding the coaches is to avoid their passengers on the best viewing spots.
We started about 8am but made lots of stops and a longer one for coffee and croissants.
Enjoy!

 

[DBK]

There are a few short unlit tunnels - just watch out for aging cyclists.

 

[Delboyarapaho]

Thanks Riverbankannie. SWMBO is gonna love your suggestion. She had three kittens on the D952 getting here and telling her that the yellow road is better is a tough one for her to swallow! I can still get on that road on our way to moustiers-Sainte...... but I assume it is narrower than the red road? we are staying put in the camp tomorrow and travelling Wednesday west and out so will toss a coin in 36 hours or so but your further thoughts would be welcome.

Many thanks

Delboy

 

[Riverbankannie]

Thanks Riverbankannie. SWMBO is gonna love your suggestion. She had three kittens on the D952 getting here and telling her that the yellow road is better is a tough one for her to swallow! I can still get on that road on our way to moustiers-Sainte...... but I assume it is narrower than the red road? we are staying put in the camp tomorrow and travelling Wednesday west and out so will toss a coin in 36 hours or so but your further thoughts would be welcome.

Many thanks

Delboy

We didn't find it any narrower than the red road except in the 2 very short tunnels which are close together near the eastern end, that's where we met the coach but luckily we had only put our nose in the tunnel and, as no one was behind us, we were easily able to back up. I'll try and post a photo. We had no problems anywhere else, there were lots of larger MH and plenty of pulling over places to stop and take photos. We drove it west to east as we were staying at Saint Croix so we were not against the rock but I don't remember any overhangs. The road surface was good and I think the route has been made suitable for tourist coaches.
This was a typical bend , we are off the carriageway where we are stopped and you can see there is plenty of room.

This next photo is a shot taken on the red road which I thought was trickier as the rock face closer to the carriageway and there were more faster travelling vehicles both behind us getting Annoyed with our pedestrian progress, and coming towards us.

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[Delboyarapaho]

Thanks I better poor here another Gin!

 

[Riverbankannie]

Don't worry about the tunnels as if you are travelling east to west they are early on, just make sure you are nice and early and you can see if anyone already there before you enter. You'll be the biggest, make them back up!

 

[Delboyarapaho]

Good advice thanks

 

[EuroTrotters]

8m Frankia Mercedes RWD with tight turning circle, no problem. Not so sure about a fiat dragging (what we have now).

One thing, don't miss the opportunity to fill your tanks at the FREE mineral/spring water tap.

 

[Delboyarapaho]

Thanks to everyone who provided comments and advice. We did it! the best advice of all was to leave early! we left the site at 7.30 am and drove the north rim, on the basis that generally that was the inside track, rather than the south rim which would have meant being on the edge side. we met a few white van men on their way to work and cars who clearly knew the way but also lots of like minded tourists taking their time and I think we were very fortunate that at every really tight stage we didn't meet up with anything coming the other way

The scenery was spectacular. would certainly put it on anybody's must see list but I would try to avoid taking the Moho a second time. Instead I might consider staying outside the gorge and hiring a car so we could do the full tour clockwise and anticlockwise. call me a coward but the cost of one of my wing mirrors ouch! and that would be the cheapest damage I could incur.

Thanks again you really made us think about how we did this and we definitely changed our thoughts based on you valuable advice.

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[clanjones]

Or use a bike