2023 French road trip.
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we did that at 4am last summer, thought the height restriction was for a toll booth and in all fairness it went under but then spent the next however many miles paranoid I’d drive over anything thicker than a sheet of a4 paper and wedge the van. But hay ho made it out in one piece
We're here at the moment. Arrived in late July and drove down to the Loire Valley for my little brother's 50th and have completely winged it since - currently in Millau, which is one of my favourite places in France - before heading back to the shuttle on Sunday. We decided to run late/over night for a 4:30am crossing as the weather in Northern France wasn't looking great and to make the most of our time over here in the sunshine.
Our route so far - all 2900 miles of it - has been
Luche Pringe (Loire Valley)
Perpignan
Somewhere between Valencia & Barcelona on the coast for a few days
A beautiful campsite in the mountains half way across Spain
Over to mid Portugal for a few days - we had thought about staying for a while but it was freezing cold and the beaches were red flagged where we were and the south of Portugal appeared to be on fire
Back to Valencia for a few more days
Barcelona for a few days
Millau
As above we haven't really had a plan - heading where the weather looked the best - and haven't pre-booked anywhere. We've used pitch-up a few times others we've used google and just called to see if they have space. The only place we had any trouble finding anywhere was Portugal, although in the end we found a fantastic Municipal site for around €20 per night. In fact, it's been somewhere between €20 & €40 all the way, with Spain being the higher priced.
Currently sat here with the temps in the late 20s, a cold beer in hand and planning the next trip
Our route so far - all 2900 miles of it - has been
Luche Pringe (Loire Valley)
Perpignan
Somewhere between Valencia & Barcelona on the coast for a few days
A beautiful campsite in the mountains half way across Spain
Over to mid Portugal for a few days - we had thought about staying for a while but it was freezing cold and the beaches were red flagged where we were and the south of Portugal appeared to be on fire
Back to Valencia for a few more days
Barcelona for a few days
Millau
As above we haven't really had a plan - heading where the weather looked the best - and haven't pre-booked anywhere. We've used pitch-up a few times others we've used google and just called to see if they have space. The only place we had any trouble finding anywhere was Portugal, although in the end we found a fantastic Municipal site for around €20 per night. In fact, it's been somewhere between €20 & €40 all the way, with Spain being the higher priced.
Currently sat here with the temps in the late 20s, a cold beer in hand and planning the next trip
Old town Le Mans is well worth a visit, history on view all the way back to Roman times and maybe beyond but all in use.
We’re at Yelloh Village Port’Land now. The private facilities on the premium pitches really are excellent - toilet, shower, sink plus a fridge (unexpected but very useful vs the small fridge in the van) and another sink for dishwashing. Immaculate condition too, this is like campervanning with a dash of glamping, perfect! The site overall is great - staff are friendly, bar/restaurant is good enough when needed and it’s superbly located for everything related to D-Day history. Would definitely recommend it and will also be seeking out other sites with these private facilities.
Yes once you experience the private bathrooms you do get use to it. How is busy is it there now?
It’s busy, I’d say about 90% occupied. But it doesn’t seem busy, if that makes sense. It’s a good site, well run and maintained. Like most Yelloh Village sites we’ve experienced over the years actually.
TBH a lot of youtubers we follow that are currently in France the weather has look pretty shit so could be worse could be cooking in the cold and rain.
Going up Mont Ventoux? Bedoin and Malaucene on either side of it are lovely villages for a lunch stop.....
You know, we have made absolutely no plans at all, but thank you. We were toying with just setting up the van and not moving it for 5 nights, lol.
We were just up the road from Brantome last year and had a lovely couple of days doing not much there. Lovely mini Venice
Oh guys stop it. Want to go back right now.
I love Bordeaux. It is one of my favourite cities, though not been in the van and stayed in hotels only.
bordeaux colour by Nigel G, on Flickr
bordeaux colour by Nigel G, on Flickr
Cheers for the recommendation. Going to go into Brantome tomorrow. Impressed so far with the site
