| Driving to South of France 10:26 - Jul 25 with 1497 views | 1983 |
Any folks drove down to South of France ?
in September we are going via Rouen, Boudreaux then on to Montpellier |  |
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| Driving to South of France on 10:35 - Jul 25 with 1470 views | builthjack |
Done it quite a few times.
Unless you want to get there quickly avoid the motorways. They are boring.
Take a day or two longer and enjoy the French countryside and villages and towns. |  |
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| Driving to South of France on 10:40 - Jul 25 with 1464 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
I would endorse the thoughts on motorways. We have friends in southern France and drive down once a year to Albi and Foix. Take a couple of extra days and take in some provincial towns and villages. |  |
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| Driving to South of France on 10:50 - Jul 25 with 1454 views | Catullus |
| Driving to South of France on 10:35 - Jul 25 by builthjack |
Done it quite a few times.
Unless you want to get there quickly avoid the motorways. They are boring.
Take a day or two longer and enjoy the French countryside and villages and towns. |
Its always better to get off the beaten track.
The motorways are indeed boring, at many points I looked out and could see nothing but flat, featureless farmland as far as the eye could see. It was much better when we hit the mountains.
Rheims was nice though back then the Cathedral was covered in scaffold! It was 1991, we were on our way back from Monaco. |  |
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| Driving to South of France on 11:11 - Jul 25 with 1438 views | majorraglan |
Going back 45 years we are send to drive to Spain for a camping holiday in northern Spain, it was a very long but enjoyable experience, my abiding memory was good scenery, fruit sellers at the ride of the road selling boxes of peaches and corn fields.
I drove down to Toulouse a few years ago, I used a combination of motorway and the old route nationale roads. The former are boring but fast while the latter are slow, but scenic. If you have time to the old roads. A big chunk of the motorway through the middle is free, but the others are toll and the costs can be expensive. Via Michelin is a good route planner, but the times are based on driving at the speed limit so factor in extra time. | | | |
| Driving to South of France on 11:16 - Jul 25 with 1432 views | 1983 |
Thank you Gents
Driving doesn't really bother me got a nice big comfy car that will just eat up the miles a couple of podcasts job done 👠I drove across Costa Rica once minus a sat nav and only stopped once for a quick jimmy but it was like a journey from Top Gear! Plus we will have 2 dogs with us so don't really want them in the car for days on end.
We have a Gite booked for 10 days so we are giving ourselves 2 days down 2 days back
Rouen is our 1st stop over as my wife's great Uncle is buried there from WW1 so visiting his grave then stop over for 2nd night at Ponitier.
Then not sure about the 2 stop overs coming back up? Any advice going back? [Post edited 25 Jul 2022 11:21]
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| Driving to South of France on 11:55 - Jul 25 with 1406 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
Have not been for two years, last time the tolls roughly doubled our petrol bill, but avoid Paris and the motorways are mostly quiet. Depends on the route you take, we use A10 and A62, we usually pick an area that suits our intinery and do some searching on-line. | |
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| Driving to South of France on 12:36 - Jul 25 with 1397 views | onehunglow |
Yep,many times.
I ll dm you. | |
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| Driving to South of France on 13:05 - Jul 25 with 1379 views | onehunglow |
| Driving to South of France on 12:36 - Jul 25 by onehunglow |
Yep,many times.
I ll dm you. |
Well,having gone throigh my old routes I fing 1983 has me on ignore so unable to send message.
If you're reading this,DO NOT GO SCENIC ROUTE AS FRENCH TOWNS ARE NIGHTMARES.
You want some advice,you 're welcome to it. | |
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