France by Road....

[WinkleHoff]

Hi All.

Last year I drove my wife and 1 yr old son to the Loire Valley Region. Are there any other pleasant regions worth visiting within a similar kind of driving radius?

Recommendations most welcome.

[PositronicRay]

Where are you starting from?

[964Cup]

Normandy - the D-Day beaches & museum, Deauville, Honfleur, Rouen cathedral, Falaise (William the Conqueror's original castle - there's another in Caen), Chateau de Crevecoeur (medieval recreation), Suisse Normande countryside, cheese (Camembert, Livarot, Pont-l'Eveque), cider, pommeau & calvados.

About 3 hours from Calais.

[WinkleHoff]

PositronicRay said:

Where are you starting from?

Could be Le Havre or Calais.

[PositronicRay]

From Le Havre you could go to Brittany and from Calais you could go towards Ardennes, Luxembourg, Strasbourg and Alsace.

[Ynox]

Vendee? Spent many a childhood summer there and enjoyed it. Not too bad a drive really either - could take the ferry from Portsmouth to St Malo to cut off a fair chunk of drive south.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

St Malo is nice. Normandy en route is interesting & emotional. We like St Martin de Re on the Isle de Re