South of France here we come
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Just started to plan a trip to St Tropez from Calais in M/Home. Two days planned to get there and then 10 days up the coast road to Monaco and then home again.I think a stop over at Lyon and then an easy drive into St Tropez the next morning looks favourite. Can you suggest a good route from experience and any idea of toll costs or where I can find out. I have been told that motorhomes over 3 metres high cost same as HGV but under 3 meters are same as a car, is this correct. If so I will take off my roof rack and be under the 3 metres. Can any one suggest a door alarm as we plan on staying at Aires if we can if nor wild camping and like the idea of some warning we are getting robbed.
This is probably a well travelled route so any help and idea's on the way down and once there would be good
This is probably a well travelled route so any help and idea's on the way down and once there would be good
we were thinking middle to end of September. I drag a race car all over so not worried about driving long distances. Looks to be about 900 miles from Calais. We easily do Calais to spa in Belgium 4 - 5 hours so two of us doing a stint each should be Lyon in a good 8 hours surely, no ?
77racing said:
oblio said:
Just need to buy some budgie smugglers now due to the rubbish French laws on swimming in trunks
what's that all about then, they making peado trunks obligatory Apparently its to do with hygiene: they think that trunks are unhygienic as they could have been used as shorts elsewhere before you go swimming...or some such!
Crazy law if you ask me
77racing said:
we were thinking middle to end of September. I drag a race car all over so not worried about driving long distances. Looks to be about 900 miles from Calais. We easily do Calais to spa in Belgium 4 - 5 hours so two of us doing a stint each should be Lyon in a good 8 hours surely, no ?
If it takes you 4 to 5 hours to drive 215 miles to Spa, then double that and more to Lyon (470ish) is more like 10 plus, no?It's perfectly doable, just not very enjoyable. In my opinion!
Be sure to visit
Valbonne (lots of restos...go to look around and have dinner)
Old mougins (lots of restos, art galleries, etc.
Eze (mountain top village)
Gorge de verdon
If you stop over night in tne camping place parc des Maurettes, you can walk to tne train station, and the trains go all along the coast to nice, juan les pins (bars at night), menton, etc etc.
Coast road from cannes going west is a nice drive along tne coast.
Valbonne (lots of restos...go to look around and have dinner)
Old mougins (lots of restos, art galleries, etc.
Eze (mountain top village)
Gorge de verdon
If you stop over night in tne camping place parc des Maurettes, you can walk to tne train station, and the trains go all along the coast to nice, juan les pins (bars at night), menton, etc etc.
Coast road from cannes going west is a nice drive along tne coast.
philv said:
Be sure to visit
Valbonne (lots of restos...go to look around and have dinner)
Old mougins (lots of restos, art galleries, etc.
Eze (mountain top village)
Gorge de verdon
If you stop over night in tne camping place parc des Maurettes, you can walk to tne train station, and the trains go all along the coast to nice, juan les pins (bars at night), menton, etc etc.
Coast road from cannes going west is a nice drive along tne coast.
we will be using the coast road from st tropez around to Monaco on our trusty DT50 moped. Just moving M home up as and when as the base.Valbonne (lots of restos...go to look around and have dinner)
Old mougins (lots of restos, art galleries, etc.
Eze (mountain top village)
Gorge de verdon
If you stop over night in tne camping place parc des Maurettes, you can walk to tne train station, and the trains go all along the coast to nice, juan les pins (bars at night), menton, etc etc.
Coast road from cannes going west is a nice drive along tne coast.
77racing said:
we were thinking middle to end of September. I drag a race car all over so not worried about driving long distances. Looks to be about 900 miles from Calais. We easily do Calais to spa in Belgium 4 - 5 hours so two of us doing a stint each should be Lyon in a good 8 hours surely, no ?
I thought drag racing tends to be over a 1/4 mile, not really a long distance compared to the Sth of France?77racing said:
we will be using the coast road from st tropez around to Monaco on our trusty DT50 moped. Just moving M home up as and when as the base.
If you have time have a look the other way, Cavaliere sur mer, Le lavendo and heyres are all worth a look as well and not as busy as the other waytight fart said:
I thought drag racing tends to be over a 1/4 mile, not really a long distance compared to the Sth of France?
Not a drag race, more an endurance.............................15451443315_e95852a88c_c by flat chat, on Flickr
77racing said:
Just started to plan a trip to St Tropez from Calais in M/Home. Two days planned to get there and then 10 days up the coast road to Monaco and then home again.I think a stop over at Lyon and then an easy drive into St Tropez the next morning looks favourite. Can you suggest a good route from experience and any idea of toll costs or where I can find out. I have been told that motorhomes over 3 metres high cost same as HGV but under 3 meters are same as a car, is this correct. If so I will take off my roof rack and be under the 3 metres. Can any one suggest a door alarm as we plan on staying at Aires if we can if nor wild camping and like the idea of some warning we are getting robbed.
This is probably a well travelled route so any help and idea's on the way down and once there would be good
https://www.viamichelin.co.uk/ is a good site for working out routes and gives you an accurate estimation of toll costs.This is probably a well travelled route so any help and idea's on the way down and once there would be good
Edited by bluelightbabe on Friday 17th March 12:50
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