France? Where to go?
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I am off to frenchland on Sunday and have no plans other than first 2 nights in Amiens and a return ferry booked for 25th August.
I have a tent and some money for wine, cheese, bread and diesel. Beyond this no other plans can any PH'ers suggest some interesting bits to go to, I have exhausted the bits around Paris and Normandy and Brittany but have never ventured far south.
I have a tent and some money for wine, cheese, bread and diesel. Beyond this no other plans can any PH'ers suggest some interesting bits to go to, I have exhausted the bits around Paris and Normandy and Brittany but have never ventured far south.
Burgundy does it for me.
Did you know that France has 107 people per square kilometre as opposed to 240 in the UK.
Two weeks ago I left the Hotel in which I was staying near Vezelay and drove at quite some pace for 21 miles before seeing another moving vehicle. This was at 10.30 on a Monday morning.
Marvelous.
They've been known to produce some fairly good wine as well.
I really would pack up and bugger off tomorrow, but Mrs Curn likes the UK.
Did you know that France has 107 people per square kilometre as opposed to 240 in the UK.
Two weeks ago I left the Hotel in which I was staying near Vezelay and drove at quite some pace for 21 miles before seeing another moving vehicle. This was at 10.30 on a Monday morning.
Marvelous.
They've been known to produce some fairly good wine as well.
I really would pack up and bugger off tomorrow, but Mrs Curn likes the UK.
sprint355 said:
Carcasonne, I'll be there from Monday, great roads, fine wine and drop dead hot. Cathar Castles galore, did I mention the roads and wine. 
my ex was from there, the castle was awesome! Beautiful part of the country My favourite part of the country is Arcachon, it's where the french celebrities go on holiday and it has some of the largest sand dunes in Europe
Thread here about my recent trip to the South of France with details of good roads
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...
sprint355 said:
Carcasonne, I'll be there from Monday, great roads, fine wine and drop dead hot. Cathar Castles galore, did I mention the roads and wine.
Seconded. Lovely place to be based for a holiday . Go and immerse yourself in the medieval city (where they filmed 'Robin Hood Prince of Thieves' for a start) for a day, and have a look around the 'new town' as well before touring the region. A long haul by road, but you can fly there cheaply - Liverpool to Carcassonne return was £41 in June.
Saumur is a great spot to pitch up. There's a camp site in an island in the middle of the river running through the middle of the town and some of the pitches have great views of the castle, which is lit up at night. If you click this link then you can see it on the island, in the eastern corner, past the stadium.
It's right in the Loire Valley and is about half an hour from a whole load of vineyards. When we were over in May we just drove up and down the roads going through the middle of the vines and looked for signs saying they were open. We went in the first one we came to and they were just about to give a tour round the whole place. We tagged on the group and got a free tasting at the end too! I had the first bottle I got from them last night and it was just as good as I remembered.
There's a massive tank museum in Saumur too, which was odd!
Anyway, this was take right next to the castle, looking back across the river.
It's right in the Loire Valley and is about half an hour from a whole load of vineyards. When we were over in May we just drove up and down the roads going through the middle of the vines and looked for signs saying they were open. We went in the first one we came to and they were just about to give a tour round the whole place. We tagged on the group and got a free tasting at the end too! I had the first bottle I got from them last night and it was just as good as I remembered.
There's a massive tank museum in Saumur too, which was odd!
Anyway, this was take right next to the castle, looking back across the river.
only 3 hours of work left and football season tomorrow before I go on Holiday.Thanks for the suggestions guys, had looked at Monaco and the Route Napoleon but decided against it as I would pine for something open topped and powerful if I did that.
The loire valley look great and I was already thinking of checking Champagne out too.
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