3 day road trip to France
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Hi there , having just purchase a lovely Renault 5 gt turbo I’m thinking of doing a 3 day road trip to France via the euro star. Any suggestions on nice roads and towns that would fit in over 3 days? Don’t mind 3/4 hours driving each day . Would like some typical French villages and not all the tourist traps etc . Thanks in advance
pugboy84 said:
Hi there , having just purchase a lovely Renault 5 gt turbo I m thinking of doing a 3 day road trip to France via the euro star. Any suggestions on nice roads and towns that would fit in over 3 days? Don t mind 3/4 hours driving each day . Would like some typical French villages and not all the tourist traps etc . Thanks in advance
Now this has really bought the memories flooding back !
In July 93, I drove my 86 R5 flat out ( seen here in the Peak District ) with ex wife & loaded up with camping gear and 2 cycles lashed to a Halfrauds carrier, all the way to St. Tropez, via the Somme and then the Route Napoleon, where we had a superb tear up with a local in his white 911 3.2 Carrera, he knew the roads and I didn’t so we had to let him go past in the end. And then back to Calais. The French absolutely loved my 5 !
If you had more time, then I would say go down to Grenoble and hit the Route Napoleon, down through Gap, Sisteron, Gorge Du Verdon and on to St. Tropez.
As for your trip, consider going down to Sully Sur Loire, it’s about 4 1/2 hours from Calais ( I never use the tunnel, ferry only for me ) there is a lovely camp site there on the opposite bank of the river, or an air b&b or the hotel there. From Sully plot a route towards Basle ( avoiding the auto route )
I did the journey in Sept 23 in my TD-5 towing a small trailer from Basle to Sully. The roads are awesome, very quiet, particularly early in the morning. Plenty of deserted Aires to stop and make a brew at as well. Highlight was a 993 out for an early morning hoon, who flew past us as we were putting the kettle on ! You could swing south to Avalon and head down into the Morvan ( where the SAS were based in WW2.
I m hoping to do the journey on my early R1 in September.
Edited by SS427 Camaro on Friday 11th July 02:19
pugboy84 said:
Hi there , having just purchase a lovely Renault 5 gt turbo I m thinking of doing a 3 day road trip to France via the euro star. Any suggestions on nice roads and towns that would fit in over 3 days? Don t mind 3/4 hours driving each day . Would like some typical French villages and not all the tourist traps etc . Thanks in advance
Do you really need asking, it should be obvious, unless your called Misty......., come on……………….!I’ve no suggestions, but a fast Frenchie in France, sounds excellent, enjoy the trip, don't forget to post some pics.
SS427 Camaro said:
pugboy84 said:
Hi there , having just purchase a lovely Renault 5 gt turbo I m thinking of doing a 3 day road trip to France via the euro star. Any suggestions on nice roads and towns that would fit in over 3 days? Don t mind 3/4 hours driving each day . Would like some typical French villages and not all the tourist traps etc . Thanks in advance
Now this has really bought the memories flooding back !
In July 93, I drove my 86 R5 flat out ( seen here in the Peak District ) with ex wife & loaded up with camping gear and 2 cycles lashed to a Halfrauds carrier, all the way to St. Tropez, via the Somme and then the Route Napoleon, where we had a superb tear up with a local in his white 911 3.2 Carrera, he knew the roads and I didn t so we had to let him go past in the end. And then back to Calais. The French absolutely loved my 5 !
If you had more time, then I would say go down to Grenoble and hit the Route Napoleon, down through Gap, Sisteron, Gorge Du Verdon and on to St. Tropez.
As for your trip, consider going down to Sully Sur Loire, it s about 4 1/2 hours from Calais ( I never use the tunnel, ferry only for me ) there is a lovely camp site there on the opposite bank of the river, or an air b&b or the hotel there. From Sully plot a route towards Basle ( avoiding the auto route )
I did the journey in Sept 23 in my TD-5 towing a small trailer from Basle to Sully. The roads are awesome, very quiet, particularly early in the morning. Plenty of deserted Aires to stop and make a brew at as well. Highlight was a 993 out for an early morning hoon, who flew past us as we were putting the kettle on ! You could swing south to Avalon and head down into the Morvan ( where the SAS were based in WW2.
I m hoping to do the journey on my early R1 in September.
Edited by SS427 Camaro on Friday 11th July 02:19
Have walked past the mentioned camp site a few times and it looks superb.
Have a fantastic trip.
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