Calais to La Rochelle

[Garett]

In June me and the good lady are planning a trip to France. We'll be driving in my car and catching the ferry across from Dover-Calais as all the other Ferries are ridiculously expensive.

Now I have no experience of driving abroad, the missus does a bit, so we don't really know what costs are for toll roads and the like. Does anyone know how much we should set aside for tolls on the route suggested by google or find a better route? It takes us past Le Mans so I'm sure its a route familiar with the PH community!

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&a...

With a bit of luck I might even be able to get there on a single tank of fuel!

Thanks

[Stu R]

http://www.theaa.com/allaboutcars/overseas/europea...

Toll roads are dull as ditchwater, but they'll get you there quick and easily. The roads up north are pretty crap, generally for toll roads there's normal non-toll roads running near enough parallel so you've got a non-toll option.

[Garett]

Thanks for that, toll roads might be a bit dull but when we're travelling that far its probably best to take the quickest route. We will probably be breaking the journey up anyway as its 5 hours to Dover then a 7 hour drive across France for us!

[Stu R]

Normally takes me around 5 hours to do Calais to La Rochelle for what it's worth. That's without going silly or anything

[Garett]

Ok cool thats good to know, just going off what Mr.Google is telling me! Looks like the only toll is between Rouen and Le Mans €18 from what I can tell.

If I'm passing Le Mans is there anything cool to stop and see there? It'll be about a fortnight before the race when we're there.

[G Man]

If you looked in the Roads Wiki there is http://www.viamichelin.co.uk

Which gives you the exact toll amount if you plug your destination in which tends to be accurate ... €45 accordingly

[silverthorn2151]

I popped Calais and La Rochelle into www.mappy.com

Gives you a full roadbook for your journey and you cn tweak it to avoid tolls add waypoints etc.

Good site all in all and this is what it gave me.

http://en.mappy.com/#d%5B%5D=Calais,+62100,+Nord-P...