First time to France?????

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  • The Delves Jivers
    The Delves Jivers Forum Participant Posts: 12
    edited February 2018 #32

    I don't think it has been mentioned above, when travelling on the motorways  I have always found that there plenty of 'aires' these vary but generally take the form of  picnic like areas with basic toilet, although there are some larger ones, more a kin to the services in the UK.

    Happy touring.

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  • Hedgehurst
    Hedgehurst Forum Participant Posts: 576
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    edited February 2018 #34

    Please may I borrow this thread to ask a question about the C&MC French Guide mentioned by JohnM20?  We've already got the Michelin Camping Guide for this year & will have the ACSI card & book too, so will have enough info about sites. There's such a thing as buying too many guide books, and it gets expensive! Does the C&MC Guide contain enough info about the driving and other aspects not already on this website to make the book worth buying just for that?
    Thanks.

  • Vicmallows
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    edited February 2018 #35

    Not really.   It's the same generic info that you can find readily on here  or on the web. ACSI has all the basic details anyway.

  • Oneputt
    Oneputt Club Member Posts: 9,145 ✭✭✭
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    edited February 2018 #36

    Brittany has some lovely beaches and ferry from Poole to Cherbourg is a doddle.  You can even park on Poole ferry port with safety and get coffee and bacon rolls before boarding.

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  • JohnM20
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    edited February 2018 #38

    I think you have hit the nail on the head, the ACSI hand book is very basic.  I have found the GPS reference numbers to be more accurate in Touring France and the site description and route to it far clearer in many cases. There is also member's opinion of the site which has proved useful many times such as a good night halt (NH) or "a lot of road noise" etc, aspects which ACSI does not publish. There is nothing in the ACSI handbook about basic things that one might want to know about caravanning in France, especially for the first timer so I would still say it is worth the £15.00. Reference to it might be a benefit whilst on holiday. I haven't used the Michelin sites book so cannot comment on that.

  • eurortraveller
    eurortraveller Club Member Posts: 6,830 ✭✭✭
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    edited February 2018 #39

    For those who simply book a destination site, driving directly there and directly back, I would say they don't need the Club's Touring Europe guides  And for those who think that the ACSI Camping Card will take them to all the right places where all the herd goes the same applies. 

    But I can honestly say that the Club guides - despite being often out of date are packed with snippets of information from other Club members and are my travelling touring bibles - for pointers to off beat campsites, for directions of how to get to them, for clues about what they are really like, for information about which mountain passes not to attempt, and all the rest. I never travel without them. 

     

     

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  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited February 2018 #41

    I've already got the ACSI book plus the Camperstop Europe aires guide. Now I'm wondering if I should shell out for the Club's guide as well.

  • Hedgehurst
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    edited February 2018 #42

    Le Guide de Club seems like a good buy, then... smile Thanks.
    And thanks for allowing the diversion. Meanwhile we still wouldn't go without the Michelin Guide - maybe 'cos we prefer books to constant internetting! We've used it ever since our first trip, when a caravan was years away from even seeming desirable, let alone possible!

    Hope this is still all reassuringly useful stuff, Bonbons.

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