Route from Clermont-Ferrand to Rouen
We are heading South through France this year and will probably end up in the Lot region south of Aurillac. Previously to get back to Paris via Rouen we have gone via Tulle then either Limoges-Chartres or Poitiers-Tours. Neither route is great so I am thinking of cutting back to the A75 towards Clermont then north.
My question is, does anybody have a sensible route which will take us towards Paris but then back out to Rouen (on the A13?). Having had several bad experiences trying to by-pass Paris many years ago, I’m a bit paranoid! Thanks in advance.
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Hitchglitch. I too keep well away from Paris. Unless you have a particular reason to go near Paris the route from Clermont to Rouen is: Clermont, A71 to Orleans, Chartres, Dreux, Evreux, Rouen. There are Supermarkets en route to fill up From Aurillac you could go up the A20 to Vierzon then follow the route via Orleans or go Vierzon, Tours and Le Mans to Rouen. I have done them all and they are all fine.
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Have done the Chartres route several times and hate it, hence the suggested alternative which looks fine on the map but not sure about how well it’s signed.
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Hitchglitch, It all depends where you are crossing the Channel and you didn’t say. If it’s from Caen back to Portsmouth then you don’t need to go anywhere near Orleans, Chartres or Rouen. Or Paris.
From your “somewhere south of Aurillac” if I were heading for Caen it would for me be a case of going via the Figeac by pass to join the A20 autoroute at junction 56 and heading north on that motorway to junction 13. Then using the D943 (which is decent) across to Tours, and then the A28 and A88 all the easy to Caen from there.
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Calais and prefer toll routes. Of course, we could navigate a route south then east of Paris to, say, Arras, but there is not much difference in distance.
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Approaching Paris on the A10 from Orleans and N10 from Rambouillet you can by pass Paris relatively easily on the west side using the N186 / N184. It’s the outermost ring road on that west side of the city.
The signposts up that road say St Gemain en Laye, Conflans Ste Honorine, and Cergy Pontoise - but much of it is dual carriageway and takes you directly up to join the A16 for Calais.I know you have a good map and can look at it in advance.
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Many thanks. I can see that on the map. Actually I could stay on the 184 and join the autoroute to Amiens.
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