Good Site for Paris
I'm sure this topic has probably been covered many times before but, not having looked at this discussion group before, I can see it would take me a very long time to search all the threads to find what I want. Forgive me if there is a 'seach' facility!!
What I'm looking for is a caravan site that will give reasonably easy access to Paris without going on the dreaded 'peripherique' (my husband has a complete phobia about it and would never forgive me). We don't want an all singing all dancing site necessarily,
in fact we prefer CL types, but do want to be able to get into Paris for a few days by train from the site without too much aggravation. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Camping International at Maisons Laffittes on the west side of Paris is the easiest to get to. Approach from the north on the A16 autoroute as far as junction 10, then the A184 which is mostly dual carriageway, although a rather narrow final approach via city streets at the very end.
But some reports say they don't accept twin axle caravans, so check if that applies to you .
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Thank you for your responses. I realise there are lots of sites listed but I really wanted a recommendation based on someone's experience, particularly in relation to access. If I take the hubby on a tricky route I'll never get him there again!! I will
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Having looked a bit further into this, I have found Camping Indigo Bois de Boulogne? I can see that it's very convenient for Paris but does anybody have any experience of the site, access, etc?
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The Bois de Boulogne is, of course, adjacent to the Periphique. I'm not sure whether the rigours of that or the streets of relatively central Paris are preferable. It's a long time since I did the Periphique with a van. Driving in Paris is always a bit reminiscent
of the bit in the Apostle's Creed - "the quick and the dead".0 -
Was at the Bois de Boulogne last week, first time was 40 years ago. The site is now geared towards caravans and motorhomes with statics as well. There is a shuttle bus which takes you 1.5 miles to the nearest zone 1 metro station. The facilities were immaculate
and we were overlooking the Seine. We certainly found it convenient not to have a long journey back to base.As for the peripherique, we arrived Sunday afternoon and left on the Wednesday morning after the rush hour. It is not as bad as you think. Having said that while in Central Paris we did see a van park in the traditional fashion by bouncing off the cars in
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Camping International at Maisons Laffittes on the west side of Paris is the easiest to get to. Approach from the north on the A16 autoroute as far as junction 10, then the A184 which is mostly dual carriageway, although a rather narrow final approach via city streets at the very end.
But some reports say they don't accept twin axle caravans, so check if that applies to you .
Write your comments here...We also found this site easier to reach than Camping Indigo
If you have an ACSI Camping Card the site at Maisons-Lafitte will cost you 19 euros per night including 15A ehu until 1st July and after 21st August. Camping Indigo will cost considerably more and, according to its website, ehu is 10 amps.
When staying at M-L we walked to the rail station for trips into central Paris and to Versailles.
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We have stayed at Camping des 4 Vents which is south east of Paris. Avoided the peripherique for the same reasons. It was close to a park and ride for a train into central Paris. Plesant site, huge pitches, clean and tidy. We used it for a couple of
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Thanks folks, that's certainly given me something to work on.
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