French aires theft -11/01/17
Last aires on motorway just before it splits to marseilles/barcelona,WATCH OUT I got my door lock forced at 4/30 am ,got woken up and saw the thief running away as I put on the lights ,took me a day to get my lock fixed and had to leave it open on all stops until it was mended
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Hope you're all ok.
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Even a lot of years ago, when we used to use what we call 'The Rhone Valley route' it was advised not to stay on any motorway aires once you got about as far as Macon, because there were reports of robberies happening on these aires. Obviously this is still happening, and as others have said it's best to find an overnight site or if you're in a motorhome, go off the motorway into a small village Aire de service Camping Car to stay overnight.
Spreadsheets can be downloaded from Archies Camping and is an add on to the all the POI's which can be downloaded for every campsite for those like us who don't rely on smartphones or internet. This part of the website (accessed via the bottom right hand corner of the Home Page) is useful for those looking for overnight sites along all the major routes through Europe. Sites which open all year are generally highlighted in red, though Archie hasn't actually done them all on this section of the sheet. Please use this website to find campsites which are within a short distance of the autoroute, rather than potentially putting yourself at risk staying on autoroute aires in that area.
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It is interesting that there is currently another thread which is advising people of locations of 'aires' to stop at. It may be that some are talking about the motor home only with services type and others the autoroute rest areas.
We have never stopped anywhere other than a campsite apart from one occasion when I pulled over, into a lay by, for a short rest having been delayed disembarking and missing the cut off to access the site.
It is obviously a personal choice but using aires is not for us, for many reasons, but we would be doing that even if we were unaware of the issues mentioned here.
Frinds are now in Spain having traveled through France. They stopped at three motor home aires, two in France and one in Spain, posting pictures on Facebook, and at two were the only ones there.
My wife was quite clear that she would not wish to be parked up overnight in those circumstances.
We are caravaners and that reduces the options and, perhaps, is sometimes the reason that people may use places out of season that they might not in other circumstances.
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