Road Trips
Paris to Nantes via Tours Roadtrip
The inland areas of France used to be overlooked in favour of the seaside resorts, now the Loire valley is just as popular due its wonderful Château, mouth-watering cuisine, and delightful sparking wines. This route assumes you’re already spent a fair amount of time in Paris, have done all those important tourist sights, and discovered the delights of the périphérique (hopefully not in your motorhome rental or campervan hire), and now you’re ready to move on to some open roads and pleasant countryside.Pont Wilson, Tours Photo by Tango7174 (wikimedia commons)Day 1.Head south from the city towards Chartres, this is...
Paris to Nantes via Tours Roadtrip
The inland areas of France used to be overlooked in favour of the seaside resorts, now the Loire valley is just as popular due its wonderful Château, mouth-watering cuisine, and delightful sparking wines. This route assumes you’re already spent a fair amount of time in Paris, have done all those important tourist sights, and discovered the delights of the périphérique (hopefully not in your motorhome rental or campervan hire), and now you’re ready to move on to some open roads and pleasant countryside.Pont Wilson, Tours Photo by Tango7174 (wikimedia commons)Day 1.Head south from the city towards Chartres, this is...Paris to Marseille via Lyon Roadtrip
When you travel from the chic boutiques of Paris to the sunny port of Marseille you notice an enormous difference, in not only the weather, but the architecture and way of life too. If you took the Autoroute and blasted your way to the south you could get there pretty quickly, but you would certainly sacrifice visiting some pretty towns and villages along the way. This route gives you the best of both worlds, a few toll roads where the surroundings aren’t quite so interesting, and a few twisting and turning smaller roads, to test those driving skills...
Montpellier to Marseille to Nice Roadtrip
The journey between Montpellier and Nice is only a short one, but it’s very different to the forests and mountains further north, here you will pass many Étang or lakes, and you’ll also notice a difference in the temperature, cuisine, and the buildings. So, jump in and enjoy your motorhome rental or campervan hire trip between Montpellier to NiceView of the "Petit Nice" on the Corniche, Marseille Photo by Jddmano (wikimedia commons)Day 1.Leave Montpellier heading west on the N113, after Vauvert you will start to notice the lakes start to come into view. If you need a quick...
Paris to Marseille via Lyon Roadtrip
When you travel from the chic boutiques of Paris to the sunny port of Marseille you notice an enormous difference, in not only the weather, but the architecture and way of life too. If you took the Autoroute and blasted your way to the south you could get there pretty quickly, but you would certainly sacrifice visiting some pretty towns and villages along the way. This route gives you the best of both worlds, a few toll roads where the surroundings aren’t quite so interesting, and a few twisting and turning smaller roads, to test those driving skills...Bordeaux to Toulouse to Montpellier Roadtrip
On this route you’ll pass though some places which you’ve probably heard of, big clue…smell, and parts of it are going to cause great hilarity, but as you’re old enough to drive you should be more adult about places with funny names; you’ll see.Place de la Comédie, MontpellierPhoto by Fritz Geller-Grimm (wikimedia commons)Day 1.You’ve visited the Musée d'Aquitaine and the Porte des Salinières, and now its time to leave Bordeaux and the west coast for Montpellier. Take the D10 which roughly follows the same route as the Autoroute until Langon. On your left will be the vineyards of...