50 GREAT MOTORHOME TOURS IN FRANCE, £11.99 each

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     France is the perfect country to visit in a motorhome, RV or campervan. The roads are often traffic free, there are almost 10,000 campsites and over 4,000 aires, the car parks are mainly free and, unlike in the UK, overnight parking in a motorhome is subject to few restrictions. In addition to the above, France is the most visited tourist destination in the world, with many historic towns and villages, great beaches, picturesque mountain scenery and much more. Two books of Motorhome Tours are available covering Northern & Southern France.

      The 50 Great Motorhome Tours in Northern France guide covers the 10 "old" regions of Alsace, Brittany, Burgundy, Centre, Champagne-Ardennes, Franche-Comte, Normandy, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays-de-la-Loire and Picardy. This is roughly the area north of a line drawn from La Rochelle in the west to Lons-le-Saunier in the east. Tours range from 1 to 8 days in length.

      The 50 Great Motorhome Tours in Southern France guide covers the 8 "old" regions of France; Auvergne & Rhone-Alpes (now one region), Languedoc – Roussillon & Midi-Pyrenees (now called Occitanie), Aquitaine, Limousin & Poitou-Charente (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine) & Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur (PACA). This is roughly the area south of the line drawn from La Rochelle in the west to Lons-le-Saunier in the east. Tours range from 1 to 6 days in length.

     The tours have been researched and planned for a motorhome, visiting locations that I hope you will find interesting and picturesque. Unfortunately the majority of campsites in France tend to open only during the summer months, with some of the Municipal campsites only opening in July and August. This would tend to restrict the timing of these tours, so they have primarily been planned using all-year-round aires as stopover places – with alternative campsites suggested, if preferred (and if they are open). As some ‘motorhomers' may never have stayed at an Aire de Services, there is a chapter explaining their facilities and how to use them.

     The guidebooks have detailed descriptions of each location visited together with tourist information, route maps, photos, detailed directions & GPS coordinates. Full information is given on each aire visited as well as a review, facilities, prices, opening times as well as alternative nearby campsites. Examples of a tour from each of the two books can be found in the Motorhome Tours page & see below for the indexes of the guides.

The Northern Guide contains over 350 pages, over 200 photos & 50 pages of maps, whilst the Southern Guide contains over 320 pages, over 150 photos & 50 pages of maps. Each book has:

• Detailed descriptions & Reviews of stopovers

• Services available & No. of pitches

• GPS Coordinates & Directions

• Photos & Location Maps

• Opening times & Prices

• 50 Detailed Tours

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REVIEWS from verified Amazon Customers:

     "I've been touring France for 30 years and wish I'd

had a copy of this book back then. Even if you don't

follow the actual tours it ensures you don't miss

important locations when you are in an area. I'm

looking at going back to a few of the areas covered

by the tours just to see the bits I missed."   Bill McKay

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     "I got the guide some time ago and while

I've not been to France for a couple of

years I found the layout and information

to be invaluable to anyone touring the area

without being first very familiar with it."

    Darrell Monteith

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     "Lots of great trips by region and different lengths from 3 to 8 days. The routes planned are well thought out and there is lots of information on where the aires are and alternative camp sites if you need them." Liz R.

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     "Would certainly recommend this book, have done one of the routes in Normandy and have a couple of trips planned this summer".      Roger Tong

 

"50 NORTHERN TOURS" INDEX:

​Foreword,   Types of service points,    Staying at an aire

ALSACE

1) 7 Day Tour – Strasbourg & Southern Alsace           2) 5 Day Tour – Strasbourg & Northern Alsace            3) 6 Day Tour – The Vosges Mountains 

4) 5 Day Tour – Maginot Line & Northern Vosges

BRITTANY

5) 5 Day Tour – Mont St Michel to Gulf of Morbihan      6) 6 Day Tour – Rennes to Pink Granite Coast       7) 4 Day Tour – Nantes to Carnac & Quimper

8) 8 Day Tour – Most Beautiful Towns & Villages 

BURGUNDY

9) 4 Day Tour – Cathedrals & Churches of North Burgundy     10) 5 Day Tour – Chateaux around Auxerre      11) 2 Day Tour – Potteries of North Burgundy

12) 3 Day Tour – Abbeys around Auxerre        13) 2 Day Tour – Burgundy Vineyards            14) 3 Day Tour – Crypts, Caves & Tunnels   

15) 3 Day Tour – Apothecaries & Old Hospitals       16) 5 Day Tour – Chateaux of South Burgundy           17) 3 Day Tour – Wines of the Cote d'Or

18) 4 Day Tour – Dijon & surroundings

CENTRE

19) 5 Day Tour – Towns & Chateaux around Tours      20) 4 Day Tour – Chartres & surroundings 21) 3 Day Tour – Vendome & the Loir 

22) 4 Day Tour – Nancay to Bourges      23) 6 Day Tour – Montargis to Beaugency         24) 4 Day Tour – Blois to Chambord

25) 5 Day Tour – Richelieu to Amboise       26) 7 Day Tour – Azay le Rideau to Montlouis sur Loire      27) 3 Day Tour – Grand Pressigny to Eguzon 

28) 5 Day Tour – Joan of Arc sites along the Loire

CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNES

29) 4 Day Tour – Fortresses of the Ardennes           30) 3 Day Tour – Abbeys of the Ardennes Forests    31) 2 Day Tour – Fortified Churches Tour 

32) 3 Day Tour – Reims & surroundings         33) 5 Day Tour – Reims & the Champagne Vineyards       34) 3 Day Tour – Cistercian Abbeys of Haute-Marne

FRANCHE-COMTE

35) 6 Day Tour – Most Beautiful Towns & Villages

NORMANDY

36) 4 Day Tour – The Impressionists Tour          37) 5 Day Tour – Chateaux, Parks & Gardens            38) 5 Day Tour – Cathedrals & Abbeys

39) 4 Day Tour – Operation Overlord Tour         40) 3 Day Tour – Omaha Beach Tour        41) 3 Day Tour – Utah Beach to Cherbourg

NORD-PAS-DE-CALAIS

42) 3 Day Tour – Fortified Towns around Calais           43) 4 Day Tour – Fortified Towns around Lille

PAYS DE LA LOIRE

44) 5 Day Tour – Nantes to St Nazaire          45) 5 Day Tour – Most Beautiful Towns & Villages      46) 4 Day Tour – Vendee Coast & L'Ile d'Yeu

PICARDY

47) 1 Day Tour – The“Chemin des Dames” Tour      48) 4 Day Tour – Laon to Soissons         49) 2 Day Tour – Fortified Churches Tour 339

50) 2 Day Tour – Somme Remembrance Tour

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"50 SOUTHERN TOURS" INDEX:

​Foreword,   Types of service points,    Staying at an aire

AQUITAINE

1) 5 Day Tour – Basque Coast & Adour Valley      2) 3 Day Tour – Pau & the Bearn Adour Province       3) 4 Day Tour – Pau & Lourdes

4) 2 Day Tour – Ossau Valley          5) 4 Day Tour – Jurancon to the Spanish Border           6) 3 Day Tour – St Jean Pied de Port & the Pilgrims Route

7) 3 Day Tour – Aspe Valley           8) 2 Day Tour – Basse Navarre Province                       9) 4 Day Tour – Dordogne Valley (West)

AUVERGNE

10) 3 Day Tour – Chateaux of the Cantal       11) 2 Day Tour – Chateaux of the Haute Loire         12) 4 Day Tour – Chateaux of the Puy de Dome

13) 4 Day Tour – Most Beautiful Villages in the Auvergne

LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON

14) 2 Day Tour – Tarn Gorges               15) 2 Day Tour – Causse de Sauveterre Trail                         16) 2 Day Tour – Lot & Truyere Trail

17) 4 Day Tour – Ardeche Gorges & Villages of the Ceze          18) 2 Day Tour – Villages of the Tet Valley            19) 4 Day Tour – Chateaux of the Cathars

20) 2 Day Tour – Via Domitia: Montpellier to Perpignan              21) 4 Day Tour – Via Domitia: Pont du Gard to Nimes

LIMOUSIN

22) 4 Day Tour – Richard the Lionheart Route            23) 3 Day Tour – Most Beautiful Villages in the Correze

MIDI-PYRENEES

24) 3 Day Tour – Bastides of Gascony            25) 2 Day Tour – Bastides around Albi                           26) 3 Day Tour – The Artists Tour

27) 3 Day Tour – Religious Sites                28) 2 Day Tour – Most Beautiful Towns & Villages                 29) 2 Day Tour – Causse de Quercy

30) 2 Day Tour – Carennac to Cahors                    31) 3 Day Tour – Bouriane Region                           32) 3 Day Tour – Dordogne Valley (East)

33) 4 Day Tour – Rocamadour & the Quercy                     34) 5 Day Tour – Lot & Cele Valleys                  35) 2 Day Tour – Quercy Blanc 

PACA

36) 3 Day Tour – Upper Vaucluse        37) 6 Day Tour – Verdon Gorges & Haute Provence Villages            38) 2 Day Tour – Via Julia Augusta Roman Road

39) 5 Day Tour – Historic Towns of Vaucluse                40) 4 Day Tour – Most Beautiful Towns & Villages                   41) 3 Day Tour – Cote d'Azur

42) 3 Day Tour – The Vaucluse Lavender Route

POITOU-CHARENTE

43) 3 Day Tour – Vienne Valley       44) 3 Day Tour – East of Angouleme          45) 3 Day Tour – Southern Charente         46) 1 Day Tour – Around Angouleme

RHONE-ALPES

47) 6 Day Tour – Route des Grandes Alpes            48) 4 Day Tour – Lyon, Vienne & St Etienne                49) 3 Day Tour – Route Napoleon

50) 4 Day Tour – Roanne & Loire Valley