All the latest French motorhoming & aires news for February
A selection of some of the aires from our guide:
"The Best Aires in France 2019/ 2020"
MOTORHOME BOOKS
Best Aires in France
2019/ 20
The Best Aires in France Guide has 486 of the best stopovers throughout France. The guide has almost 400 pages, over 400 photos & 21 pages of maps. Each aire has a detailed description, services available, number of pitches, prices, local amenities, opening times, location, GPS coordinates, directions & a recent review..
Great Motorhome Tours in Southern France
The 50 Great Motorhome Tours in Southern France guide has tours ranging from 1 to 6 days, visiting all 8 regions of southern France with suggested locations for a stopover each night. Every tour has information on places of interest & local attractions with a map for each tour, photos & GPS coordinates...
Great Motorhome Tours in Northern France
The 50 Great Motorhome Tours in Northern France guide has tours ranging from 1 to 8 days, visiting all 10 regions of northern France with suggested locations for a stopover each night. Every tour has information on places of interest & local attractions with a map for each tour, photos & GPS coordinates...
Aires News
For news of the latest aires to open in France. click here
Useful Info
What's on in France
See what's on in France
this month .......
Latest News
For all the latest news on motorhoming in France,
click here
Aire of the Month
The Aire of the Month for February, 2020 is the municipal aire located on the west bank of the Allier River just across from the city of Moulins in the Allier (03) department of the Auvergne. The aire is in the former municipal camping where there are numerous level pitches on grass accessed by tarmac tracks some shaded & some in the open, all lit at night..........
The Aire of the Year, 2019 is the private aire in Surzur in Morbihan (56) in Brittany, to see a video of this aire click here
Places to Visit & Stay by Motorhome in France
The Best Places to Visit guides cover the 11 former Northern regions of France or the 8 regions of Southern France. Visiting some of their most popular & picturesque locations with the visits having been researched and planned for a motorhome, with suggested nearby stopovers at each location. Visits include the "Most Beautiful Villages in France", Towns of Art & History, museums, chateaux & much more. The places to stay are primarily at...
Best Aires
For a selection of some of the aires in our "Best Aires in France" guide, click here
Tours
Tours planned for motorhomes, click here
Towns/ Villages
For details of the
"Small Towns of Character" in France, click here
Campsites
For useful info on French campsites click here
For the latest travel news in France & traffic info for the Channel ports, click here
Travel News
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Fuel Prices
Latest French diesel prices, click here
Latest News......
Recent news items in our News Blog.
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French Roads return to 90 kms/ hour?
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CampingCarPark aires increase prices
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Gastroentiritis epidemic hits France
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Watch out for Hunters!
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See how the new French speed cameras work
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Breathalysers no longer required
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Snow chains in France
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Aire of the Year 2019
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New French traffic laws in 2019
to read any of the above news items, click here
Most Beautiful Towns
and Villages in France
Visit some of the most picturesque locations in France......
"Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" are 157 small villages with a rich natural heritage & at least two buildings listed as historic monuments.
"Little Towns of Character" are 148 small communes that have a rich architectural heritage & buildings of historical interest. Many of these locations also have an aire - see here for details.
World Heritage sites in France
France has 45 sites that are on the UNESCO World Heritage list
UNESCO has listed 45 locations in France that are nominated as World Heritage sites, these include;
Cathedrals such as Amiens, Chartres & Bourges
Prehistoric sites, dwellings & caves
Roman monuments, theatres & aqueducts
Fortifications built by the military engineer Vauban
Chateaux of the Loire valley
Palaces at Versailles & Fontainebleu
The abbeys of Mont Saint Michel & Fontenay
The chain of volcanoes in the Massif Central
The banks of the Seine & Notre-Dame in Paris
The towns of Carcassonne, Provins, Albi & Strasbourg
.....& many more, see here