All the latest French motorhoming & aires news for November
Now available, our new guide:
The Best Aires in France 2021/ 22
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547 great aires including 67 former Municipal campsites that have been converted into aires
Images of some of the 'Best Aires'
MOTORHOME BOOKS
New!
Best Aires in France
2021/ 22
The Best Aires in France Guide has 547 of the best stopovers throughout France. The guide has over 400 pages, over 500 photos & 60 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......
New!
Great Motorhome Tours in France
The 50 Great Motorhome Tours in France guides have tours ranging from 1 to 6 days, visiting all the regions of either southern or 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...
Most Beautiful
Villages & Towns
in France
The 'Most Beautiful Villages & Towns in France by Motorhome' guide visits 275 of the villages listed as well as the towns noted as 'Small Towns of Character' together with the UNESCO World Heritage sites. Full details of each location together with info on a nearby stopover...
Best Places to Visit
& Stay in France
by Motorhome
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......
Historical Tours in France by Motorhome
The Historical Tours in France guide covers the 19 former regions of France, from Brittany in the north west to Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur in the south-east. These 45 history themed tours have been researched and planned for a motorhome, visiting locations that I hope you will find interesting & picturesque whilst transporting you back to a France of yesteryear. The tours range from times as recent as WWII, back through Napoleonic times to the middle ages & on to the Roman occupation of France........... More
Aires News
For news of the latest aires to open in France. click here
Campsites
For useful info on French campsites click here
Useful Info
Aire of the Month
Towns/ Villages
For details of the
"Small Towns of Character" in France, click here
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
Travel News
What's on in France
See what's on in France
this month .......
Latest News
For all the latest news on motorhoming in France,
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The Aire of the Month for November, 2020 is the municipal aire (above) in Villefranche de Rouergue in Aveyron (12). The aire is located on the south west edge of the town, in part of the municipal campsite “Camping du Rouergue”, next to the town sports ground where there are.............read more
The CampingCar magazine 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.
Whilst the CamperContact forum Aire of the Year, 2019 is the private aire in Orriule in Pyrenees Atlantiques (64) - go to the News Blog for details
For the latest travel news in France & traffic info for the Channel ports, click here
Fuel Prices
Latest French diesel prices, click here
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Latest News......
Recent news items in our News Blog
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Aires are still open - but empty
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Stay at a Campsite for Aire prices
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Brits were most flashed in 2019
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Watch Out! There's a mobile radar about
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Don't have an accident here!
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City speed limits reduced
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Trouble with the Ferries?
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Towns in France that require masks outdoors
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Come to France but bring your mask
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.
New Book visiting these sites now available - click here
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
