HISTORICAL TOURS IN FRANCE BY MOTORHOME, £11.99

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      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.

      Some of the 45 tours have previously been published in either my Northern or Southern France tours guides, but this book contains 19 new tours & the previously published tours have all been updated & revised.

     The tours have been researched and planned for a motorhome but 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.

     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. 

     The guidebook has 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 the book can be found in the Motorhome Tours page & see below for the index of the guide.

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The Guide contains 45 Tours, over 360 pages, over 200 photos & 45 pages of maps. The book has:

• Detailed descriptions & Reviews of stopovers

• Services available & No. of pitches

• GPS Coordinates & Directions

• Photos & Location Maps

• Opening times & Prices

• 45 Detailed Tours​

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"HISTORICAL TOURS" INDEX:

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​Foreword   

Types of service points
Staying at an aire

 

NORTHERN FRANCE 

(The regions are listed in geographical order from West to East & North to South)

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Brittany

1) ART & HISTORY OF COTES D’ARMOR 

2) MEDIEVAL TOWNS & VILLAGES OF BRITTANY

Normandy

3) OPERATION OVERLORD

4) OMAHA BEACHES TOUR 

5) UTAH BEACH TO CHERBOURG 

6) IMPRESSIONIST ARTISTS TOUR

Picardy

7) CHEMIN DES DAMES TOUR 

8) SOMME REMEMBRANCE TOUR 

9) FORTIFIED CHURCHES TOUR

Nord-Pas-de-Calais

10) VAUBAN FORTIFICAIONS TOUR 

Ile-de-France

11) MIDDLE AGES ROUTE IN SEINE ET MARNE

Champagne-Ardenne

12) GALLO-ROMAN SITES OF HAUTE-MARNE

13) CISTERCIAN ABBEYS OF HAUTE MARNE

Alsace-Lorraine

14) MAGINOT LINE TOUR IN MOSELLE 

Pays de la Loire

15) TROGLODYTE TOUR OF MAINE-ET-LOIRE

17) CHATEAUX OF THE LOIRE VALLEY 

Burgundy

18) ‘WOODEN FLOATS’ TOUR ALONG THE YONNE

19) ANCIENT APOTHECARIES & OLD HOSPITALS

20) CHATEAUX OF SOUTHERN BURGUNDY

21) CHATEAUX AROUND AUXERRE

22) ABBEYS AROUND AUXERRE 

Franche-Comte

23) FORTIFICATIONS TOUR – HAUTE-SAONE & VOSGES

 

SOUTHERN FRANCE

 

Poitou Charente

24) CHARLEMAGNE TOUR IN VIENNE 

25) JEAN LE BON TOUR

26) BERTRAND DU GUESCLIN TOUR

27) MELUSINE TOUR

Limousin

28) RICHARD THE LIONHEART TOUR

29) MEDIEVAL DORDOGNE VALLEY TOUR (EAST)

30) HISTORICAL HAUTE VIENNE TOUR

31) TOUR OF MEDIEVAL CORREZE

Auvergne

32) CHATEAUX & MEDIEVAL VILLAGES OF SOUTHERN AUVERGNE

33) CHATEAUX & MEDIEVAL VILLAGES OF NORTHERN AUVERGNE

Rhone-Alpes

34) ROUTE NAPOLEON

Aquitaine

35) MEDIEVAL DORDOGNE TOUR (WEST)

36) PILGRIMS ROUTE IN PYRENEES-ATLANTIQUES

37) MYSTERIOUS BASQUE COUNTRY TOUR

Midi-Pyrenees

38) KNIGHTS TEMPLAR & HOSPITALIER TOUR IN AVEYRON

39) GALLO-ROMAN TOUR OF THE GERS

Languedoc-Roussillon

40) ABBEYS OF THE AUDE

41) ‘VIA DOMITIA’ ROMAN ROAD, SOMMIERES TO PERPIGNAN

42) ‘VIA DOMITIA’ ROMAN ROAD, PONT DU GARD TO SOMMIERES

43) CHATEAUX OF THE CATHARS

Provence – Alpes-Cote d’Azur

44) ‘VIA JULIA AUGUSTA’ ROMAN ROAD

45) GALLO-ROMAN SITES OF PROVENCE

 

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