Choosing French Aires
19 replies
SteveL replied on 13/03/2023 15:30
Posted on 13/03/2023 15:30
In principal ET I would agree. However, they may merely be using it for parking and the camp sites might not be a convenient walking distance from what they are visiting. You’d be hard pressed to find a campsite in the middle of Uzes, but this free Aire at the winery is so located. For us it’s very much about location, after all we aren’t stopping for a 10 day holiday, perhaps only a night at most two.
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peedee replied on 13/03/2023 15:53
Posted on 13/03/2023 15:53
100 percent agree with SteveL. FYI the best Apps are as already highlighted, Park4Night and Search4Sites. Both include Camping Car Park Aires and are available on the web and in the App stores. With memebrship to Park4night, you can create your route and see what sites are available along and close to that route and use filters to select your preferred types. Those are the ones I use and the reviews help to decide what might suit me.
peedee
P.S There is a translator available with Park4Night
replied on 13/03/2023 15:55
Posted on 13/03/2023 14:42 by eurortravellerYes, there are places in France that tourists might well want to visit - such as Annecy - where the Camping Car Parks chain has nothing listed. In fact the only aire I know of at Annecy is this one in the photo. A campsite would be far more appealing, but French Motorhomers pile in side by side there and shun campsites
Rufs replied on 14/03/2023 09:24
Posted on 13/03/2023 14:42 by eurortravellerYes, there are places in France that tourists might well want to visit - such as Annecy - where the Camping Car Parks chain has nothing listed. In fact the only aire I know of at Annecy is this one in the photo. A campsite would be far more appealing, but French Motorhomers pile in side by side there and shun campsites
Posted on 14/03/2023 09:24
As you say ET "A campsite would be far more appealing" I can see at least 8 MH,s in your photo, think of the fire hazard with 8 vehicles parked so close together and people cooking or doing whatever in their MH's, and unfortunately fires do happen, one only last month in Spain at Bolnuevo Campsite, there are images of burnt our washing machines etc on the web, apparently the fire took out a whole row of mainly MH's.
onepjg replied on 05/11/2023 02:09
Posted on 13/03/2023 13:31 byI have the Camping-Car Park Pass d’Étapes, but I have yet to stay at one. On our last trip to France (June last year) there were not any in the places we wanted to be. And if you restrict yourself to just those, you may miss out on other very attractive Aires. Ones I’ve liked a great deal are not part of that network: St-Valery-sur-Somme (use this one regularly), St-Cirq-Lapopie, Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, and Briare, to name just a few.
As well as the websites mentioned above, another useful source is https://www.campingcar-infos.com/
peedee replied on 05/11/2023 06:54
SteveL replied on 05/11/2023 07:52
replied on 05/11/2023 11:21
onepjg replied on 05/11/2023 17:49
Posted on 05/11/2023 07:52 by SteveLIf you have an Apple device the Safari Browser also translates. Just touch on the AA on the left hand side of the website name bar at the top of the page and select translate to English.
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