Travelling through France and Spain in Oct '22

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If I was doing the journey I would use the Camping Car Park Aires network in France. All the orange and blue ones should be open. Most have 6 amp electric and a Wifi hotspot, as well as the normal Aire services. Prices are 10 / 12€ a night. You can check online if the are open and what space they have. They are barrier controlled, so a little bit of extra security. You can buy an access card for a few euros before you leave the UK. This is charged up online and used for access and payment to the sites.

Terry’,   But if you want sites then…

Day 1 Your home to Camping Grand Gravelot in Calais. Open to end of October.

Day 2 Drive 250 miles to Campong Neuville on the north side of LeMans. Open all year 

Day 3 Drive 280 miles to Bordeaux .Choice of two sites open all year.

There are plenty more but I won’t go on because you may want to do bigger or smaller distances each day.  

PS.  No further comment from you,  But if you are happy with that sort of daily mileage it’s then…

Day 4 Drive 290 miles to Zaragoza - camping municipal.

Day 5 Drive 280miles to your destination. 

Mind you I think it would be a mistake to try to do the entire journey toll free. There are sections where it’s wise to pay.

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we will be doing Caen to Mazarron commencing 20th Oct towing a caravan. not done any figures but i wonder now with the high price of diesel if avoiding the toll roads is a good idea, certainly using non tolls roads can be sometimes difficult with a caravan and heavy on diesel, for us much better to put it on the toll, select cruise control 57 mph and get 28-30 mpg.

For us we arrive in Caen approx 1400 hrs then head to camping Tours Val de Loire 24x7x365, we can normally make this site before it closes, but if in doubt ring ahead and they put a key in the night safe, good open site, facilities not great but for 1 night they are ok.

From tours we bypass Bordeaux and head for camping Larrouleta (Urrugne), good site open 24x7x365, yes it is a bit of a slog to get there, but we normallly spend 2 nights there just to take a breath, we normally book but i dont think it is necessary.

from Larrouleta we head for camping Aranjuez 24x7x365, no need to book just call the day before you need to arrive, again a bit of a slog but using toll roads i find it an easy drive.

from Aranjuez we do Mazarron in a oner, find this route much easier than going via Zaragoza, last time we used the municipal site at Zaragoza it was not great but i believe it has improved.

Just a different take, hope this helps

 

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We came back from Spain through France at the end of Oct last year,  no problems getting an overnight stop as mentioned Camping Car Parks Aires are very handy and the majority open all year. 

This year we will be going down through France at the end of Sept to the south of Spain and back up at the end of Nov,  again sites where we can and CCP Aires where they are no sites open or if its a better route. 

Can I ask why you want campsites on route. We do a similar trip usually in January and use motorhome aires like the camping car aires, some are payable most (not camping car) are free.

we tend to travel for around 6 hours a day and then find an aire to spend the night.

we use the route through France with few tolls from this website

https://about-france.com/tourism/no-tolls-routes.htm