driving to south france

Barca_Dons

Bilbao, I'm sure you're meaning! ;-)

We're driving from Aberdeen to Dover, then using LD LINES to get to Boulogne Sur Mer before driving on to Barcelona (Stopping south France somewhere).:eek:

I've been advised to go via Rouen (A16 and then A28) to avoid Paris, avoiding hours of delays. Once past Rouen, follow signs to Evreux and Dreux (A13 east) the J19 to Evreux/Chatres, join A10 north of Orleans, then on southwards to destination!

DMC75_2

thats is some driving .

is it that bad around paris ? maybe should change ferry crossing to another port .

im in my 30's but only been driving 3 years so bit nervous about the trip

DMC75_2

Barca_Dons wrote: »

Bilbao, I'm sure you're meaning! ;-)

We're driving from Aberdeen to Dover, then using LD LINES to get to Boulogne Sur Mer before driving on to Barcelona (Stopping south France somewhere).:eek:

I've been advised to go via Rouen (A16 and then A28) to avoid Paris, avoiding hours of delays. Once past Rouen, follow signs to Evreux and Dreux (A13 east) the J19 to Evreux/Chatres, join A10 north of Orleans, then on southwards to destination!

I thought you would have gone Rosyth - Zeebrugge and then driven down through , some drive to dover

Two_Hoots_3

The price does go up - I saved £130 on Bilbao to Portsmouth (one way) by booking as soon as the crossing was available.

kazmeister

Hi

We are taking our caravan to the Ardeche in approx 6 weeks :eek: and friends are taking their tent, 10 of us altogether. We are leaving home around 3am as 3hrs approx to tunnel then getting an earlyish crossing and driving as far as Dijon. Hoping to stay on the municipal camp site 1 night then only about 4- 5 hours drive the next day. I know you are going to a different area but .....

We used our Tesco vouchers and for both outgoing and incoming paid a total of £4 for the car and caravan (total price was £224 - our friends paid half this as no tin tent)

Ferry prices were a lot more.

Barca_Dons

DMC75 wrote: »

I thought you would have gone Rosyth - Zeebrugge and then driven down through , some drive to dover

Yeah, but the ferry for my wife, 1 year old daughter and myself with the car was well over £1k!!

Return trip with LD Lines Dover - Boulogne Sur Mer = £75!! :j

RedBern

we used to get an afternoon ferry - arriving in France between 8 - 10pm and then get a Formule1 cheap hotel for the night, after driving for an hour or so to get away from the port. They are usually about £30 for 3 people inc breakfast.

rodneyaar

Just watch out for those french police you get lured into a false sense of security then I got fined over 1000 euros for speeding and they are very disrespecful telegraph.co.uk/ motoring/road-safety/3190922/Dont-mess-with-the-French-police.html

spurs24

hi, would it not work out cheaper or not much different to fly, and then pick a car up, if you really want to have a car.

With small children i cant think of nothing worse then all shut up in the car for hours and hours, you could fly and pick up car at the airport, and lot less stressfull, then driving all that way.

Bob_the_Saver

DMC75 wrote: »

thats is some driving .

is it that bad around paris ? maybe should change ferry crossing to another port .

im in my 30's but only been driving 3 years so bit nervous about the trip

Unless you travel at stupid times (rush hours etc) getting around Paris need not be that bad. From the north go clockwise under the runway at CDG airport and follow the signs for Marne-la-Vallee (you can look at the map youself to find the exact route) but you just keep following that sign until you pass it. All motorway and all toll-free. For the Med coast in the very south follow Clermont Ferrand and then the FREE A75 down to the med (the viaduct at Millau has a toll of about 7 Euro but well worth it.)