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If you avoid the Toll roads, you'll really see France. The Route Nationals are lovely. The exception is around Bordeaux, where traffic can be heavy and the 10er fee is worth it.
Thanks, but I'm not worried about the cost. Just not clued up about this scheme as it's been introduced since I last drove there. As my van is a filthy, soot-emitting antique, I'm assuming this bars entry to certain towns and cities at certain times? Even with a sticker?
I thoroughly recommend Charente Maritime region where La Rochelle is: it has a micro climate so tends to be warm and Sunny like the South, but without the high prices and long journey.Yeah, all of them can do that. Just takes a bit longer. Normally more picturesque and great if you have the time. Dover to La Rochelle with and without tolls:
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Has anybody managed to get one of these stickers? I completed the form and everything seemed be OK, right through to trying to pay, but then got a message saying in effect there's a problem, apologies, try again in 24 hours. Link below if it helps.
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Do you have to book a set time, or is it just an anytime ticket you get?Do you have any Tesco Clubcard vouchers? I've just booked return P&O Dover to Calais for the summer and it cost me a grand total of £6.50 as I used my Tesco vouchers. It gives you 3 times the amount.
Much prefer the ferry as it gives you a break and in the summer the sea is calm and you can sit outside.
I prefer the Dover- Claais route as it is just enough time to give you a break. The ones further down the coast to Dieppe, Caen, etc take too long and are more expensive as you'l probably want a cabin too. Forget that.
I would do Dover-Calais and then drive. You could go along coast. Some great Word War 2 museums and bunkers and then continue along to the Mont St Michel.
Then down the coast to Brittany.
Some good campsites along the atlantic coast with pools, kids clubs, etc.
Do you have any Tesco Clubcard vouchers? I've just booked return P&O Dover to Calais for the summer and it cost me a grand total of £6.50 as I used my Tesco vouchers. It gives you 3 times the amount.
Much prefer the ferry as it gives you a break and in the summer the sea is calm and you can sit outside.
I prefer the Dover- Claais route as it is just enough time to give you a break. The ones further down the coast to Dieppe, Caen, etc take too long and are more expensive as you'l probably want a cabin too. Forget that.
I would do Dover-Calais and then drive. You could go along coast. Some great Word War 2 museums and bunkers and then continue along to the Mont St Michel.
Then down the coast to Brittany.
Some good campsites along the atlantic coast with pools, kids clubs, etc.
We drove there in 2006. Stayed around that area and in La Rochelle and Ile de Re. They have donkeys there that wear pyjamas because of the gnats biting them! Some great seafood restaurants in that area.I thoroughly recommend Charente Maritime region where La Rochelle is: it has a micro climate so tends to be warm and Sunny like the South, but without the high prices and long journey.
Do you have to book a set time, or is it just an anytime ticket you get?
Good to hear it sometimes works! I'll just keep trying. Same website so that's not the issue.I did in 2018, no issues at all.
If you go through the official site - linked in one of my previous posts - should be ok too (internet issues notwithstanding).
In case anybody else is having a problem - I used "contact" on the site to say there's a problem. They came back with a link, same link I believe but this time it worked OK. Cost £4.08, which isn't a bad rate for €4.61. Haven't received the sticker yet.Good to hear it sometimes works! I'll just keep trying. Same website so that's not the issue.
In case anybody else is having a problem - I used "contact" on the site to say there's a problem. They came back with a link, same link I believe but this time it worked OK. Cost £4.08, which isn't a bad rate for €4.61. Haven't received the sticker yet.