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Road trips in France

100 road trips and 227 hand-picked places in France, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping.

Trip guides: 100
Places: 227
Motorways: Motorway tolls
Speed limit: 130 km/h

Magazine: France by motorhome: tolls, Crit’Air, speed limits and where to stay

Campsites in France 12,115

Low-emission zones (Crit’Air sticker). Tolls on most autoroutes; the limit drops to 110 km/h in rain. Driving in Europe

Trip guides

Road trips through France

Route des Grandes Alpes: Lake Geneva to the Riviera – a bridge that is on top of a snowy mountain

Photo by Hongbin on Unsplash

Classic European drives

Ochre, lavender and limestone gorges – by motorhome through the Luberon, Valensole and the Gorges du Verdon

347 km14 stops8 days

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Pink granite, lighthouses and tides – by motorhome from Saint-Malo to the end of the world in Finistère

540 km14 stops8 days

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Cave paintings, cliff villages and river loops – by motorhome through the Périgord, the Dordogne valley and the Lot

386 km14 stops8 days

Riesling, half-timbering and high pastures – by camper along the Alsace Wine Route and the Route des Crêtes – a large building with a tower on top of it

Photo by Tom Ru on Unsplash

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Riesling, half-timbering and high pastures – by camper along the Alsace Wine Route and the Route des Crêtes

232 km14 stops8 days

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Chalk cliffs, cider and quiet beaches – by motorhome along the Normandy coast to Mont-Saint-Michel

513 km14 stops8 days

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Granite, maquis and citadels: by motorhome around Cap Corse, the Calanche de Piana and the Col de Bavella

473 km14 stops8 days

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Limestone gorges, chestnut forests and soaring vultures – by motorhome from the Ardèche across the Cévennes to the Tarn

323 km14 stops8 days

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Pine forest, shifting dune and the Basque Country – by motorhome along the Atlantic coast to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port

407 km14 stops8 days

Tuffeau, wine cellars and Renaissance châteaux – through the Loire Valley by motorhome from Orléans to Angers – a river with a sunset

Photo by Raphael Peillon on Unsplash

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Tuffeau, wine cellars and Renaissance châteaux – through the Loire Valley by motorhome from Orléans to Angers

330 km14 stops8 days

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Cinder cones, crater lakes and summer dairy huts: by motorhome through the volcanic landscape of the Auvergne

303 km14 stops8 days

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Lakeshores, glacier passes and lemon groves – by motorhome along the Route des Grandes Alpes to the Mediterranean

481 km14 stops8 days

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Flamingos, arenas and salt gardens – by motorhome through the Alpilles, the Camargue, Nîmes and on to the Pont du Gard

383 km13 stops8 days

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Castles in the wind, vine slopes and fishing harbours – by motorhome through Cathar Country to the Côte Vermeille

300 km14 stops8 days

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Spring pools, cascades and cheese cellars – by motorhome through the Jura and Doubs from Besançon to Dole

315 km14 stops8 days

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Grands Crus, granite forests and monastic calm – by motorhome through Burgundy from Dijon to Auxerre

454 km14 stops8 days

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Jasmine, red gorges and rock carvings – by motorhome through the Côte d’Azur hinterland to the Vallée des Merveilles

312 km14 stops8 days

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Rock amphitheatres, hairpin passes and Cathar castles – by motorhome through the French Pyrenees from Pau to Ax-les-Thermes

373 km14 stops8 days

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Chalk capes, dunes and seals: by motorhome along the Opal Coast and around the Baie de Somme

289 km14 stops8 days

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Salt pans, oyster beds and the Green Venice – by motorhome through the Vendée, the Marais Poitevin and onto the Île de Ré

449 km14 stops8 days

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Balcony roads, lavender and nougat – by motorhome from the Vercors to the Drôme provençale

254 km14 stops8 days

Chalk cellars, vineyard slopes and migrating cranes – by camper through Champagne from Reims to the Côte des Bar – white and blue concrete building

Photo by Adlan on Unsplash

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Chalk cellars, vineyard slopes and migrating cranes – by camper through Champagne from Reims to the Côte des Bar

312 km14 stops7 days

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Menhirs, tidal currents and oyster harbours – through the Morbihan by camper from Lorient to Josselin

214 km13 stops8 days

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Mountain lakes, Carthusians and cheese pastures – by camper from Annecy through the Bauges to Lake Bourget and into the Chartreuse

181 km14 stops7 days

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Porcelain, peat bogs and tapestry – by camper through the Limousin from Limoges to Collonges-la-Rouge

529 km14 stops8 days

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Bastides, Armagnac and St James pilgrims – by camper through the hills of Gascony from Toulouse to Agen

450 km14 stops8 days

Vineyards, moated castles and a thousand ponds – by camper through the Berry from Sancerre to the Brenne – a view of a bridge over a river with buildings in the background

Photo by GOETZ Jean-Pierre on Unsplash

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Vineyards, moated castles and a thousand ponds – by camper through the Berry from Sancerre to the Brenne

394 km14 stops7 days

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Battlefields, Stanislas gold and sandstone castles – by camper through Lorraine and the Northern Vosges

385 km14 stops8 days

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Pilgrim bridges, basalt pastures and cowbells – by camper through the upper Lot valley and across the Aubrac

206 km14 stops7 days

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Limestone cliffs, cognac cellars and carrelets – down the Charente by camper from Angoulême to the Gironde

290 km13 stops7 days

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Ponds, Gamay and golden stone – by camper through the Dombes, Beaujolais and Mâconnais to Brou

302 km14 stops8 days

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Rocks, pear trees and Percherons – by camper through the Suisse Normande, the bocage and the Perche

418 km14 stops8 days

Gravel soils, limestone cellars and a river ferry – by camper through the Médoc, Saint-Émilion and Sauternes – low angle photo of white concrete building

Photo by Juan Di Nella on Unsplash

In-depth road trip guides

Gravel soils, limestone cellars and a river ferry – by camper through the Médoc, Saint-Émilion and Sauternes

279 km14 stops7 days

Royal forests, cathedrals and the Chemin des Dames – by camper through the Oise and Aisne to Laon – Eiffel Tower, Paris France

Photo by Chris Karidis on Unsplash

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Royal forests, cathedrals and the Chemin des Dames – by camper through the Oise and Aisne to Laon

505 km14 stops8 days

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Town walls, Saône meanders and a thousand ponds – by camper across the Plateau de Langres into the Haute-Saône

280 km14 stops7 days

Beech forest, sheep pastures and a suspension bridge – by camper through the Basque hinterland from Cambo to the Soule – A view of a city with mountains in the background

Photo by Carlos Martinez on Unsplash

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Beech forest, sheep pastures and a suspension bridge – by camper through the Basque hinterland from Cambo to the Soule

191 km14 stops7 days

Cider, Camembert and tidal beaches: by motorhome through the Pays d’Auge and along the Côte Fleurie – brown and black concrete building under white clouds during daytime

Photo by Christian Santa on Unsplash

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Cider, Camembert and tidal beaches: by motorhome through the Pays d’Auge and along the Côte Fleurie

203 km14 stops7 days

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Glaciers, mountain cheese and high roads – by camper around Vanoise National Park

240 km14 stops8 days

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Glaciers, larches and starry skies: by camper through the Écrins and Queyras to Lac de Serre-Ponçon

206 km12 stops8 days

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Castle crags, cave paintings and bear country – by camper through the Ariège and the Couserans from Mirepoix to Mas d’Azil

240 km13 stops7 days

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Knightly fortresses, sheep’s cheese and steel pylons – by motorhome across the Larzac, to the Millau Viaduct and into the Cernon valley

173 km9 stops6 days

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Vauban fortresses, the solar furnace and the Yellow Train: by motorhome through Conflent, Capcir and Cerdagne in the Catalan Pyrenees

113 km14 stops7 days

Gorges, Romanesque churches and three-thousanders – by camper through the Spanish Pyrenees from Jaca to Camprodon – a mountain covered in lots of trees next to a forest

Photo by Marek Piwnicki on Unsplash

In-depth road trip guides

Gorges, Romanesque churches and three-thousanders – by camper through the Spanish Pyrenees from Jaca to Camprodon

393 km14 stops8 days

Route	Suggested days	Distance	Driving	Stops
Route des Grandes Alpes: Lake Geneva to the Riviera	5	444 km	6 h 08 min	7
Provence: lavender, gorges and Roman bridges	5	300 km	4 h 08 min	8
Normandy and Brittany coast	4	522 km	7 h 13 min	7
Corsica’s wild west coast	5	254 km	3 h 31 min	6
Alsace Wine Route	3	94 km	1 h 18 min	6
Loire Valley châteaux	4	239 km	3 h 18 min	7
Dordogne and Lot: caves and cliff villages	4	124 km	1 h 43 min	6
Route Napoléon	3	289 km	3 h 60 min	7
Pyrenean cols: Tourmalet and Gavarnie	3	122 km	1 h 41 min	5
Opal Coast: Calais to the Bay of Somme	2	118 km	1 h 37 min	5
Burgundy’s Route des Grands Crus	2	130 km	1 h 47 min	5
Tarn Gorges and the Causses	3	106 km	1 h 28 min	5
Camargue and Roman Provence	3	130 km	1 h 48 min	6
French Riviera corniches	2	56 km	0 h 46 min	5
Brittany’s north coast	3	247 km	3 h 25 min	5
La Rochelle to the Dune du Pilat	4	490 km	6 h 46 min	7
Normandy’s D-Day beaches	3	142 km	1 h 58 min	8
Finistère: the capes at the end of Brittany	3	209 km	2 h 53 min	7
South Brittany: menhirs and the Gulf of Morbihan	3	170 km	2 h 21 min	7
Upper Loire: canal bridges and Sancerre wine	3	226 km	3 h 08 min	8
Chablis, Vézelay and the Morvan	4	237 km	3 h 16 min	7
Jura: yellow wine, blind valleys and waterfalls	3	137 km	1 h 54 min	7
Route des Crêtes through the Vosges	2	75 km	1 h 02 min	6
Lorraine: Metz, Nancy and Verdun	3	166 km	2 h 18 min	7
Champagne: Reims to the Côte des Blancs	2	60 km	0 h 50 min	7
Vercors: gorges and cliff roads	3	90 km	1 h 14 min	7
Savoy lakes and the Chartreuse massif	3	133 km	1 h 50 min	7
Luberon perched villages	3	71 km	0 h 59 min	7
Drôme provençale: olives, lavender and Roman Vaison	3	96 km	1 h 19 min	7
Ardèche gorges and the Chauvet cave	3	46 km	0 h 38 min	7
Cathar castles of the Corbières	3	153 km	2 h 07 min	7
Côte Vermeille and the little yellow train	4	163 km	2 h 15 min	8
French Basque Country: coast and hill villages	3	95 km	1 h 18 min	8
Landes: surf, pine forest and hidden lakes	4	217 km	3 h 00 min	7
Auvergne volcanoes: Puy de Dôme to Puy Mary	4	135 km	1 h 52 min	7
Limousin: porcelain, tapestry and red villages	4	271 km	3 h 44 min	7
Southern Corsica: Bavella and the Alta Rocca	5	109 km	1 h 30 min	8
Red gorges behind Nice	3	127 km	1 h 45 min	7
Provence coast: Cassis cliffs to the red Esterel	4	204 km	2 h 49 min	9
Col de l’Iseran and the Maurienne passes	3	159 km	2 h 12 min	9
Izoard, Queyras and the Cime de la Bonette	4	134 km	1 h 51 min	9
Seine valley: Giverny, Rouen and the abbeys	3	225 km	3 h 06 min	8
Alabaster Coast: Dieppe to Le Havre	2	117 km	1 h 37 min	9
Royal châteaux around Paris	4	290 km	4 h 00 min	9
Touraine and Anjou: Villandry to Fontevraud	3	93 km	1 h 17 min	8
Hérault gorges and the Cévennes	4	211 km	2 h 55 min	9
Canal du Midi: Toulouse to Sète	4	250 km	3 h 27 min	8
Albi, Cordes and Conques	4	259 km	3 h 35 min	9
Bordeaux wine: Médoc, Blaye and Saint-Émilion	3	171 km	2 h 22 min	8
Périgord: Brantôme, the Vézère and Dordogne castles	4	141 km	1 h 57 min	9
Lot valley and the Gouffre de Padirac	4	148 km	2 h 03 min	9
Béarn and Bigorre: Aubisque to the Pic du Midi	3	146 km	2 h 01 min	8
Cap Corse and the Balagne	3	146 km	2 h 01 min	9
Corsica’s mountain heart: Ajaccio to Porto	4	158 km	2 h 11 min	9
Guérande salt marshes to the Passage du Gois	3	192 km	2 h 39 min	9
Somme battlefields and Vimy Ridge	3	141 km	1 h 57 min	9
Alpilles and Montagne Sainte-Victoire	3	144 km	1 h 60 min	7
Le Puy-en-Velay and the source of the Loire	3	221 km	3 h 03 min	8
Ochre, lavender and limestone gorges – by motorhome through the Luberon, Valensole and the Gorges du Verdon	8	347 km	4 h 47 min	14
Pink granite, lighthouses and tides – by motorhome from Saint-Malo to the end of the world in Finistère	8	540 km	7 h 27 min	14
Cave paintings, cliff villages and river loops – by motorhome through the Périgord, the Dordogne valley and the Lot	8	386 km	5 h 19 min	14
Riesling, half-timbering and high pastures – by camper along the Alsace Wine Route and the Route des Crêtes	8	232 km	3 h 12 min	14
Chalk cliffs, cider and quiet beaches – by motorhome along the Normandy coast to Mont-Saint-Michel	8	513 km	7 h 05 min	14
Granite, maquis and citadels: by motorhome around Cap Corse, the Calanche de Piana and the Col de Bavella	8	473 km	6 h 32 min	14
Limestone gorges, chestnut forests and soaring vultures – by motorhome from the Ardèche across the Cévennes to the Tarn	8	323 km	4 h 28 min	14
Pine forest, shifting dune and the Basque Country – by motorhome along the Atlantic coast to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port	8	407 km	5 h 37 min	14
Tuffeau, wine cellars and Renaissance châteaux – through the Loire Valley by motorhome from Orléans to Angers	8	330 km	4 h 33 min	14
Cinder cones, crater lakes and summer dairy huts: by motorhome through the volcanic landscape of the Auvergne	8	303 km	4 h 11 min	14
Lakeshores, glacier passes and lemon groves – by motorhome along the Route des Grandes Alpes to the Mediterranean	8	481 km	6 h 39 min	14
Flamingos, arenas and salt gardens – by motorhome through the Alpilles, the Camargue, Nîmes and on to the Pont du Gard	8	383 km	5 h 18 min	13
Castles in the wind, vine slopes and fishing harbours – by motorhome through Cathar Country to the Côte Vermeille	8	300 km	4 h 08 min	14
Spring pools, cascades and cheese cellars – by motorhome through the Jura and Doubs from Besançon to Dole	8	315 km	4 h 21 min	14
Grands Crus, granite forests and monastic calm – by motorhome through Burgundy from Dijon to Auxerre	8	454 km	6 h 16 min	14
Jasmine, red gorges and rock carvings – by motorhome through the Côte d’Azur hinterland to the Vallée des Merveilles	8	312 km	4 h 18 min	14
Rock amphitheatres, hairpin passes and Cathar castles – by motorhome through the French Pyrenees from Pau to Ax-les-Thermes	8	373 km	5 h 09 min	14
Chalk capes, dunes and seals: by motorhome along the Opal Coast and around the Baie de Somme	8	289 km	3 h 60 min	14
Salt pans, oyster beds and the Green Venice – by motorhome through the Vendée, the Marais Poitevin and onto the Île de Ré	8	449 km	6 h 12 min	14
Balcony roads, lavender and nougat – by motorhome from the Vercors to the Drôme provençale	8	254 km	3 h 31 min	14
Chalk cellars, vineyard slopes and migrating cranes – by camper through Champagne from Reims to the Côte des Bar	7	312 km	4 h 18 min	14
Menhirs, tidal currents and oyster harbours – through the Morbihan by camper from Lorient to Josselin	8	214 km	2 h 57 min	13
Mountain lakes, Carthusians and cheese pastures – by camper from Annecy through the Bauges to Lake Bourget and into the Chartreuse	7	181 km	2 h 30 min	14
Porcelain, peat bogs and tapestry – by camper through the Limousin from Limoges to Collonges-la-Rouge	8	529 km	7 h 18 min	14
Bastides, Armagnac and St James pilgrims – by camper through the hills of Gascony from Toulouse to Agen	8	450 km	6 h 13 min	14
Vineyards, moated castles and a thousand ponds – by camper through the Berry from Sancerre to the Brenne	7	394 km	5 h 26 min	14
Battlefields, Stanislas gold and sandstone castles – by camper through Lorraine and the Northern Vosges	8	385 km	5 h 19 min	14
Pilgrim bridges, basalt pastures and cowbells – by camper through the upper Lot valley and across the Aubrac	7	206 km	2 h 50 min	14
Limestone cliffs, cognac cellars and carrelets – down the Charente by camper from Angoulême to the Gironde	7	290 km	4 h 00 min	13
Ponds, Gamay and golden stone – by camper through the Dombes, Beaujolais and Mâconnais to Brou	8	302 km	4 h 11 min	14
Rocks, pear trees and Percherons – by camper through the Suisse Normande, the bocage and the Perche	8	418 km	5 h 46 min	14
Gravel soils, limestone cellars and a river ferry – by camper through the Médoc, Saint-Émilion and Sauternes	7	279 km	3 h 51 min	14
Royal forests, cathedrals and the Chemin des Dames – by camper through the Oise and Aisne to Laon	8	505 km	6 h 58 min	14
Town walls, Saône meanders and a thousand ponds – by camper across the Plateau de Langres into the Haute-Saône	7	280 km	3 h 52 min	14
Beech forest, sheep pastures and a suspension bridge – by camper through the Basque hinterland from Cambo to the Soule	7	191 km	2 h 39 min	14
Cider, Camembert and tidal beaches: by motorhome through the Pays d’Auge and along the Côte Fleurie	7	203 km	2 h 48 min	14
Glaciers, mountain cheese and high roads – by camper around Vanoise National Park	8	240 km	3 h 19 min	14
Glaciers, larches and starry skies: by camper through the Écrins and Queyras to Lac de Serre-Ponçon	8	206 km	2 h 51 min	12
Castle crags, cave paintings and bear country – by camper through the Ariège and the Couserans from Mirepoix to Mas d’Azil	7	240 km	3 h 19 min	13
Knightly fortresses, sheep’s cheese and steel pylons – by motorhome across the Larzac, to the Millau Viaduct and into the Cernon valley	6	173 km	2 h 24 min	9
Vauban fortresses, the solar furnace and the Yellow Train: by motorhome through Conflent, Capcir and Cerdagne in the Catalan Pyrenees	7	113 km	1 h 34 min	14
Gorges, Romanesque churches and three-thousanders – by camper through the Spanish Pyrenees from Jaca to Camprodon	8	393 km	5 h 26 min	14

Places worth the detour in France

Editor's pick

History

Mont-Saint-Michel

Pontorson, France

Editor's pick

Views

Aiguille du Midi

Chamonix, France

Gorges du Verdon – a scenic view of a winding road in the mountains

Photo by Paul Underwood on Unsplash

Editor's pick

Nature

Gorges du Verdon

Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, France

Editor's pick

Nature

Dune du Pilat

La Teste-de-Buch, France

Editor's pick

Views

Col du Galibier

Briançon, France

Editor's pick

Oddities

Palais idéal du Facteur Cheval

Hauterives, France

Editor's pick

Views

Calanques de Piana

Piana, France

Editor's pick

Views

Bonifacio cliffs

Bonifacio, France

Editor's pick

History

Château de Chenonceau

Chenonceaux, France

Editor's pick

History

Rocamadour

Rocamadour, France

Editor's pick

Nature

Cirque de Gavarnie

Gavarnie, France

Editor's pick

Nature

Gorges du Tarn

La Malène, France

Editor's pick

Views

Èze village

Èze, France

Editor's pick

Nature

Pink Granite Coast

Perros-Guirec, France

Arromanches Mulberry harbour – PortWinston-Arromanches

Editor's pick

History

Arromanches Mulberry harbour

Arromanches-les-Bains, France

Editor's pick

History

Normandy American Cemetery

Colleville-sur-Mer, France

Editor's pick

History

Pointe du Hoc

Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France

Editor's pick

Views

Pointe de Pen-Hir

Camaret-sur-Mer, France

Editor's pick

Nature

Pointe du Raz

Plogoff, France

Editor's pick

History

Carnac alignments

Carnac, France

Editor's pick

Oddities

Briare canal bridge

Briare, France

Guédelon castle – a large white castle with a garden in front of it with Château de Chenonceau in the background

Photo by Shaun Rainer on Unsplash

Editor's pick

History

Guédelon castle

Treigny, France

Editor's pick

History

Fontenay Abbey

Marmagne, France

Editor's pick

History

Vézelay Basilica

Vézelay, France

FAQs

What are the best road trips in France?

Popular routes include Route des Grandes Alpes: Lake Geneva to the Riviera, Provence: lavender, gorges and Roman bridges, Normandy and Brittany coast and Corsica’s wild west coast. CampingSpirit has 100 trip guides that pass through France, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary and a route map.

Which places in France are worth a detour?

Our editors recommend Mont-Saint-Michel, Aiguille du Midi, Gorges du Verdon, Dune du Pilat, Col du Galibier and Palais idéal du Facteur Cheval.

Do you need a vignette or pay tolls in France?

Motorway tolls. Tolls on most autoroutes; the limit drops to 110 km/h in rain. Rules and prices change. Check official sources before you travel.

What is the motorway speed limit in France?

130 km/h on motorways for cars, unless signs show otherwise.

Are there low-emission zones in France?

Low-emission zones (Crit’Air sticker).

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Road trips through France

Route des Grandes Alpes: Lake Geneva to the Riviera

Provence: lavender, gorges and Roman bridges

Normandy and Brittany coast

Corsica’s wild west coast

Alsace Wine Route

Loire Valley châteaux

Dordogne and Lot: caves and cliff villages

Route Napoléon

Pyrenean cols: Tourmalet and Gavarnie

Opal Coast: Calais to the Bay of Somme

Burgundy’s Route des Grands Crus

Tarn Gorges and the Causses

Camargue and Roman Provence

French Riviera corniches

Brittany’s north coast

La Rochelle to the Dune du Pilat

Normandy’s D-Day beaches

Finistère: the capes at the end of Brittany

South Brittany: menhirs and the Gulf of Morbihan

Upper Loire: canal bridges and Sancerre wine

Chablis, Vézelay and the Morvan

Jura: yellow wine, blind valleys and waterfalls

Route des Crêtes through the Vosges

Lorraine: Metz, Nancy and Verdun

Champagne: Reims to the Côte des Blancs

Vercors: gorges and cliff roads

Savoy lakes and the Chartreuse massif

Luberon perched villages

Drôme provençale: olives, lavender and Roman Vaison

Ardèche gorges and the Chauvet cave

Cathar castles of the Corbières

Côte Vermeille and the little yellow train

French Basque Country: coast and hill villages

Landes: surf, pine forest and hidden lakes

Auvergne volcanoes: Puy de Dôme to Puy Mary

Limousin: porcelain, tapestry and red villages

Southern Corsica: Bavella and the Alta Rocca

Red gorges behind Nice

Provence coast: Cassis cliffs to the red Esterel

Col de l’Iseran and the Maurienne passes

Izoard, Queyras and the Cime de la Bonette

Seine valley: Giverny, Rouen and the abbeys

Alabaster Coast: Dieppe to Le Havre

Royal châteaux around Paris

Touraine and Anjou: Villandry to Fontevraud

Hérault gorges and the Cévennes

Canal du Midi: Toulouse to Sète

Albi, Cordes and Conques

Bordeaux wine: Médoc, Blaye and Saint-Émilion

Périgord: Brantôme, the Vézère and Dordogne castles

Lot valley and the Gouffre de Padirac

Béarn and Bigorre: Aubisque to the Pic du Midi

Cap Corse and the Balagne

Corsica’s mountain heart: Ajaccio to Porto

Guérande salt marshes to the Passage du Gois

Somme battlefields and Vimy Ridge

Alpilles and Montagne Sainte-Victoire

Le Puy-en-Velay and the source of the Loire

Ochre, lavender and limestone gorges – by motorhome through the Luberon, Valensole and the Gorges du Verdon

Pink granite, lighthouses and tides – by motorhome from Saint-Malo to the end of the world in Finistère

Cave paintings, cliff villages and river loops – by motorhome through the Périgord, the Dordogne valley and the Lot

Riesling, half-timbering and high pastures – by camper along the Alsace Wine Route and the Route des Crêtes

Chalk cliffs, cider and quiet beaches – by motorhome along the Normandy coast to Mont-Saint-Michel

Granite, maquis and citadels: by motorhome around Cap Corse, the Calanche de Piana and the Col de Bavella

Limestone gorges, chestnut forests and soaring vultures – by motorhome from the Ardèche across the Cévennes to the Tarn

Pine forest, shifting dune and the Basque Country – by motorhome along the Atlantic coast to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port

Tuffeau, wine cellars and Renaissance châteaux – through the Loire Valley by motorhome from Orléans to Angers

Cinder cones, crater lakes and summer dairy huts: by motorhome through the volcanic landscape of the Auvergne

Lakeshores, glacier passes and lemon groves – by motorhome along the Route des Grandes Alpes to the Mediterranean

Flamingos, arenas and salt gardens – by motorhome through the Alpilles, the Camargue, Nîmes and on to the Pont du Gard

Castles in the wind, vine slopes and fishing harbours – by motorhome through Cathar Country to the Côte Vermeille

Spring pools, cascades and cheese cellars – by motorhome through the Jura and Doubs from Besançon to Dole

Grands Crus, granite forests and monastic calm – by motorhome through Burgundy from Dijon to Auxerre

Jasmine, red gorges and rock carvings – by motorhome through the Côte d’Azur hinterland to the Vallée des Merveilles

Rock amphitheatres, hairpin passes and Cathar castles – by motorhome through the French Pyrenees from Pau to Ax-les-Thermes

Chalk capes, dunes and seals: by motorhome along the Opal Coast and around the Baie de Somme

Salt pans, oyster beds and the Green Venice – by motorhome through the Vendée, the Marais Poitevin and onto the Île de Ré

Balcony roads, lavender and nougat – by motorhome from the Vercors to the Drôme provençale

Chalk cellars, vineyard slopes and migrating cranes – by camper through Champagne from Reims to the Côte des Bar