Guest mr & mrs smith Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 we are wondering if anyone can help,we are hoping to travel through europenext year for a holiday,starting at France,germany,ausrtria,switzerland italy,and back through France.We have never done this before and would like information e.g campsite wild camping emptying the loo and filling with water and gas.We have been told to do the c hateaus where you can stay for one night.Please bear in mind we have 5 children and have to be very carefull and wise on safety. We have wild camped in britain loads of time and never found problems. Any help and advice would be really helpfull from the roads places to go anything. Thanks for all your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Will Redfearn, Wirral Motorhome Club Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 I would suggest you use municipals and join 'France Passion' which lets you camp in vineyards,very basic. Use aires for emptying waste. If you access the Camping Car web site(one of the motorhomoing magazines) it has a guide on the site to aires de service, which enable you to empty and fill.It also helps to improve your French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Derek Uzzell Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 I think your best bet initially would be to search the forum on "france" (omitting the quotes). You'll retrieve loads of earlier postings that should be helpful and you can ignore the ones that aren't relevant to your planned trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brian Ramsden Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 The French municipal sites are value for money, but the aires are good places to stop overnight, and most are free - you only pay to use the "bourne de service" from which you get fresh water and where you dump your waste - grey and black. The equivalent in Italy are the "Sosta dei Camping" Buy the two guides "Le Guide Officiel Camping Caravaning" and Le Guide Officiel Aires de Service Camping-Car" published by the "Les Guides Motor Presse" via the amazon.fr website - very easy to use, especially if you are familiar with the UK one. For Italy, try the websites www.camperweb.it/aree_attrezzate/aree_attrezzate.htm www.camperonline.it/; and www.camperweb.it/index.html; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris Stansfield Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 If you are worried about safety then you need to consider proper sites. The Caravan Club have two useful books Caravan Europe 1 covering France, Spain, Portugal and Andorra and Caravan Europe 2 covering the rest of Europe. As well as listing nearly all the sites there is also a lot of useful info about rules, regulations, safety etc. They are about £10 each. Try phoning 01342 326944 or look on the website www:caravanclub.co.uk Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest William R Dunstone Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Hi mr & mrs smith, I would suggest also that you have a look at www.motorhomefacts.com which is a free forum for motorhomers and you will find loads of info. and a very friendly response to your questions. BillD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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