anesta Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Hi, does anybody know of a good guide (book) for campsites in Europe? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupert123 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 anesta - 2013-08-21 3:31 PM Hi, does anybody know of a good guide (book) for campsites in Europe? Thank you. Plenty around, Caravan Club books are good, we use them and ACSI book which you need to order for next year around November. This gives a list of sites that run a discount scheme out of high season, we use them all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Overnight parking is much easier in France than it is in this sceptic Isle so you might, or might not wish to consider the use of Aires de Camping Car for some overnighting? Vicarious books do a good Aires guide, not cheap but all in English and pretty well up to date. There are also several other guides available in France or by post that are cheaper but are, as you would expect, written in French. If the concept interests you and you want to know more please ask away - if not - c'est la vie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anesta Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 Aires sounds good as we may have to travel through France, Germany, Austria before we get to final destination ( and campsite!). Do you know if other european Countries operate the same system? Are Aires normally close to motorways/majior routes or do they require big deviation? What about places here in Britain, if we just want to go away last minute for a night or two? Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 France and Germany are both well served with Aires / Stellplatz and to a lesser degree but still adeqyaute are Spain and Portugal. There are similar locations in other countries but I have no experience of them apart from Norway, Sweden and Finland where you can stop almost wherever you want within sensible reason as long as it does not obstruct or detract from anybody else's use of the land. Camperstop Europe is another useful book although perhaps not quite as up to date as the Aires books. It can be very unsafe to sleep in or leave your van unattended on motorway Aires particularly along the Mediterranean coastal areas so we do not use them at all except for a convenience stop with one of us remaining in the van at all times and the cab doors locked whilst we are in the back. The Vicarious Aires books do not generally include motorway aires but those that are and are known to be iffy include a warning in the description. Not all Aires have service points and many that do need tokens to operate them for water - especially in France - which is a right pain in the reverse so we sometimes do the loo and water en route when we are close to a free or cash or card service point but not ready to stop for the night. I am happy to pay for water etc but I cannot be bothered faffing about chasing after tokens (jetons in France)! https://www.vicarious-shop.com/Aires-and-Stopovers/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 These links may be helpful: http://www.motorcaravanning.com/travel/aires.htm http://www.motorhomefacts.com/modules.php?name=Aires http://www.all-the-aires.com/aire_construction.shtml http://www.tmcto.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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