29 Jun 2010 4:49 PM:

Thanks Roddy, - I will have a look into those. I am now looking at stopping over in the Chartres area so does anyone know anywhere around there that would make for a good cheap overnight stay?

As for the route, I was thinking of driving from Boulogne on Friday afternoon, down through Rouen and on to Chartres for an overnight stop so as to avoid Paris.

From there on Saturday, I would carry on down through Orleans, Bourges & Clermont Ferrand etc, - has anyone taken this route who can tell me if its any good?

 

Thanks for any help/info

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28 Jun 2010 12:00 AM:

Hi,

Im driving to Spain (near Barcelona) from Kent in UK in a couple of weeks & was just wondering what would be the preferred route to take? I've heard that driving down to the west of Paris is a good route but have also heard Paris can be a nightmare with the traffic at times so is it best to avoid that? I am looking to do the journey over two days, - a Friday afternoon and Saturday but also want to get there as quick as possible so not looking for scenic or toll avoiding routes or anything like that

I will also be looking fro a stopover somewhere & was wondering if anyone had any recommendations, - we will probably be leaving on a Friday afternoon so getting the ferry at around 3-4ish, & then drive down from there probably for around 3-4 hours so I guess we will be looking to stop somewhere near Paris, - does anyone know of any nice places where we can stop & maybe go for a meal somewhere? (We are on a fairly tight budget so not looking for expensive accomodation, just somewhere cheapish & easily accessible from motorway, - ive heard of ETAP hotels but not sure what these are like?)

Any info/help/advice is much appreciated.

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11 May 2009 12:59 PM:

We have done that before but we are moving out to Spain in a few months and so we want to drive this time so we can get familiar with the route down for when we actually move & also so we can take some of our belongings down that we couldnt if we flew!

 

 

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