French touring sites

[goin roamin]

We are thinking of going to France.
Where is the best place to look for touring sites.
Can anyone recommend a site about fifty or sixty miles away from the Eurotunnel.

 

[ManTheVan]

Try searchforsites. Lists most, but not all of the sites and gives contact details.

 

[chaser]

Park4night

 

[chaser]

Campingcarpark

 

[rod_vw]

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Search for Sites

Park4Night

Camping-car Park

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[chaser]

If you want to go the old school way, this is pretty much what everyone started with before internet took over.
Very good for reading up on Aires but quickly out of date now.
But once you have one you don't need to renew it , ours is ten years old and still look at it from time to time.

All The Aires France North and South 4th Editions Vicarious Books Media

Have all 3,945 Aires in France at your fingertips. Using these books is quicker and easier than any app of motorhome Aires in France. Use the map of French Aires to see all of the nearby camping aires whilst you tour France in your motorhome or campervan. Buy All the Aires North and south 2022...

www.vicarious-shop.com

 

[DDJC]

Depends on where you are going next! South, south east, east etc.
And what you want to see.

Do you want, history, attractive towns, coasts, forests, rivers (no mountains any where near the tunnel!)

 

[goin roamin]

I want to go to le touque which I believe is around fifty miles from Calais

 

[mapman]

If you want camp sites rather than aires and are not going in peak season then join ACSI and get access to over 1200 sites spread across France many under £20 a night.

 

[Fdhadi]

I’ve found recently that expanding google maps to about a fifty mile radius and put Campsites in the search bar is brilliant. It even brings up aires.

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[offagen]

I want to go to le touque which I believe is around fifty miles from Calais

If you mean Le Touquet, there is a large aire there that is very well located by the coast on the north edge of the town. Easy to walk or cycle into town from there. I'd say it's about 45 miles from Calais. We sometimes go there for a day trip by car using the shuttle.

Another great stopover going south from Calais is Camping Sainte Claire at Neufchatel-en-Bray. A lovely site with adjacent aire. The aire is very smart with toilet and shower facilities.

 

[cyberyacht]

France is a big country with lots to see. Don't limit yourself to a sixty mile radius of Le Tunnel unless you want to keep your fuel costs down. Normandy and Brittany is a beautiful bit of the country with lots of sites/aires.

 

[goin roamin]

If you mean Le Touquet, there is a large aire there that is very well located by the coast on the north edge of the town. Easy to walk or cycle into town from there. I'd say it's about 45 miles from Calais. We sometimes go there for a day trip by car using the shuttle.

Another great stopover going south from Calais is Camping Sainte Claire at Neufchatel-en-Bray. A lovely site with adjacent aire. The aire is very smart with toilet and shower facilities.

can you remember the name of the one to the north of Le Touquet

 

[offagen]

can you remember the name of the one to the north of Le Touquet

The one I was suggesting is Le Touquet Paris Plage 1 . Coordinates N50°32'10" E001°35'34".

There is also the larger Le Touquet Paris Plage 2 a little inland from the first one.

PS: Ignore the Belleville notes. That's just Google Maps getting muddled. The map area is just above Le Touquet town.

 

[goin roamin]

do you have any contact EMAIL or WEBSITE or telephone

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[offagen]

do you have any contact EMAIL or WEBSITE or telephone

It's unlikely. It's an aire, there's no-one there running it. You just turn up and take your chances. It's a matter of luck but with 50 spaces in the one I suggested and more than double that number in the other nearby aire you stand a good chance of finding a space - assuming you are not going in high season. When you arrive you simply pay the overnight fee at the machine. They may have a 48 hour stay limit. There will be a service point for filling your cw tank if required and for emptying your waste and cassette when you leave.

 

[rod_vw]

do you have any contact EMAIL or WEBSITE or telephone

This is the thing that Brits have to learn about the relaxed way of wandering France. You just turn up and take your chance of a space with Aires, however except in very busy areas at peak season there will be a space for you to park. But don't expect any spacing rules between camping cars, this is the land of shrugged shoulders!

Two of the advantages we find of using Search for Sites are that each location viewed in the app will interface with various navigation apps and secondly there is always a list of other similar places listed with the one that you have chosen.

And detail of the Le Touquet Marina Aire

 

[offagen]

goin roamin if you are not familiar with French aires I should mention that most do not have any toilet or shower facilities* and you are lucky to get ehu. So you need to have your own facilities, solar charging, etc.

If you'd prefer a campsite with full facilities there is one called Caravaning Stoneham on the southern edge of Le Touquet. Googling that name will give you all their details.

* The only aires that I'm aware of that often provide toilets/showers are those run by the Camping-Car Park chain. Which are more a half-way between an aire and a campsite. Price-wise they are often mid way between aires and campsites. There is a €5 joining fee to get their Pass Étapes card to use at the entry machines. A few other aires provide toilets/showers but most do not.

 

[Riverbankannie]

goin roamin if you are not familiar with French aires I should mention that most do not have any toilet or shower facilities* and you are lucky to get ehu. So you need to have your own facilities, solar charging, etc.

If you'd prefer a campsite with full facilities there is one called Caravaning Stoneham on the southern edge of Le Touquet. Googling that name will give you all their details.

* The only aires that I'm aware of that often provide toilets/showers are those run by the Camping-Car Park chain. Which are more a half-way between an aire and a campsite. Price-wise they are often mid way between aires and campsites. There is a €5 joining fee to get their Pass Étapes card to use at the entry machines. A few other aires provide toilets/showers but most do not.

I will help him out with the website link for that campsite

Outdoor accommodation - Tourism Office Touquet-Paris-Plage

At an ideal location between the forest and the sea, about 1km from the town centre, the Stoneham Caravan Park makes the perfect base from which to

en.letouquet.com

 

[Solwaybuggier]

* The only aires that I'm aware of that often provide toilets/showers are those run by the Camping-Car Park chain. Which are more a half-way between an aire and a campsite. Price-wise they are often mid way between aires and campsites. There is a €5 joining fee to get their Pass Étapes card to use at the entry machines. A few other aires provide toilets/showers but most do not.

I think most Camping Car Parks don't have showers or toilets, only EHU , water, waste & toilet emptying and (often iffy) wifi. But they also have sites called Campings de Mon Village, generally former municipal sites, which usually do have showers & toilets, only in high season. They can be identified separately on their app & website. If the OP is keen to have bookings, you can purchase an add-on for the Pass Etapes called the Pack Privileges, which allows you to book - but we've never bothered with it. May be useful if going to busy areas in high season, but at €29?

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[offagen]

^^^^

Ah yes, it was the Campings de Mon village that I was thinking of. We've visited a couple of those during the past few weeks and the showers and toilets were open. We've also visited other Camping-Car Park aires that have had basic toilets but seemingly only unlocked in high season.