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Subject Topic: France passion - Aires ? Post Reply Post New Topic
22/5/2013 at 4:17pm
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Are these options any good when you have three kids in tow? (age 1, 9 , 12)thinking of heading to france for three four weeks and was hoping to use a few of these in order to keep the price down.
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22/5/2013 at 7:45pm
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I personally would not stop at aires with kids in tow, primarily for the fact that they offer nothing at all to keep the youngsters occupied, campsites will of course at this time of year offer open swimming pools(not all of them) and some even have play areas for kids, as for keeping the price down, some town campsites(camping municipal) owned and run by the local councils are quite cheap, you have to do a bit of home work on google and you WILL find loads of them, of course that also depends from the area you are visiting, but trust me France does not lack from either private or municipal campsites. Hope this helped a bit.

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22/5/2013 at 7:51pm
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I am also fascinated in hearing from people who have actually used French passion "sites". Although we were members for one year, we never actually got the chance to try a single one.17 

 I have been a liitle put off because I feel obliged to purchase produce from the proprietor and find it difficult to "say no". I don't want to pay silly prices for produce though and find it easier to just pay a site fee. Does anyone else feel it all a bit pressurised or have I got it completely wrong? 17



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22/5/2013 at 9:16pm
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Just thought. Are you talking about France Passion scheme under which you can pay a "membership" and then stay free of charge at vineyards, honey farms and other venues of interest and probably be expected to buy goods before you leave ?

 or Village and Town Aires where you can stay , sometimes free or for a few euros and plug into electric hookups and get water, drain off waste water etc.

My comments above refer to the France Passion scheme.

Staying at Aires can be cheap, convenient and often close to village centres or at scenic locations. These are well worth considering.

My apologies for any confusion. The title of the thread threw me.

Municipal campsites are also cheap, clean and we love them.Hope this helps.



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22/5/2013 at 9:20pm
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no mate you haven't got it wrong, me/us were members of such scheme and like you felt we had to purchase some farm produce to make us feel better for using the facilities, also what I did not like much ,sometime you had to go off track for quite a distance to get to get to your destination, although I must also confess that in the places we stopped at, some of their products ie. wine, cider(cidre), cheese (that i'm very fond of) was fantastic but on the whole no I would not use the system again.

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22/5/2013 at 9:21pm
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I agree with Wino, the municipals may be a better option with kids, and inexpensive to camp. Check out the site review section in whatever area of France you fancy. Its great fun spending time choosing. While you are there look at some of the private sites many of which aren't expensive.

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Aug.......somewhere else in France


23/5/2013 at 5:49pm
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We are travelling to the south of France this year stopping at aires on the way, we have 3 kids under 6, I have the aires book and we are all really looking forward to the adventure

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23/5/2013 at 6:14pm
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cheers guys the municipal sites look like the way to go as with two kids and a baby we aint going to have alot of space unles i can stash things under the van(i.e hose pipes, blocks, grey waist etc etc)also having to travel peak season(school hols) would i find it difficult to get on these sites if i havnt pre booked? i kind of like the idea of just turning up ;-)


23/5/2013 at 7:17pm
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one night stops at aires is fine, we do it all the time, there are only few places that we would stop for more then 3/5 days, ie. I love Narbonne plage, there is an aire literally on the beach and you can walk along it for miles.

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24/5/2013 at 7:45am
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what you need is vicarious books "All the aires France https://www.vicarious-shop.com/Aires-and-Stopovers/

These are parking sites provided by local councils for the use of motorhomes



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24/5/2013 at 12:04pm
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got my all the aires book through the post today having a nosey right now ;-)


25/5/2013 at 6:06pm
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we have done a 6 week tour of France Spain & Portugal earlier this year & used The Camperstop Europe book, only costs for stop overs was  2 euro a time for water fill ups


27/5/2013 at 3:22pm
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This book is absolutely fantastic for finding sites as you go along:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Le-guide-officiel-camping-caravaning/dp/2358390240/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369664182&sr=8-1&keywords=le+guide+officiel+camping+caravanning

OH and I don't book anywhere during the school holiday time - perhaps a bit of a planned route then find sites as and when.

The book takes a little getting used to - it is primarily in french but is easy to understand - I sometimes got the wrong village (thinking it was where the little camping sign was in the book!) hence double checking the village in the written section is a must (if you buy it you will see what I mean).

This book has big sites, municipals and also aires naturelle (privately owned smaller sites)as well as regular aires.

I have bought other books but my dog eared copy of this has been the best of them all if you are touring around.I had the 'all the aires' book and there were definitely not all the aires in there!!

The only time we had issues finding a site that wasn't full was on the west coast in the height of summer - we just moved inland by a few km and there were lots of sites available.



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