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Subject Topic: Is the Ardeche too hot for campervan?
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PersonRich73
20/3/2023 at 6:28pm
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I know I'm jumping on this post quite late, but I have caravanned in the South of France several times.

A lot depends on how much you can tolerate heat, it is as you describe 'HOT'.

Take or leave my little bit of advice, but what we have is 3 of those JML Mini Air coolers.

We leave the sun blinds down most of the day and when the sun starts to cool we open all the caravan windows, with the fly screens in place.

We freeze the air filter of the coolers through the day, and put icy water in the tray of the air cooler (If you've never seen one, it would all become self explanatory when you did). We only turn them on as we are getting in to bed. They are definitely not a/c type, but they produce a cooler breeze and you can point them around the area. My top tip/trick is, to wait until the wife and family are all asleep and then turn all the mini coolers to blow cooler air at me. Like I say take it or leave it.


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If you draw a line East West half way up Brittany you will discover the northern limit of the green snake.
Below this line anywhere you go in France will get hot in summer.
The South coast of Brittany is green with deciduous trees, the coast near Bordeaux beige with pine trees.
The further South you go the hotter it will get, if there's a heatwave it will be hot wherever you are.
A tent or a motor vehicle will turn into an oven, you therefore need shade with ventilation, I add a tarp to my tent in France.
Drink plenty of water, don't attempt anything too energetic in the hot sun, have long relaxed evening meals when things have cooled a little.
One night I slept in speedos on top of my sleeping bag with all the tent doors open, everyone did that night.

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Enjoy the liveliness of the syntax.


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We have a cotton canvas trailer tent. The cabin has front and rear door panels, ventilated window panels on each side and a zip-in groundsheet.

Last year, we were on an open pitch in very high temperatures. We opened all the panels and unzipped the groundsheet for maximum ventilation and used an electric mini fan at nights.A few (empty) pitches along were a couple in their £60k + campervan. They told us they couldn't go inside during the day as it was too hot. Out trailer tent was fine.

I think it depends on the insulation levels in your campervan and potential ventilation, also whether you're on an open or a shaded pitch. Location also impacts; we've stayed on a coastal site near Perpignan in extremely high temperatures, but with pitches in a pine forest so it was never unbearable or even uncomfortable.


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Quote: Originally posted by ellison87 on 08/3/2023
Hello, we are looking at options in the Ardeche in last week of July. Friends of ours went there last summer and are advising that we should avoid due to the intense heat (hitting near 40 on some days). However I am mindful that last summer was especially hot.
We camp in our converted Transporter camper (no a/c) with either a event shelter or airbeam awning and we've camped previously across SW France and Northern Spain with no extreme heat issues. This will be our first time down in the South of France in the van howewer, so its new territory.
Any advice appreciated.



I'd get some no-see-um insect mesh to rig up so you can have doors and windows open and buy a mini fan to circulate the air in the van (we have a Status 6" mini clip type, which we also sometimes clip onto the camping table to deter pesky flies at mealtimes). Also, have a look at Transcool coolers, they run on 12v when travelling and 240 when on EHU, so worth considering if you have no aircon in your camper.


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Quote: Originally posted by Val A on 08/3/2023
Choice of sites: Camping Les Coudoulets at Pradons, L'Ardechois, La Plage Fleurie, Mondial Camping, or Le Provencal around Vallon Pont d'Arc, La Soleil Vivarais nearer to Ruoms - all along the Ardeche river, and will benefit from the movement...'

Post last edited on 08/03/2023 20:50:14


Mondial merged with the adjacent campsite and has been called 'Rives d'Arc' for some years now. There are 2 entrances (Nord et Sud) but it's one campsite now, with one side having more shade. There are some good, big pitches there.



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