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And sometimes you're in the sun, and the clouds are beneath the bridge!

The best view, as I always say, is from below, from the old road coming down into Millau from La Cavalarie, or from one of the campsites down by the river in Millau such as Les Rivages where you can see the sun set through the bridge!

We took a picture last weekend of a hang-glider in front of the bridge, against a setting sun - which I'll post on my gallery.

Guess which big bridge I shall be driving over about 3:00 this coming Sunday afternoon!

http://www.leviaducdemillau.com/webcam.html

It's not at all scary going over it - you can't see 'down', just 'across' - so you've absolutely no sense of how high you are. 

The only way to get any sense of scale is, as in Steve's photo, to get right down underneath it and look up!  Then you'll see just how big those pillars are............ !

We crossed it for the first time two weeks ago from the south and were quite disappointed how unexciting the crossing was. From the south you are on it with very little notice and by the time OH had found the camera we were  well on the bridge. As Val says it isn't easy to get a perspective of the height but also  the bridge was so stable you wouldn't even know that you were so high.We stopped at the viewing centre to get a real perspective of the construction but there is quite a climb up to the viewpoint but well worth it.

I noticed that there were two seasonal rates for the toll which cost us 9Euros+ but didn't know whether we were in the summer season rate or not.

Quote: Originally posted by Suzac on 12/6/2010

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I noticed that there were two seasonal rates for the toll which cost us 9Euros+ but didn't know whether we were in the summer season rate or not.

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Quote: Originally posted by SGThomas on 12/6/2010

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I don't like 'exciting' when I am driving a car several 100m above the ground

It is not the height, it is just those last few inches when you plummet into the earth.

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You lot are getting me all excited now! I just hope my car & my budget last long enough for me to get down that far when I do my France tour in July.
Can't wait!

Here's the website giving the same information as the 'Le Guide Officiel ..............' and you can use it to find any sort of campsite (rural farm site to all-singing four star) throughout France.  You can select the Region, the 'Departement' (County or equivalent) or the commune (town).  It doesn't give many details when you finally arrive at the campsite page itself, but often has a link to the campsite's own website, and at least gives you an indication where to look.

I've just had a quick look around Millau - and there are plenty of Campings a la Ferme and Aire Naturelles in the area, so you shouldn't have any problems finding something even in July. 

It's a beautiful area to explore, aside from just going to see the Bridge, and most people on this forum know how enthusiastic I am about the Millau and the Gorges of the Tarn, Jonte and Dourbie.  We were there last weekend, just for a couple of days, and walked to the top of the cliffs of the Gorge du Jonte, up amongst the vultures.  See my gallery for a picture.