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Having taken our tent to the Loire and French Alps in the past two years we are thinking about heading further south next year since the only downside to our first two ventures has been slightly dodgy weather. We would like to try either the Cote D'Azur or even somewhere around Lake Garda in Italy.

Our worry is whether it will just be too  hot  in a tent both during the day and at night. How have people with tents found either Italy or the south of France in these conditions in July/August and what ways have they found of dealing with it?

Thanks!

Hi

We were at Cote D'Azur this year and it was as hot as 45 (according to the car). Was very hot during the day but we were hardly ever in the tent during the day and it wasn't a problem.  In the evening the tent cooled down considerably and though I fell asleep with no covers on they were always on in the morning so it must have got cooler!!  Just stay at the pool/beach and you'll be fine.  Really the only thing that we had to consider was where to put the fridge in relation to the sun to try to keep it as cold as possible.

Fiona

You wont be in the tent during the day tho ?

The nights should be a lot cooler.

We used a gazebo to sit under and played games with the children. Then about 3pm we would wonder down to the camp site's pool and spend a couple of hours there, stop at the bar on the way back and have a beer and icecream and then back to the tent where by then it was lovely to sit out in.This was in the Ardeche this August where the temp reached 35 (again according to the car).