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Subject Topic: AIRE DE SERVICES IN FRANCE Post Reply Post New Topic
17/2/2008 at 10:52pm
 Location: rhyl north wales
 Outfit: auto sleeper kingham
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HAVING BOUGHT A MOTORHOME AND THIS SUMMER PLAN TO STAY IN FRANCE FOR AROUND 5 WEEKS I PLAN TO USE AIRES FOR THE FIRST TIME CAN ANY EXPERIENCED MOTORHOMERS PLEASE TELL ME IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIAL FITTINGS REQUIRED FOR THE WATER POINTS ETC THAT I WILL NEED . I PLAN TO USE AIRES ALL OVER FRANCE FROM REIMS,DOWN TO THE SOUTH COAST AND THEN I WILL BE HEADING ACROSS TO MONTPELLIER AND THEN INTO BRITANY FOLLOWING THE COAST UP THEN LE MANS AND HEADING UP THE NORMANDY COAST BACK UP TO CALAIS.WOULD BE VERY GREATFULL IF MEMBERS CAN RECOMEND ANY THAT YOU HAVE STAYED ON

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17/2/2008 at 11:08pm
 Location: Sunny Cheshire
 Outfit: Bessacarr E765p
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Hi Alan and welcome.

We have used many aires all over France. There are somethings you need to look at. Firstly finding them. There are some good books around (aires de camping car and all the aires in english). The other method is to use tourist offices in the location you are in for advice on places to stay.

As for what you need, well you will need a euro plug for your hook up, a polarity tester can be useful. As for water? no diffenrent to anywhere else. What you will need is either tokens or euro coins. Emptiing your waste is no different. If staying on Aires for less than a couple of nights we rarely use hook up especially in summer. Some aiers are better than others. If down on the south coast you may find some aires busy and not as safe as those in smaller towns. So make sure you suss the area out first. If unsure simply move on.

Its a very cheap way to spend your nights, but also so are muninciple campsites. These are council run and maintained by the local community,. Very cheap with wuite good facilities.

Enjoy wherever you go. There is a great internet site with all the aires on but I dont have it to hand try kev macs skiing site as he has links to it.



18/2/2008 at 9:48am
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This the site you need

http://www.campingcar-infos.com/index1.htm

Brilliant site with GPS co ords as well. Go for it.



18/2/2008 at 10:20am
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: motorhome
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Have a look at

http://www.campingcar-infos.com/Francais/aide_anglaise.htm

on the website first

then

http://www.campingcar-infos.com/Francais/recherche.php

Choose sites that you like the look of, most are safe, big towns can be more troubled than quieter town squares, motorway services generally have a poorer reputation.

Most of the taps I've seen are the standard press type, a british mixer tap adaptor for the hose is a good idea, just clamps on and you can keep the tap pressed without getting too wet.



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18/2/2008 at 11:47am
 Location: rhyl north wales
 Outfit: auto sleeper kingham
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many thanks for your help and info I have booked some nights on sites but am allowing travel days to be no more than 200 miles max and will be using the aires for 2/3 days travelling to the next booked sites .I have looked at the internet sites you have recommended and they are very informative just hope there is spaces left when we get to them.

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29/2/2008 at 7:03pm
 Location: South Yorks
 Outfit: autotrail apache 632 motorhome
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Don't worry too much about getting a space. We've been all over and never had any trouble getting on an aire. MInd you , I usually get soaked filling up with water no matter what. One aire at Stenay had a press button tap that nothing would fit so I ended up filling the watering can loads of times...and still got soaked! Still , a visit to the Beer Museum there made up for it!

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