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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.

This the site you need

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

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

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.