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Quote: Originally posted by Val A on 08/8/2011

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 D607 to Aigues Vives then St Pons, then the D612 to Castres, Castres to Caussade (via Cordes sur Ciel - a lovely place to stop for lunch), Caussade to Cahors on the N20

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Thanks for this Val - I have been trying to work out how to avoid the route over the Montagne Noire, via Mazamet, as we have done this with a FC and would not attempt with a caravan.

Sometimes you it's difficult to tell whether a route is ok by just looking at the map.

Will be using non toll roads in future and making more use of municipals!

Glad to hear it Sandy!  There are some lovely municipal sites out there! 

I agree it's difficult to assess roads, but my OH is a bit of an experimenter - and if it's a road on a map then he's prepared to give it a go!  We've found some cracking short cuts that way!

Quote: Originally posted by Val A on 08/8/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by SGThomas on 08/8/2011

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There may be some saving in fuel by using tolls, which would mitigate the peage, but as Val says, if you have time, then N roads are more fun.

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I doubt there would be any saving, when you can buy fuel at up to 21 cents a litre cheaper off the peage autoroutes.  A fill-up off autoroute will cost us £12.00 less than on the autoroute.

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Quote: ]I doubt there would be any saving, when you can buy fuel at up to 21 cents a litre cheaper off the peage autoroutes. A fill-up off autoroute will cost us £12.00 less than on the autoroute.

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We went to Austria this year for 4 weeks, our first visit after many years in France.

To avoid paying tolls we went through Holland, Belgium & Germany. It took us 2 hours to do 10 miles around Bruxelles, enroute hundreds of HGV's to pass, cars speeding past us non-stop, toilets rare. No chance to use the Cruise control and definitely NOT a relaxing drive.

Needless to say we came back through France and were happy to pay the tolls, enjoy the driving and our stops at the Aires.

Just got bill for the whole of July for Sanef tolls ... four weeks of use ... £95 ... and we've used a lot as we left UK on June 30th ... go back this week-end..

Good value, I reckon.

Most maps show which are tolled and which are free.

Michelin route planner also calculates the toll charges for your trip ... so if you plan a trip you'll see whether any toll charge comes up.

Sat navs ask you whether you want to avoid toll roads ... so that's another way to ensure avoidance.

In my AA Atlas of France. Free autoroutes are blue and tolled autoroutes are purple.

Carol