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Travelling to Orleans from Boulogne en-route to Languedoc and wondering if the Rouen-chartres route via e402/a28/n154 is a valid (and quick enough) alternative to going via Amiens-Paris.

We will be travelling at the start of August On Friday night so if going via Paris we would be there at approx midnight.

Any thoughts would be a great help.

Thanks

Guzz

not too bad a road , depends when you hit Rouen , we sailed through last Sunday but it was chaos through the week coming home.

im too tight to pay for the autoroute !!!

Hi Guzz,

we regularly travel that route to our new place just outside Saumur. The roads are fairly quiet. The quickest we've done it from Calais - Saumur is 5 hours. I'd guess to Orleans will be another 30-45 mins on top? Don't forget that the French schools have now broken up for the summer hols, so you may find some holiday traffic around!

HTH

I'd recommend you go from Boulogne heading towards Troyes/Dijon/Lyon (A26/A31/A9). This route by-passes Paris, and is called l'Autoroute du Soleil (Road to the Sun). It's still a bloody long run to go for in one hit, to be fair. We stopped at Troyes after driving down from Northern England. Continued the next morning, bright & refreshed. I'd say to treat the journey as part of the holiday, see lots of France, take your time. Arrive safe!

HTH

I haven't done the Orleans route Guzz, but the Troyes one worked very well for us when last driven a coupla years ago. I think there's something to be said for the more 'direct' route south, rather than cutting across the country to the west, then going down...

Have you tried planning it on www.viamichelin.com ?

Hi

We're going to do this route on our way to Loches. We're going to stop over somewhere around Rouen in a budget hotel, we'ver researched the different brands but now we need a good location, preferably not far from the motorway.....any ideas?

cheers

Quote: Originally posted by guzz on 04/07/2005

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Thanks Bev&Jon, would you think you could reach Orleans in roughly 4-5 hrs going that route at night?..(.travelling just with car.)

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Quote: Originally posted by newuser on 04/07/2005

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Hi

We're going to do this route on our way to Loches. We're going to stop over somewhere around Rouen in a budget hotel, we'ver researched the different brands but now we need a good location, preferably not far from the motorway.....any ideas?

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Many of these budget hotels are designed for motorway travelling, and so are often very cloe to the motorways.

Would recommend the B&B chain - good breakfasts and nice rooms.