Loire Valley Tours
Loire Valley Tours by Motorhome
The Loire Valley is a fantastic place to visit and has been popular with British visitors for many years. Loire Valley tours by motorhome adds an extra angle on to the tour giving maximum freedom and flexibility.The Loire Valley is one of the most beautiful and historically interesting regions of France and it’s not too much of an arduous drive from the UK. This tour has been designed to make driving distances easy to handle, giving our clients lots of free time to explore the area at their leisure. The architecture of the typical Loire Chateau is stunning, you will be amazed at their lavishness and architectural design.
The architects used the River Loire as a design element and their results are often remarkable. When you combine this architectural elegance with the area’s natural beauty and its superb class wines, it is easy to see why visitors return time and again on Loire Valley Tours.
Here is a typical Motorhome Loire Valley Tour
The 2 or 4 week tour described below is a typical tour. Sometimes people prefer to stop mostly on campsites, sometimes they stop at the free ‘aire de camping car’ which the French love so much and of course many selected vineyards will let you sample and buy their wines and let you camp at the vineyard free of charge if you buy there wine, otherwise a small tip of a about 5 euros (although not expected) would be nice for the grape pickers tip box.Day 1
Collect your Motorhome at a location convenient to you in the UK. The rest of the day is spent travelling to Dover and getting a good feel of your motorhome. If you want to you could spend Saturday evening at a campsite near Dover, if you prefer.Day 2
Catch a ferry from Dover in the late morning and arrive at Calais at about 13.30 local time. A drive of 40 miles (nearly all on motorway-Peage), will bring you to the first campsite near Boulogne.Day 3
Today is the longest drive of the whole tour, a distance of about 170 miles, but nearly all on motorway, so it should be very easy. You then arrive at a top class campsite near the town of Moyaux in Normandy in mid afternoon. The campsite has its own restaurant, so the cook can take a holiday if you wish.Day 4
A completely free day to relax and even explore the local area.Day 5
A drive of about 155 miles today will bring us to our first campsite on the Loire, in the town of Angers. There is no food on site, but shops are less than a mile away.Day 6
A free day to relax, visit a local vineyard taste the wine and stock up, or explore as you wish.Day 7
Another free day which will give you enough time to further explore the very interesting town of Angers,– or to catch up on the chores.Day 8
A short drive (about 50 miles), along the river to our next campsite near the town of Saumur. There will be enough time to fully enjoy driving along the banks of the River Loire and making the occasional detour to visit an interesting-looking village. The campsite restaurant will stay open for us this evening if enough people want to use it.Day 9
A free day today.Day 10
After a well deserved lie-in, move on to the next campsite near the town of Onzain. The distance is only about 65 miles so there will plenty of time to visit some local attractions en route. These could include Chinon, Azay-le-Rideau, Tours, Chenonceaux and Amboise. The campsite has its own restaurant and take-away and there is a supermarket within 2 miles.Day 11
Relax or explore, as you wish. Stock up on with local wine again if you must.Day 12
We start to head for home today, albeit at a leisurely pace.After a drive of about 120miles we will arrive at our penultimate campsite near the river Seine at Poses. You can stroll along the tow path and visit a local restaurant in the nearby village if you wish or just chill out. Whatever takes your fancy at the time.
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