Campsites

[burrich]

Hi everyone

need some advice on some good campsites in France. In September myself and Hudders are riding to the Ardeche area of France. Has anyone been there?.....camped there?.....any recommondations....any good campsites on the way down?.....any good sites in Andorra?....

Cheers

[Robster]

Hi everyone

need some advice on some good campsites in France. In September myself and Hudders are riding to the Ardeche area of France. Has anyone been there?.....camped there?.....any recommondations....any good campsites on the way down?.....any good sites in Andorra?....

Cheers

Ummmm yes , yes and yes......shooting off home now but I'll drop some details your way later or tomorrow

[Whealie]

My experience of France is that you ride until you feel like stopping, pull of the main road and there will be a campsite sign very soon. It will be clean and welcoming and there will be a bar not too far away.

[Austin]

My experience of France is that you ride until you feel like stopping, pull of the main road and there will be a campsite sign very soon. It will be clean and welcoming and there will be a bar not too far away.

just the sort of thing I was going to say.

I was last in the Ardeche in the '80s - used to go there or thru there every year for about 5 years. Loads of campsites especially in the honeypot areas near Vallon pont d'arc, and Pont St Esprit - the town at the other end of the Gorge. I always to looked for smaller less organised campsites than the big commercial ones, but as its nearly 20 years since I was last there they will all have changed. The gorge road itself is/was awesome as are almost all roads in the area. I never did any offroading mind, but I suspect the area is absolutley minted with awesome trails.

If you go and play in or near the river watch out for the naturists though - they are everywhere. Believe me I know, I looked out for them.

[Spades]

My experience of France is that you ride until you feel like stopping, pull of the main road and there will be a campsite sign very soon. It will be clean and welcoming and there will be a bar not too far away.

I agree. I suggest scanning ahead on your GPS/map, if you see a lake or such (a sea ) just off route, there is a high lightlyhood of there being a campsite close by.

[cabbage2404]

Just a little North in the Drome region between Lyon and Valence, Joel, a French friend of mine owns a tidy little campsite at Charmes sur la Herbasse, called Les Falquets. It is situated near the Vercours mountains, a stunning playground of twisty roads and deep caverns. Sadly, the campsite closes down sometime in September for the end of season , but fortunately i'm visiting in August