Hi,
We are planning to leave Calais early in the morning of Saturday 23rd, after crossing the channel the day before and staying overnight in the city, to drive down to South of France to Golfe Juan. It is a 1250 km journey. We are thinking of not making any stop for accommodation but drive all the away down in one day.
We have a 3 year old daughter.
We think the journey can be done in ten hours.
Any recomendations!
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12-13 hours. Tiring for the driver and for the passenger if she is trying to keep a 3yo entertained for so long.Why not take it easy and stay a night en route somewhere like Orange or Montelimar?
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The last time I did the trip without staying overnight there was a crash near Lyon which stopped traffic for three hours. Total time for Nice to Calais was 15 hours, including two short stops. Including the channel crossing and the drive home, that was a total of 19 hours. Swore I would never do it again! Traffic will be heavy as you go south and holdups almost certain.
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Have a stopover it will be longer than 10hrs with a child on board.
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www.viamichelin.com gives journey time of 10.5 hours without stops. It will be longer than that because Saturday is classed as an orange (busy) day in the Rhone Valley and the South East, according to bison fute.
Could you not cross the channel earlier on Friday and at least get part way down through France before stopping?
I have never done the South of France in one day in my whole 21 years of driving down there. It is a very long slog.
Also take the route that goes Reims, Troyes, Dijon there is less traffic until Beaune and you meet up with the A6. Do not go via Paris.
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Ooh personally I wouldn%26#39;t do it, especially with a 3 year old. We travelled down earlier this year with our 3 year old and it took us 9 hours to get to Tournus (north of Lyon), our first planned stopover, then a further 7 hours to get to Port Grimaud the next day. You will need to make stops for food, stretching your legs and obviously using the facilities! These little stops all add up and always take a little bit longer than expected. By the way, we did the journey in a oner several years ago when there were just the two of us - never again!!
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I did it once without stopping nearly 20 years ago - never again.
That Saturday is going to be BUSY. The post that says take the Reims, Dijon route is absolutely right but once you hit the Beaune area the autoroute from Paris joins and then the fun begins.
Even if you get around or through Lyon without a problen the autoroute south of there is going to be one long traffic jam until you get to Orange.
Having said all that we do the drive every year and it is part of our holiday.We do it in two days staying near the channel tunnel and stopping in the Burgundy region near the motorway which is a comfortable journey from Calais. We get up and start early the next morning though to get ahead of the traffic
Some tips:-
If you can get some miles under your belt on Friday in France - say aiming for Reims about a 2 hour drive from Calais.If you cannot aim to stay somewhere to the north of Lyon for the night.
Look too at the French Autoroute site www.autoroutes.fr - they have predicted traffic conditions.
Listen to the Autoroute Radio Traffic station - it has regular traffic updates in English to help plan your journey
(the accents are so bad it will give you confidence to speak french)
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