MMM – September 2019

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Spain TRAVEL

Boulogne

LeTouquet

Berck-sur-Mer

Forges-les-Eaux

Pont-de-l’Arche

Brezolles

Saumur

Angliers

Poitiers

Vivonne

Nersac

Bordeaux

Sanguinet

Mimizan

-Plage

Capbreton

Anglet

Biarritz

Abbeville

Calais

Rouen

Le Mans

Paris

Lille

Rennes

Nantes

Tours

Limoges

La Rochelle

Toulouse

Pamplona

D901/940

N10

1

2

3

4

5

= Campsite

= Route

KEY

A28

Long

Bauge-en-Anjou

Montendre

THE COSTS

Costs depend on how many stops you makeand where you stay.

Figures for the outbound journey, based on our last trip, are

shown. Diesel in France wastypically €1.42/litre and €1.25/litre

in Spain.The credit card exchange averaged€1.14/£1. The route

below from Dover to Pamplona uses four free aires and no sites

DOVERTOPAMPLONA

FuelAverage 28.5mpg......................................................................................£150

FerryOne way, Dover to Calais.......................................................................£80

Total costs.........................................................................................................£230

PAMPLONA TO COSTAS

Route 1 Route 2 Route3Route 4

Fuel £47 £54 £80 £98

Aires 2 -free 2 - free3 - free1 - free

Campsites 0 0 0 2 - £35

Total costs £47 £54 £80 £133

MOTORWAY TOLLS

From Bordeaux to the Spanish border (Stage 4 and 5)you can

use the A63 motorway all the way, butthis incurs ive pay-at-toll

charges. Total charge, one way, would be approximately:

Class 2 (Height to 3m,weight to 3.5t, 2 axles):£10 (stage 4)

and £11 (stage 5)

Class 3 (Height over 3m or weight over 3.5t, 2 axles):£28

(stage 4) and £16 (stage 5)

Class 4 (Height over 3m or weight over 3.5t, 3 axles):£36

(stage 4) and £21 (stage 5)

DISTANCES& TRAVEL TIMES

FRANCETOSPAIN

Stage 1....Calais to Rouen................................140 miles........ ...........3.3hrs

Stage 2....Rouen toNonancourt......................50 miles........ ...........1.2hrs

Stage 3....Nonancourt toPoitiers.................200 miles........ ...........5.2hrs

Stage 4....Poitiers to Bayonne........................258 miles........ ...........5.8hrs

Stage 5....Bayonneand into Spain................93 miles........ ...........2.5hrs

SPAIN TO THE COSTAS

Route 1....Pamplona toVinaròs........ .............258 miles........ ...............6hrs

Route 2....Pamplona toValencia..................296 miles........ ...........6.5hrs

Route 3....Pamplona toCartagena..............447 miles........ ............10hrs

Route 4....Pamplona toMotril........................545 miles........ ............12hrs

to Pont-de-l ’Arche, cross the ri ver andkeep

goin g, still on the D6015, for fourmiles to

a roundabout.Go straight on and in 500

yards take the slip road towards motorways

and Évreux. Cross the A13motorway

and joi n the fr ee A154motorway which

continues as dualcarriageway past Évreux

to Nonancourt where you meet the N12.

Stage 3: Nonancourt toPoitiers

Approaching the N12 anobvious route

is turning left past Dreux and Chartres.

However, this is a bu sy slowtrucking route

goin g thr ough Tours. Instead turn ri ght

towards Alençon, leave most of the traffic

behind and enjoy mainly dual carriageway

for 34 miles to Mortagne-au-Perch e where

you turn south. Don’t enterthe town,

but continue onthe N12bypass for three

miles and take the se cond e xit. Turn back

under the main road and at the se cond

roundabout take the first exit on the D401.

Join the D938south past Bellême and the n

the D301past Bonnétable towards Le Mans.

Just before Le Mans, as you leave the villa ge

of Savigné-l’Évêque, turn left towards the

A11/A28motorway junction. Continue

straight on tojoin the D323southern bypass

and in 7½miles turn south on the D323to

La Flèche. Continue south through Baugé-

en-Anjou andjoin the D347which crosses

the Loire at Saumur, a nd continues p ast

Montreuil-Bellay andLoudun to Poitiers.

Stage 4:Poitiers to Bayonne

Join the Poitiers ring(not the A10)+

In winter, water supplieson
aires may be shut off, but
charges often cancelled.
Toilet cassette drains are
nearly always available
Parking machines that accept
credit cards are increasing
but you also needcash
Use supermarkets for
better-value fuel.Most accept
UK credit cards
Low emissionzones are
increasing. Getmore info at
certificat-air.gouv.fr
In 2018, the open road speed
limit was reduced from 90kph
to 80kph, that’s 50mph

TIPS FOR FRANCE