| Why would you want to spend your whole day | | | | cities both on route or at your destination. |
| on a plane, most of the time you are above the | | | | Also you can of course decide how far down you |
| clouds and can't see the land beneath, that's when | | | | want to drive, if 9 hours of driving (remembering |
| it is land of course and not some great big | | | | you can split this up) is not to your liking then you |
| expanse of water. | | | | don't need to go so far South you could perhaps |
| You can drive from the channel ports to the | | | | stay north of Paris, or a little south of Paris |
| South of France, it will only take you around 9 | | | | especially if you are not a dedicated sun |
| hours and you can very easily turn that part of | | | | worshiper and you are not necessarily seeking the |
| the journey into a sightseeing adventure and an | | | | heat of a Mediterranean sun. The benefit of |
| enjoyable part of your holiday, especially if you | | | | staying close to Paris is that you can usually get |
| maybe do a stopover for one or two nights. | | | | readily available train links into the French capital |
| There are plenty of motels or Logis de France | | | | and go visit without running the gauntlet of the |
| hotels on route that would be more than happy | | | | Arc de Triomphe, OK I admit it not everywhere |
| to put you up for a night or two at very | | | | is good for self drive and a 6 lane roundabout is |
| affordable prices some starting as low as EUR32 | | | | not for the faint hearted. |
| for a twin room, or you could elect to do a bit of | | | | Some lovely locations to visit traveling North to |
| camping on route, even nicer if you know when | | | | South: |
| you get to your destination that you have | | | | Senlis |
| organised somewhere really comfortable to stay. | | | | Paris |
| Once in the South of France you will find many | | | | Orleons |
| options for very affordable accommodation, there | | | | Limoges |
| are Chambre d'hote's, self catering gites, an | | | | Cahors |
| abundance of hotels or camping as an option and | | | | Toulouse |
| all this for the most part in a Mediterranean | | | | Monticoux |
| climate. Certainly that is true for Languedoc | | | | Bruniquel |
| Roussillon, Provence and the Cote d'Azure even if | | | | Castelnau-de-Montmiral |
| it is not strictly true of the Limousin which is a | | | | Once you are this far south then there are loads |
| little further north, but its still a very pleasant | | | | of further options, Carcassonne is pretty special |
| climate in this region as well at the right time of | | | | as are Montpellier, Nimes, Narbonne, Beziers, |
| year. | | | | Perpignan and many more. All fabulous in their |
| Driving to the South of France is a wonderful way | | | | own right. |
| to see the country and experience some of the | | | | So don't waste your day on an airplane, turn the |
| fantastic scenery on offer and of course you can | | | | time into an adventure and make your traveling |
| elect to stay in or near to some of the beautiful | | | | time an enjoyable experience. |