dgarwylie

frech trip in july, travelling from calais to Nice which would be the best route to take and the best place to stopover for the night, before heading of to Nice the next morning any advice would be appreciated. thanks in advance

Travelnut

Are you driving..?
Have you plotted out potential drives to get your distances and times identified..?
www.viamichelin.com
www.mappy.com
You can choose what kind of roads you want. (toll=faster, non-toll=scenic)

Underhill

If I were you I'd plan on two stopovers en route--that's a very long drive.

dgarwylie

Yes we will be driving and are looking to stop over twice but where would you suggest and how long should we drive for per day i was looking at 6 hours. any help would be appreciated thanks in advance

Underhill

Six hours per day would be our maximum, especially as you're coming from Normandy. In September 2004 we drove from Bayeux to an inn near Beaune, in Burgundy, and were exhausted when we got there because of delays around Paris.

So I think you might consider stopping first somewhere in northern Burgundy, possibly in Charlon-sur-Marne or Troyes. The next night could be Vienne (a nice town with Roman ruins), just south of Lyon. Then the following day you'd be off to Nice.

Have you considered taking you and your car by train?

dgarwylie

underhill thanks for the info no I never thought about the train, too late this year but keep it for future trips, looked at troyes and looks intresting that maybe a place to stop off, thanks again for the info any more info you may have would be appreciated, thanks in advance

RonZ

I can recommend a very nice family run hotel with an excellent Michelin* restaurant--the Grand Chaumiere in the little town of St Florentin, just south of Troyes on the N77. You can continue south on that road and join the A6 near Auxerre.