dgarwylie

going from calais to nice france in july which would be the best route to take i have looked at a few, no sure what route to take though any help please

PalQ

do you want to go direct or do you want to see several places en route - a non-direct route could be:
Calais-Normandy- D Day Beaches - Mont Saint-Michel - Loire Valley - Burgundy - follow the Rhone via Lyon to Avignon, heart of Provence and then along Riviera coast to Nice.

CotswoldScouser

Rather than take any one individual's advice on this (how can you possibly know whether they share your tastes?), you'd be best advised to do both these things:

1. Track down a copy of Arthur Eperon's "Traveller's France", which is essentially all about this topic. Published originally in 1979, it summarises the food, the scenery and the hotels on each of a dozen or so alternative itineraries. At lots of British secondhand book websites.

2. Tell us what you're looking for. There are routes that link some of the world's greatest restaurants. Routes that take you through the history of Anglo-French relations, or the history of Christianity. Routes that purport to follow medieval pilgrimage routes, or just routes that avoid the traffic.

Which appeals to you?

dgarwylie

on the way downm from calais we would be looking to stop over night twice should we take the e15 or the e17, is there any nice villages to stop off at for a night on either of these routes

dgarwylie

on the way down from calais we would be looking to stop over night twice should we take the e15 or the e17, is there any nice villages to stop off at for a night on either of these routes