Camping Road Trips: France and Germany

Introduction/How to use this guide FRANCE Alsace & Vosges Following France's Moselle River, the Vosges and the Route des Vins d'Alsace Andre le Notre gardens A tour of gardens designed by Andre le Notre around the Ile de France region Ardennes Touring the Ardennes region in search of microbreweries (and dipping into Belgium) Atlantic Coast North Follows Atlantic coast of Normandy & Brittany with focus on beaches and food Atlantic Coast South Follows Atlantic coast from Loire Atlantique to Spanish border with focus on beaches and food (continuation of above tour) Champagne Visiting off the beaten path vineyards/wine producers Channel Hopping/Boulogne The Parc Naturel Regional des Caps et Marais d'Opale Fete de la Fraise/Dordogne A visit to Dordogne's annual strawberry festival Free France (East Champagne) Charles de Gaulle in eastern Champagne region French Flanders The historic carnivals of France's Flanders region Gorges du Verdon Following the Gorges du Verdon on foot, bike, canoe and road Loire Valley Gardens Exploring the gardens (and chateaux) of the Loire Valley Normandy Cider Route Following Normandy's Cider Route Provender in Provence Visiting markets and food/wine producers in Provence Pyrenees to Alps Tour across the country from one mountain range to the other, including the Massif Central Route Napoleon Following the Route Napoleon (a national tour) Seine 1 Following the River Seine from source to outskirts of Paris Seine 2 Following the River Seine from Paris to the sea Somme Walking the Somme Battlefields Turkey Twizzlers Winter Turkey Festival in Licques GERMANY Alpenstrasse Following the Alpine Road Bertha Benz Memorial Route Following the Bertha Benz Memorial Route, a historical tour on the invention of the motor car Eifel Region/Hautes Fagnes Exploring the Eifel National Park and Hautes Fagnes Natural Park (walking/cycling) and the Volcano Route German Coast Following Germany's coast from Dutch to Polish borders Rhine Valley Following the

Caroline Mills is an experienced travel writer, and has spent a lifetime camping, caravanning and motorcaravanning. Her travels in a motorhome have taken her extensively throughout the UK and mainland Europe, from Portugal and southern Spain to the Baltic States, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Russia. For the past twenty years most of these European camping road trips have been either alone or companioned by her three young children, often wild camping. Caroline writes extensively on the subject of camping, caravanning, campervans and motorhomes. She contributes regularly to magazines, national newspapers and websites in the UK and abroad, such as Practical Motorhome, Practical Caravan, Camping & Caravanning and Discover Touring, of which she is the freelance editor. She is author of The Camping Pocket Bible, Cool Caravanning and Slow Travel: The Cotswolds and contributes to many other travel guides. Caroline is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers. You can follow Caroline on Twitter: @CarolineMills99.