Aires or camper van parking in or near La Rochelle

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Aires or camper van parking in or near La Rochelle

 ·  Posted: 28.05.2018  ·  #1

Hi,

Staying in La Pinede in Palmyre and plan a couple of day trips into La Rochelle. Hoping someone can answer two questions for me?
- Is there any aires with easy accessibility into La Rochelle, or alternatively (and better), parking for a camper van in La Rochelle?
- Can anyone suggest nice things to do in La Rochelle (besides the aquarium which we have done already)?

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Re: Aires or camper van parking in or near La Rochelle

 ·  Posted: 28.05.2018  ·  #2

There are 2 Aires in la Rochelle , I'm thinking of going in myself tomorrow on the way to Royan depending on the weather I think there might be thunderstorms

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Re: Aires or camper van parking in or near La Rochelle

 ·  Posted: 28.05.2018  ·  #3

There is is the park and ride, Jean moulin which was manned but i believe not now (pay by card) and aire pont neuf on boulevard aristide rondeau, I have also stopped at camping du soleil which wasnt expensive with the acsi card and also have seen vavs wilding in the port area,If you go into the marina and carry on past the arch which takes you into the town centre there is a nice park on the right with walks which will take you back into town centre.
check this site out
https://www.searchforsites.co.uk/

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Aires or camper van parking in or near La Rochelle

 ·  Posted: 28.05.2018  ·  #4

Quote by eirebus

There are 2 Aires in la Rochelle , I'm thinking of going in myself tomorrow on the way to Royan depending on the weather I think there might be thunderstorms

We were in Tours on Sat,the worst thunder storm I have ever encountered. Saw a guy have his bike blown out of his hands and then he was trowing into the side of my van, in Mouzillon tonight getting wine just had another thunder storm, great during the day.

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Re: Aires or camper van parking in or near La Rochelle

 ·  Posted: 28.05.2018  ·  #5

Don’t fret, we are heading over on Wednesday and we will bring the good weather with us

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 ·  Posted: 28.05.2018  ·  #6

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Don’t fret, we are heading over on Wednesday and we will bring the good weather with us

Your not even getting on the boat ,after what we told the Customs about you . :shock:

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 ·  Posted: 28.05.2018  ·  #7

You have to remember I’m a local and know most of them. I’ll put a word in to be on the lookout for you on your return though, if there’s any more guff out of ya.

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 ·  Posted: 29.05.2018  ·  #8

thanks rebbyvid good info

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Re: Aires or camper van parking in or near La Rochelle

 ·  Posted: 29.05.2018  ·  #9

Try
www.park4night.com
A French site has more than 20 places in and around La Rochelle
Sorry cant use blue clicky thing (and have no interest in learning how!)
Good luck.

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Aires or camper van parking in or near La Rochelle

 ·  Posted: 29.05.2018  ·  #10

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Don’t fret, we are heading over on Wednesday and we will bring the good weather with us

David if you are going anywhere near Nantes, in an area called Mouzillon ,near the heart of Muscadet county. there is a fine independent vineyard,
Domaine de la Tucauderia. Muscadet, Sauce Blanc, Pinotnoir. It's in France Passion. He charges €5 a night with EHU and the use of toilets and showers ,no charge if you purchase .

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 ·  Posted: 29.05.2018  ·  #11

Sounds good. Might catch it on the way back. Heading to ile de Rey for a couple of nights then mooch down towards San Sebastian

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 ·  Posted: 29.05.2018  ·  #12

Heres another
https://www.campercontact.com/
like the craic app the best bit of all these online apps are the up to date reviews.
Another i have not used but seem to be getting bigger (i will be trying them out in August when i go over this year)
https://campingcarpark.com/en/
Just for info i use a mixture of ,search for sites ,Park4night, and camperstop, I have enough data on my phone to tether my tablet to it so very rarely without internet. I also have the all the aires books and camperstop so very rarely struggle to find somewhere to stop.Nearly forgot ACSI books as well

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 ·  Posted: 29.05.2018  ·  #13

David if you are going anywhere near Nantes, in an area called Mouzillon
What’s the weather like. It doesn’t look too great on tinternet. If it’s not sunny I’m going to have a lot of driving to do to keep swmbo happy. Looks ok in Perpignan

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 ·  Posted: 30.05.2018  ·  #14

In Ile de Re at the moment on campsite near lighthouse far end ACSI 1645 €19 thinking of going on Thurs back to ACSI 1587 in middle of island been there before. Campercontact seems to have few in island but €12.50 . €8 on the bridge, not sure if free coming off.

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 ·  Posted: 30.05.2018  ·  #15

On the Ferry now. Thinking of heading that direction if weather is good. Is it??

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 ·  Posted: 30.05.2018  ·  #16

We are on a very nice campsite in Loix called camping Les Ilates, weather is good now but outlook not so good. Weather forecasts change by the minute here, we were in Saint Martin de Ré earlier and had a great time.

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 ·  Posted: 30.05.2018  ·  #17

My missus is hunting for sun. I fear a long drive to the med ahead of me

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 ·  Posted: 30.05.2018  ·  #18

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My missus is hunting for sun. I fear a long drive to the med ahead of me

Nantes 21sunny ,for the next week from tomorrow 21,24,23,26,25,26,

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 ·  Posted: 30.05.2018  ·  #19

That sounds great. Diesel money being converted into wine money as we speak.
Thanks

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 ·  Posted: 02.06.2018  ·  #20

Drove down from roscoff Thursday. Weather was poor, some heavy rain at times so drove straight to Île de Ré. Here for last couple of days. On a great site now. La Graintière. Weather is expected to take a turn for the worst tomorrow at some stage, so onwards and south eastwards for us. Heading for Barcelona via Carcassone. Hoping to hit Barcelona Monday lunch time approximately

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 ·  Posted: 06.06.2018  ·  #21

Down in Spain this past month. Weird year as weather has been very poor in France. Even Spain has had bad days and storms.
Angulons had a good aire beside la rochelle (lovely cycle in) though it's been made smaller from last year. Can't park at sea front now. La rochelle a lot say around docks with no issues. Also is rochelle has a good aire.

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