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► Option no tolls
at all
This
is not the most sensible option, since
the few euros saved by not paying any tolls - even for motorhomes
- will be offset by a longer route with more stress, and lots
of stopping and starting as you go through built-up areas, rather than
skirting round them.
For this reason, the details of the no tolls option are indicated below.
►Option minimal tolls
Paying
a few euros in tolls on a 1000 km journey pays for itself
in time saved and less stress. This route offers the best balance
between speed and toll costs for driving from Calais to the
Spanish border at Irun, near Bayonne.
About-France.com
recommended toll-saving route: Calais
> Abbeville > Rouen > Chartres > Tours
> Poitiers > Angoulême > Bordeaux.
The tolls that are worth
paying:
Calais
to Abbeville on A16 : 7.50 Euros
South
exit from Rouen on A 13 > A154 : 2 Euros
Motorway
round Tours: 1.80 Euros ( 2 x 0.90 Euros)
88 km
of the A63 - the last 88km of the route, avoiding the long
built-up area around Bayonne and Biarritz. Cost 7 Euros
Total
recommended tolls (2011): 18.30 Euros for a
car,or about 27.50 €uros for a normal motorhome, RV or
camping car.
Time
saved by paying tolls: about 2 hours.
Route
guide:
Leave Calais on the A16
/
E402 motorway following signs for Boulogne,
Amiens. The toll
section starts just before Boulogne.
Just before Abbeville, take the free A28
/
E402 motorway to Rouen.
Entering Rouen the A28
becomes the N28.
Follow on down through the tunnel, then across the Seine. After that,
follow signs for Paris
and Evreux
then Evreux & Orleans .
You will join the A13
motorway west of Rouen.
About 10 km south or Rouen, leave the A13 motorway for the A154 motorway. Toll gate at the
intersection.
Then follow the A154 > N154
dual carriageway almost to Dreux.At
Dreux, follow signs for Chartres
and Orleans.
After
Dreux, the
N154 is almost all modern dual-carriageway as far
as Chartres.
From Chartres follow the
N 10 to Chateaudun, Vendôme and Tours. This is
mostly single carriageway for 130 km, but there are sections of dual
carriageway, notably round Vendôme. Before reaching Tours, the N10
becomes the D
910.
On approaching Tours, follow signs for the
A10
motorway, and join it at junction 19.
Skirt round Tours on the toll motorway, then exit at junction 23, following the
sign for D910
to Montbazon
Follow the D 910 all the way to Poitiers,
skirting round the city. After Poitiers, the D910 once more turns into
the
N 10 , which you now follow almost as far as Bordeaux. It is dual
carriageway virtually all the way. Join the free
A10
/
E5 motorway shortly before Bordeaux,
then follow signs for Bayonne.
South
of Bordeaux, the motorway is replaced by dual carriageway
(divided highway) route nationale, the
N 10 / E5 ,
for most of the way to Bayonne. For the last few kilometres to Bayonne,
Irun and the Spanish border, the
N10 / E5
becomes the A63 autoroute(toll) - which links directly at the
border to Spain's Autopista A-8, and thereafter to the Spanish motorway
network.
Alternative route avoiding all tolls :
a) Boulogne:
Leave A16 motorway at exit 29, and follow D901 > D1001 as far as
the entrance to Abbeville, where you take the Free A 28.
b) At Rouen,
before reaching the Seine, take exit at the entrance to a short tunnel,
for D6015 marked Vernon, Cergy Pontoise. Follow D6015 as far as Le
Vaudreuil, then join the free A154 > N154.
c) At Tours,
do not join the motorway, just keep following the green signs for
Poitiers
d) Approaching the Bayonne
area, leave N 10 before it becomes the A63 toll motorway. Exit 10,
signed Bayonne in green. Follow the D810 through to the Spanish border.
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Hotels
along the route - all very easy to find
Red markers on the map indicate handy hotels close to the
road. Click any marker for details. Direction indications for reaching
hotels are for southbound traffic.
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