Hello!
My husband and I have 3-4 weeks (flexible) to spend traveling this summer. We chose France and want to do a road trip. So far this is the plan- We are flying into Paris, train to Versailles, spending 2 nights there for Bastille Day celebrations. From there, we don’t k kw where to go....east or west. Hubs wants to do Champagne and Burgundy, drive to Bordeaux, fly to Lisbon and fly home. I want to do Normandy, Brittany, drive down the coast to Bordeaux, fly to Lisbon then home. What would you do,, France experts?
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Aren’t you spending some time in Paris? Perhaps you have been there before.
We have been to all the places you mention. Are you fans of champagne with a desire to visit the champagne houses? If not, I would do Option 2.
Posted by
OP
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Oh yes sorry we have been to Paris and Loire Valley/Nice before so we want to skip those
Posted by
L'Occitanie, France
10208 posts
Burgundy to Bordeaux is quite a haul with a mountain range and a load of interesting sights/sites in between. If you are not going to stop, I'd just go to Normandy, Brittany, and make a couple of stops on the way to Bordeaux.
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Sioux Falls, SD, USA
3046 posts
Last summer, we spent 5 days in Bretagne, in the Finisterre Department. Our friends live near Quimper, which is quite close to the coast. So, we stayed in Hotel des Voyageurs in Pleneour-Langvin, which is 65 E/night for a pretty simple room. The food is great and inexpensive. There are many lovely seaside villages in the area - Concarneau is a walled town. Further in, there is Dinan (another walled town) and Rennes. We were so charmed by the bucolic charms of this area - many cows, sheep. The drink is hard cider. The main food specialite is the galette - a buckwheat crepe with either savory (cheese, seafood) or sweet fillings. A car is necessary to get around in this area.
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Is Bordeaux a must? If not, you could do Champagne and Burgundy and end in Lyon, then fly to Lisbon. I think either option would work. How nutty are you about wine? If you're interested in vineyards, go with hubby's choice. I think Normandy, Brittany and down the coast would be a very nice trip, and could keep you busy for 3-4 weeks.
The middle of France is also very nice, and you will see many fewer visitors. I love Auvergne. If you have time to dawdle, your husband's itinerary would be nice, even he long trip from Burgundy to Bordeaux.
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Washington DC
27163 posts
I think the odds are extremely good that the Normandy/Brittany option will provide much more pleasant weather for a summer trip, assuming your prefer some clouds and possibly occasional rain to potentially-unrelenting heat.