![]() If you have Internet access whilst mobile you can use the Park4night app to locate an aire or alternative place to park. At Moulismes for example you can park where the cars and lorries park andhave more space for no fee. So, if you turn up at a destination that prohibits camping-cars you can now ignore the signs as they are not lawful. The ruling achieved by the CLC at Poitiers now means that towns and villages can no longer stop you from parking overnight anywhere a car or lorry can park. This is a blatant way of getting camping-car users to pay to park and has been declared discriminatory. Same with the Flotte-Bleu site outside Clermont-Ferrand which is simply a tarmac car park. There are no facilities, the parking areas are side by side on tarmac with little shade for many and there are no facilities other than those that other users can access without charge. The CCP at Moulismes is a complete rip-off. I don't mind paying for that, but as I said, two years ago this aire was free and with more facilities so this does impact on the camping-car scene as a whole. The Camping Car Park at Capdennac-Gare is worth the money as it is a nice location, the parking places are spacious and shaded and it gives me quick access to some good fishing. Some of the local villages provide free electricity and the parking areas are better than aires that you pay for.Įvery year the Camping-Car magazine includes a free guide to French aires and each month they publish details of ten or twelve that have been newly created or refurbished. There are a lot of excellent free aires in France especially out of season. But, if it really goes against the grain to pay for parking, it should be possible to find somewhere to stay free if you aren’t too fussy about the location or ambiance. If the choice is between overnighting on a CCP site for a relatively small charge, or there being no campsite or aire available, then the CCP scheme makes good sense nowadays. ![]() Free ‘aires’ have their own potential problems. Municipal campsites are expensive to run and many have passed into private ownership or closed. Now there are around 160, but it would be unrealistic to think that the CCP network ‘harms’ motorcaravanning in France, or that there will be an enormous future increase in the number of CCP sites. and the Wi-Fi worked satisfactorily.Ĭamping-Car Park started up in 2011 and, by 2016, there were about 20 CCP sites. Certainlly, when we overnighted at the Bazouges-Cré-sur-Loir CCP site last weekĮverything was very tidy - grass cut, waste-emptying facilities clean, etc. I’ve had a fair amount of discussion with the CCP team at Pornic about their app (that supposedly will be replaced eventually) and difficulties with the Wi-Fi at CCP sites (that was to be addressed in 2019 and seems to have been happened). Researching the CCP website will identify criticisms of the scheme regarding lack of maintenance of sites (and/or wonky Wi-Fi) but the former has not been my (albeit limited) experience. For people who prefer to use a toilet/shower-block’s facilities, the CCP scheme may well not suit. Very beautiful”.Īs I said in another recent forum posting, the expectation is that motorhomes staying on a CCP site will have their own onboard sanitary equipment and, consequently, won’t need a traditional campsite's toilet/shower- block that requires regular cleaning and maintenance. The sole English-language review (18 August 2018) says "Lovely clean facilities, the aire is perfect for supermarket and access to the town. ![]() The 11 French user-reviews of the site relate primarily to the emplacements becoming muddy in wet weather rather than the state of the toilets/howers. Unusually for a CCP site this ex-campsite’s toilets/showers remain operable and are open during July and August. ![]() Details of the Camping-Car Park site at Capdenac-Gare can be viewed here.
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