Where can you vakantiefiles expect in France?

Posted on 07-07-2015 at 11:25 by CasperH – 43 Comments”

Vacances and douce France? Très nice man, you need to know about the traffic there.

Baguette, wine, cheese and alpinopetjes are, of course, irresistible to the average Dutch holidaymaker. To the charm of the original Peugeot 205 GTi and Renault Clio Williams’ in French Alpenweggetjes, not to mention. The speed limit is on most of the toll roads 130 km per hour on other highways usually 110 kilometres per hour. Outside the built-up area subject to a speed limit of 90 kilometres per hour. Within built-up areas, the speed limit of 50 kilometres per hour. The use of devices that help you speed cameras to recognize punished with fines up to 1500 euros, plus confiscation of the device in question, so be warned.

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Formerly there Was just one black one Saturday per summer, but nowadays you need to be on all Saturdays in July and August you can count on a total verkeersmayhem in France. Starting this week, Saturdays only get busier, culminating with the 1st and 8th of August. Also the Fridays and Sundays of these weekends are much busier than normal. Afterwards, it will be the whole month of August still busy, but is the absolute peak behind the back. Hold on Saturdays in July and August account with hundreds of kilometers of traffic jam.

Highways to avoid during the hustle and bustle:
The Péripherique (ring road of Paris)
A6: Paris – Lyon (in particular, between Beaune, Chalon-sur-Saone)
A7: Lyon – Marseille (especially in the Vienne, Valence, Montélimar)
A8: Orange the direction of Sanremo, Italy (especially in Aix-en-Provence)
A9: Montpellier – Spanish border (particularly at Perpignan, Montpellier, Béziers, Narbonne)
A10: Paris – Bordeaux (especially at Orléans, Poitiers, Niort, Bordeaux)
A31: Nancy – Luxembourg (especially in the Luxembourg border, Thionville, Metz, Nancy)
A46: Road Lyon (especially in Mions and the connection with the A7)
A61: Bordeaux – Narbonne (particularly in Narbonne)
A63: Bordeaux towards the Spanish border (especially in the Spanish border)
A71: Orléans – Clermont-Ferrand, particularly at the Clermont-Ferrand)
A75: Clermont-Ferrand – Montpellier (particularly in Millau, Lodève)

Provincial roads to bypass (Route Nationales):
N10: Bordeaux towards the Spanish border
N11: around La Rochelle
N20: around Foix
N136: Bypass Rennes
N165: Vannes – Nantes
N346: Bypass Lyon

Plan Palomar
If it gets too crowded on the roads decides the French traffic police sometimes to the Plan Palomar. This traffic, for example, of the highway led, but it could also be that on – and off ramps will be closed to the circulation.

For current traffic information, you can FM-radio on 107.7 tuning. There is every fifteen minutes, current traffic information to hear. Files check can also on this website, the French word for jam, incidentally, is “bouchon”. In addition, it can’t hurt to take the route of the Tour de France (4 – 26 July) to keep an eye on.

Finally, it addresses to the French government, the so-called Bison Futé’, special places where your traffic can get, and where they can help alternative routes to determine. These are indicated by yellow arrows on the green signs and the text “Information Bison Futé”. Top tip: departure if you on Saturday, wants to travel not too early from home.

Toll roads and toll payment in France
If you don’t want to be in the (long) queues for the toll, you have a special tolbadge buy from Bip&Go. It allows you to by the so-called “Télépéage” ports drive. If you do not want badge? You can also pay with a credit card or with cash.

Useful information on other European holiday destinations you will find below:

• Belgium and Luxembourg
• Austria
• Switzerland
• Germany
• Italy
• Spain