Particularly special for us is the location of Avignon, situated directly on the Rohne River. This is a sure sign that our homeland, Switzerland, can no longer be extremely far away, since the Rohne rises in the Valais and meanders all the way to the Mediterranean. In...

Coming from the Pyrenees, we orient ourselves again on the Mediterranean coast to continue northward. Near Narbonne there are impressive large lagoons fed by rivers and the Mediterranean Sea. Moreover, shipping canals are very present in this region of France. This...

After the already very southern experience at the Dune du Pilat, we quickly move on to the southern border region of France to Spain. We have chosen the region around Biarritz as our next destination, because here lay particularly beautiful and famous beaches of...

For a change, in Bordeaux we treat ourselves once again to a campsite for a few days. So, we can do the postponed housework in the van again. Yes, also in a van there are small jobs like laundry or cleaning, which would like to be done nevertheless again and again....

Dinan is where we stop next. It's another historic Brittany town with impressive buildings and alleys and a well-preserved city wall. There are some of the oldest half-timbered houses in all of France here!If you like historic old towns, you'll get your money's worth...

After much history and architecture in Bordeaux and Saint-Émilion, our next stop is so very different. It's about a curious freak of nature, or more precisely, a wandering dune. We drive from Saint-Émilion directly to the Atlantic coast to the Dune du Pilat - the...

After our arrival in Dieppe and a quiet night somewhere between Dieppe and Étretat, we set out to explore the cliffs of Étretat. They are close to the small village and since we are here in the off season and early in the morning, we can park right by the sea without...

Grenoble – the city in the middle of the French Alps in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. We explore the old town and the directly adjacent hill of the Bastille. But more importantly, we get to meet friends from Switzerland again here in Grenoble. In Grenoble we...

Already from far away a distant, prominent peak appears above the sea. We arrive at dusk near Le Mont-Saint-Michel and can just make out the outline of an almost pyramid-shaped hill with a church tower on top before the sun sets completely. We have chosen a wonderful...

After a day of travel and driving from Dinan to Nantes - we slept about 20km outside of Nantes on a former campground by a lake, wonderfully beautiful - we explore Nantes today! There is a lot to see: The Château des ducs de Bretagne, a cultural trail across the city,...

In Nîmes we only make a short stopover on the way to our actual next destination Avignon. We are quickly positively surprised by Nîmes. The historical core of Nîmes pleases us well and so we spend a whole day in Nîmes unplanned.Les Jardins de la Fontaine, Nîmes In...

Continuing our journey through France, roughly along the Atlantic coasts to the south, we include another pretty village in our route: Saint-Émilion. An old wine-growing town in the department of Gironde. Already the first impression is breathtaking. The village...

After Le Mont-Saint-Michel we continue to Saint-Malo. The city is not another mountain in the sea, but a peninsula located directly on the French coast. The historic old town is located in front of the actual harbor basin. And so, everyone who wants to visit the old...