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Save Money By Camping In Europe
n Europe, hotel charges
bite far deeper into The three classes
budgets than you would
sometimes expect. In Britain Luxury first: Eurocamp,
there is the inexpensive http://www.eurocamp.com, a
alterative of bed and breakfast. subsidiary of the Next group of
This does not exist to such an clothing stores, has well over
extent in the rest of Europe. 100 sites in France, West
Germany, Spain, Yugoslavia,
One way of getting around this, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy and
particularly for friends planning Austria. Many are away from the
to travel together around the population centres in the Swiss
Continent, is hiring a car and, Alps, the French Riviera,
in summer, staying at camp sites. Tuscany, Innsbruck and the German
Black Forest, but Eurocamp also
has sites in Florence, Paris and
Europeans are fond of the Munich.
outdoors and there are camp sites
wherever people holiday. There Eurocamp is primarily intended
are, perhaps, three types of for motoring holidays and is
camping: luxury, pretty snazzy particularly suited to a group
and bring your own tent. Which travelling around Europe by car.
you select is up to your budget Eurocamp provides a choice of
and style. But note most six-berth tents or six-berth
carefully that if you are taking caravillas, which appear to be of
your own tent you MUST camp in a a very high standard.
proper listed camp site. You
cannot pull into a field and hope The caravillas - 9.5 m long by
for the best. It is illegal and 2.5 m wide -- and tents -- 5.2 m
strongly discouraged. by 4.9 m - come with cooking
facilities, pots, pans, crockery These are camping and mobile
and cutlery. The caravillas have homes in France, Italy, Spain,
showers and toilets. Both forms Switzerland, the Netherlands and
of accommodation include a double Luxembourg. The minimum stay is
bed and four single beds. three nights. The cost of your
camping is included in the
The campsites come with a variety package price. To check out
of amenities -- most have prices I invented a family,
restaurants, bars and either a parents and two kids, with a
swimming pool, lake or beach. All saloon car coming from Britain in
campsites have running hot and May and spending five nights
cold water, modern washing camping. The answer came back:
facilities and fresh water taps The price of your holiday is
close to the tents. For some this €404 ($US508) including
will be paradise. For others, accommodation and crossing, but
perhaps, a form of hell. excluding insurance and maps.
Many of the sites are in France, Bring your own tent in true
in the Loire Valley, Dordogne, camping style
Riviera, Provence, Pyrenees,
Brittany, Normandy and Picardy. Interhike,
Free child care is provided at http://www.interhike.com, covers
about half the camp sites. UK, Ireland, Spain including the
Canary Islands, Germany, France,
Mid-level comfort Portugal, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Poland, Sweden, Norway,
Self-Drive motoring holidays in Finland, Switzerland, Italy,
Europe Greece, Belgium, Holland,
(http://www.drive-alive.co.uk/) Luxembourg which is pretty well
for the independent motorist. most of Europe.
case you have to take your own
Note that this is both a listing tent and gear.
of camping sites and a booking
centre. It does not guarantee the This is just a brief sampling.
quality of the sites although, You can explore the Internet
from experience, outside of the until your eyes grow dim. Use a
annual European holiday in August Google search and just type in
they are generally quite splendid camping Europe. Then pick and
and civilised. In almost every chose.
About the Author:
Gareth Powell is the author of several travel books, has been the travel editor of two metropolitan newspapers and has a travel website - www.travelhopefully.com, a non-blog web site - www.bloggeroff.com and a digital image web site - www.pixelates.com. He is passionately against restrictive laws and copyrights and lists free software on his site
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