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Hi All
Help please we are off to les menuires at xmass and ive booked us the ferry to zeebrugge i am thinking that it would be best to stop for the night around the bottom side of lyon as anyone got any suggestions??.
Thanks in advance
Steve.
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I would press - (if you haven't got little ones). I regularly do Zeebrugge to Tignes in 10 hours (with short stops for leg stretches) and Tignes is probably another 40 mins on top of Les M.
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Steve the snowman, welcome to Snowheads.  What time can you get access to your accommodation? Are you hoping to get an extra day's skiing?
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Hi All
Thanks for the help.
We have 2 kids 10 and 7 and are not due in resort untill sunday so need to stop over sat night just thought it would break it up the plan was to get as close to les menuires on sat so we didnt have far on the sunday.
thanks again
Steve
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Steve the snowman, welcome to
Think an overnight stop with kids is an excellent idea. Personally I would stop before Lyon, as is still a long first days drive, and is a smooth trip in from anywhere around Macon to resort, particularly with new Lyon bypass. But obviously each to their own!
Can't help with hotels around Lyon - as we do always stop to the north! Plenty around though, take a look at the Logis de France site for more individual places, otherwise teh normal chains of Ibis etc
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Steve the snowman, yes, I agree with Boris. 10 hours Zeebrugge to Tignes is pushing it, with only very short stops, and it's not going to happen if the weather is not co-operating. You probably won't have access to your accommodation till around 4 pm and with a couple of kids having everything organised to change into ski gear in a car park is a bit of a hassle. I'd stop further north, or that first day is going to be a bit of a killer and might leave everybody feeling tired and bad tempered. 
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Steve the snowman, You are taking three days for a journey that normally takes two, do you plan to do something similar on the way back ? The Zeebrugge ferry only seems to make sense to me if it means that you don't have to make another overnight stop.
If it was me, I would drive down to Dover or Folkstone on the Saturday, cross the Channel late afternoon and stop somewhere like Reims or Troyes, drive to Les Menuires the next day. You wouldn't have workday traffic around the M25 to deal with.
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If it was me, I would drive down to Dover or Folkstone on the Saturday, cross the Channel late afternoon and stop somewhere like Reims or Troyes, drive to Les Menuires the next day. You wouldn't have workday traffic around the M25 to deal with.
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that sounds sensible. I didn't realise the Zeebrugge ferry added a whole extra day! And in the days when I used long ferry crossings (eastern channel) I never got a lot of sleep.
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Dijon...about 90 mins north of Lyon......Comfort Inn with chinese buffet attached
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Best Western - Chambery Nord.......one hour or so south.....just off main drag...shopping centre across the road for dinner....McD, KFC or nicer options if preferred
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Can you still get the day ferry from Harwich to Zeebrugge?
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I agree with those who suggest going via the channel tunnel if you can, though I appreciate it's more of a schlep from Rotherham than where I live in the Sarf east. You can get to les Menuires in about 8 hours from Calais if you merely stop for a refuel and nip to the loo.
This summer we drove down through france over 2 days, and stopped in Epernay (about 20 mins off the motorway near Reims). We stayed in a lovely wee apartment in a champagne house on the Avenue de Champagne- I think it was 130 euros and it slept 4 (one bedroom and a sofabed in the living area as I recall). It was a great break from the mindless tedium of driving through northern france-google Champagne Andre Bergere, but I think you have to email them to get the price list as it's not clear on the website. I know it sounds a bit posh, but it was really nice!
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You know it makes sense.
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Hi All
We are doing the overnight crossing from hull it's only an hour from home and for what it cost worked out around the same as fuel/channel crossing would have cost with with the advantage of not spending 5 hours down to Dover. Also another experience for the kids and also will be well rested for the drive on Saturday hence not minding having a long drive on day one.
Thanks for the help
Steve
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Steve the snowman, can't help with suggestions but am also heading to Les Menuires for Christmas. Maybe see you there 
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Poster: A snowHead
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We are also in les Menuires for Christmas, in Bettaix and also driving down. I allow for 12 hours and take my time. There is a ibis budget hotel in Albertville for your Saturday night stop over, with only an hour and a bit to get up to les Menuires. So you could ski Sunday.
We leave early Friday, travel down through the day to stay in Albertville friday night, so we can ski Saturday, change over day. We also ski the next saturday, The way home we go slightly off route to crash at a motel Saturday night, north of Annecy to drive back on Sunday.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Thank you all great advice
Maybe see some of you on the slopes.
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johnE
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Posts: 756 Can you still get the day ferry from Harwich to Zeebrugge?
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Harwich ferry goes throught out the day but sails to Hook of Holland, leaves approx 8am - docks at 4pm ......did last time I caught it about 3 years ago
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