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Hi Folks, family holiday is planned for Chamonix this summer, driving down from Amsterdam (off the Newcastle ferry) It looks a beast of a drive to Cham - does anyone have any recommendations for nice places for a stopover - possibly good for a couple of nights with worthwhile distractions to break the journey? This is the first time we've driven down and not been in a hurry. Before I check out the Michelin guide, any experience of places that have worked for a couple of days with two kids of 10 and 12? Thanks!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@shortfat007, stayed overnight in a place near Metz in the winter, and only saw it in the dark, as we arrived late and left early without a chance to really explore. Looked like it would be great for families in summer as there seemed to be water parks around. Place was called Amnéville. Hotel St Eloy was where we stayed.
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| Hi Folks, family holiday is planned for Chamonix this summer, driving down from Amsterdam (off the Newcastle ferry) It looks a beast of a drive to Cham - does anyone have any recommendations for nice places for a stopover - possibly good for a couple of nights with worthwhile distractions to break the journey? This is the first time we've driven down and not been in a hurry. Before I check out the Michelin guide, any experience of places that have worked for a couple of days with two kids of 10 and 12? Thanks! |
You have a choice of driving either via Belgium and Lux or Germany. If you take German option, stoping over in Strasbourg is very nice and kind of halfway.
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@Hells Bells, They could also have a bit of a ski at Amnéville.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@shortfat007, the kids might like this place www.europapark.de/en & it breaks your journey up into a 6.5hr / 3.5hr drive.
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thanks for the info guys, looking into the options re routes and stopovers now, really appreciate the suggestions.
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Depends which way you are driving. Good Novotel at Tinquex, Riems, 6/6.5hrs to Cham. Troyes might be better or get to Dijon, which is only 3.5/4hrs from Chamonix
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Wild card route is through Switz and Cham by the back door, over the Col de Forclaz and Montets, it's not quite up to Stelvio standards, but it beats the peage!
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I have done the trip a couple of times...I reckon Besancon is a good stopover place up in the hills of the Vosges ..you will get to Lux about lunchtime and fill up there and about 3 hours to Besancon...a nice scenic trip then down to Geneva and on to Chamonix..the advantage is no tolls and a cheap fill up
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We drove Ijmuiden to Avoriaz a couple of years ago, going down through Germany, then Basel and Montreux. We started looking (on the web) at hotels in Basel, and worked our way out to Schallstadt (near Freiburg - a very nice town), where we stayed in http://www.hotel-ochsen.de/. You have to factor in the Swiss motorway vignette, but that's offset by not paying French tolls.
On the way back, we got an early start and drove straight through to Huizen (near Amsterdam), for a mini-break before getting the ferry back to Newcastle.
Personally, I would aim for the day you drive to the resort to be shorter, given that you'll probably have stuff to do when you get there - that's why we went so far before stopping.
Last edited by Ski the Net with snowHeads  on Thu 30-03-17 13:49; edited 1 time in total
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@DaveD, Besancon is in the Jura.
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ah well .  ..I was never good at geography...just map reading lol
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Sounds like very expensive wayboc getting to your destination
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You know it makes sense.
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@stanton, I agree. We live quite near the ferry port in UK, but it would cost far more to catch the ferry to Ijmuiden in the summer than drive to the south coast, as we would still need an overnight stop if the drive was 13 hours. The cost of the ferry is usually eye-watering in summer months too, and the cost of dinner on board equally expensive.
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