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Bit of a long shot this:- we are driving from Puy st Vincent to Nice airport on Friday, which is the start of the French hols and have been warned that the roads could be busy. As an alternative to the autoroute to Aix and then to Nice we were thinking of the road that goes through Risoul, Vars and Barcelonnett. Is this a sensible option?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@BertieG, Are you sure the mountain cols are open ?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I'd stick to the autoroute, though maybe go via D3 after Manosque to Saint-Maxime instead of past Aix? It's the French holidays for central and south west, the holidays in the south east (Nice, Aix) don't start for a fortnight so hopefully traffic won't be too bad.
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@rjs, no I don’t know if the cols are open hence the question.
@Griffindaix, we came by the D3 looks like we’ll go back that way if the scenic route is a bit dodgy?
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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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Watch out as French trains are also about to go on a 2 day a week strike for the next 3 months, might affect road traffic
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When we lived in Les Contamines we once did Route Napoleon to St Raphael in the summer in a "suitable car" had an absolute blast but chose to come home via the auto route as the blast was really tiring and saved 2 hours on the journey..... given everything else being equal i'd probably go via the auto route.
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Definitely stick to the peage and head down to Tallard to join the N85 there. We were in Pra Loup this time last year and the D902 was still shut and will most likely still be now after all the recent snow. Even if it is open it is a very slow and wiggly route. It will be slow around Aix/Marseille and look out for the speed traps on A8, I got zapped x3 on the approach to Nice last year - three different fines! Looking at the map there is a possible route Digne -Entrevaux, looks wiggly though.
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@BertieG, we've done this a couple of times, but have always stuck to the autoroute except in Summer.
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Thanks everyone, as always snowheads is a wealth of information.
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