Aix-en-Provence by auto?
Apr 10, 2011, 1:30 am
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Or in Mercurey you have the Val d'Or. If you want to be in a big town, stay at one of the many hotels in Chalon Sur Saone. It's a great place to visit and it has many excellent restaurants. It's a good place to base yourself for visits to all the local wineries.
There are plenty of others hidden away in the woods. One more to look into would be in Dracy. http://www.ledracy.com/
Apr 10, 2011, 9:02 pm
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There are plenty of others hidden away in the woods. One more to look into would be in Dracy. http://www.ledracy.com/
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Apr 11, 2011, 1:23 am
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Apr 11, 2011, 11:56 pm
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Thanks for the suggestions!
http://ideamerge.com/leasing/overview.html
The lease I got was within a couple hundred dollars of the rental price for the same period, for a much nicer brand new car with full insurance (no deductible). I've got it for 30 days, if it had been longer, it would have been an even better deal. The daily incremental rate (after the minimum period) is $30 for a "Megane turbo diesel (dCi) 1.5 150 hp a/c 5-door, automatic with CD player & GPS". Pickup/Drop at selected cities in France is free. The dropoff at Rome is an additional $300.
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http://ideamerge.com/leasing/overview.html
The lease I got was within a couple hundred dollars of the rental price for the same period, for a much nicer brand new car with full insurance (no deductible). I've got it for 30 days, if it had been longer, it would have been an even better deal. The daily incremental rate (after the minimum period) is $30 for a "Megane turbo diesel (dCi) 1.5 150 hp a/c 5-door, automatic with CD player & GPS". Pickup/Drop at selected cities in France is free. The dropoff at Rome is an additional $300.
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Apr 25, 2011, 2:12 pm
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We're a week into our trip (will be a little over 7 weeks total). Paris was great, we picked up the lease car on friday, and left Paris saturday morning.
Hotel Le Dracy in Dracy-Le-Fort is very nice (except for the hard beds). We've spent a couple days just driving around the area, mostly on the wine touring roads. Great place to just poke around and look at the villages etc.
Question about license plates - or maybe registration plaques they're called here? Most I see are dark letters/numbers on Yellow or White. What's the difference in the colors? Ours are white on Red. Does that mean temporary plate?
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joe
Hotel Le Dracy in Dracy-Le-Fort is very nice (except for the hard beds). We've spent a couple days just driving around the area, mostly on the wine touring roads. Great place to just poke around and look at the villages etc.
Question about license plates - or maybe registration plaques they're called here? Most I see are dark letters/numbers on Yellow or White. What's the difference in the colors? Ours are white on Red. Does that mean temporary plate?
Thanks!
joe
Apr 25, 2011, 10:01 pm
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EU format plates have the yellow or white background. Your plates are temporary ones, and are actually silver on red.
Enjoy driving around Provence, and be sure to visit Tavel (cute village that makes the fine Tavel wine, near Avignon). Take the old highway Avignon to Aix, not the autoroute.
Enjoy driving around Provence, and be sure to visit Tavel (cute village that makes the fine Tavel wine, near Avignon). Take the old highway Avignon to Aix, not the autoroute.
Apr 25, 2011, 11:50 pm
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The switch, in France, from yellow to white background happened only a couple years ago. So that is why you see both.
And yes I too recommend Tavel. It, along with Bandol, has some of the best Rose wines in the world.
And yes I too recommend Tavel. It, along with Bandol, has some of the best Rose wines in the world.
Apr 28, 2011, 8:24 am
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In Aix (if you are still going there) I highly recommend Villa Gallici. It's a R&C and a short walk to the center of Aix as well as to Les Clos de la Violette (fabulous dining) We drove from Aix through the "grand Canyon" du Verdon as we wanted to stay in Moustiers Ste. Marie at Alaine Ducasse's. Our only regret was the fact that we didn't have more time there. We ended that trip in Cannes and Eze. Stayed at the Carlton, and Chateau Chevre d'Or respectively. One day trip we enjoyed while in Aix was to Cassis and took a boat out to the Calanques. Ours was a three week trip . One week in Paris,TGV to Avignon(recommend La Mirande). We picked up our car there and spent 2 weeks on the road
May 18, 2011, 8:47 am
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