![]() Our first campsite would be Canterbury for a single overnight stay before catching the Eurotunnel the next morning. We would be towing the caravan over the Alps! Most importantly, we would be towing the caravan over the Alps! Our route to the sunshineĪfter much internet searching, we decided on a route, that would take us through France, Belgium, Holland (well, only a bit), Germany, Austria, and to Italy. ![]() We didn’t want long journey times, but as we only had two weeks off work and wanted at least a week at Ca’Savio, the trip was going to be long at both the start and end of the trip. There are a few routes to the Italian coast: through France, through Germany & Switzerland, or through Germany & Austria. Planning a caravan friendly route with the Via Michelin website. Looking through the choice of campsites, one popped up that we had been to before: Camping Ca’Savio in Italy. Many caravanners take their vans across the channel, but towing in Europe was going to be a new experience for us.įortunately, the Club’s Travel Service has a selection of caravan (and tent or motorhome) friendly campsites across Europe that they can book for you, as well as organising ferry or Eurotunnel crossings to the Continent. We may have racked up the miles with the Caravan in England and Wales, but we hadn’t taken it abroad. So, could we have a Mediterranean-style holiday with a caravan? Planning our trip to Southern Europe That was the challenge, and so planning started. So, could we have a Mediterranean-style holiday with a caravan? However, since our eldest daughter is nearly 18 (where have all the years gone!), the family wanted to have a holiday together with guaranteed sunshine. Would it hold up? Would we hold up? A Caravan Holiday – but where to go?Īlthough we’ve stayed at many fantastic places with the caravan in the UK, there were a few places on our short list: Scotland, Pembrokeshire, or surfing in Cornwall. However, despite our extensive travels around England and Wales with Casper, we hadn’t had a chance to experience having a long family holiday with a caravan. ![]() The challenge was a great experience and took us from being First Time Caravanners to a family with many miles under our belt using a caravan. Although tent campers for many years, we had never tried touring with a caravan until the Camping and Caravanning Club gave us the Treasure Challenge with a Compass Casita 586 family caravan, which we called Casper. ![]()
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