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luci

It would be helpful if you could tell more about your interests and what sort of things you'd like to do - eg seaside, history, mountains etc. Do be aware that France is NOT cheap! Do you plan on bringing a tent so you can camp to bring the cost down? Are you very active on holiday or do you want to 'chill out' ... because it may not be warm enough to do so in early June unless you go to Corsica.

Hi. Thanks for the reply. Yes we do plan on bringing a tent although we hope to stay in a b&b a few nights to get a bit of variation. We are vey open minded with the activities we want to do. We hope to do a bit of everything; walking, cycling (we will bring our bikes), history of town/villages. We are realy happy doing most things - with some days to relax a bit more.

We do understand France isnt cheap so we would like to try and do as many cheaper activities as possible and save money on accomodation so maybe we could have a few nicer days out too. We don't even know where to start with the car, as we should probably have some order to the places we visit to cut the travel down. We hope to spend a few days in some areas if there is a lot to do.

I understand it probably sounds a bit ambitious to do France for a month cheaply...but we hope to try our best and have a great time. I also understand the weather wont be as good in June either, but we thought it would be a bit quiter then - also my partner doesn't like it too hot (unlike me!!)

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So you plan to camp a little get an ASCI card on the net you will get discounted pitch prices at some but not all campsites you get a directory with the card so you can plan where to go as are Camping Cheques but these are more for low season though some sites do take them in June with a supplement

also look for farm sites (fermé) this is camping on farms again cheap or even free if there are a few chores you can do in lieu of payment

France is cheaper for camping that the UK and there is a huge network of municipal campsites to search for campsites and B&B try this site http://www.lescampingsdefrance.com/index_uk.php it's very comprehensive. Even so the large campsites will still want upwards of €25 - €35 a night whereas the municipals may be as cheap as €10 a night

We tend to take our touring caravan over to France and Spain in June/July doing 2000 -2500 miles as these are now more stable months weather wise and usually 5-10 degrees warmer than the UK .

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Our favourite part of France is Lake Annecy in the Alps. We were there in 2004 with Eurocamp and it's the one place we have been in France that we would love to go back to. There is so much to do there (we had an 8 month old with us so were somewhat limited). The town of Annecy is beautiful but the area round the lake is stunning and has campsites, cycle tracks, walks, paragliding, etc.