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Millau viaduct, Southern France
Millau viaduct, southern France
The bridge was made at a total cost of €300,000,000 and spans the valley of the river Tarn, Millau. It is an eight-span steel roadway supported by 7 concrete pylons, 2,460 m long and 270 m above ground - Dare you?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Camping & mobile home holidays in Château de Galinée, St Cast-le-Guildo, northern Brittany

Details of Camping Château de Galinée are further down the page

St Cast, or to give the place its proper name, St Cast-le-Guildo, just about qualifies to be on the Cote d’Emeraude, or Emerald Coast of northern Brittany and about 20 KMs west of the old corsair city of St Malo where nearest ferry port is.

Some of the guide books say that St Cast is an “ideal stopover on the northern coast of Brittany” but we believe that it deserves more credibility than just being a stopover because this place has charm in abundance, a lovely mix of great sandy beaches and secret coves and a whole host of other attributes to suit camping holidaymakers of all ages.

This is a normally quiet little town of about 5,000 people is boosted to about 25,000 at the height of the camping holiday season, something which so obviously proves its popularity with both the British and French tourists, and you may be aware that it is a great favourite for school trips from England in the summertime.

St Cast has seven or eight good beaches, an excellent golf course, tennis, riding and sailing clubs which offer sailing courses for children, indoor and outdoor swimming pools and if you are into gambling there is a casino as well, in addition to well over 20 restaurants and cafes.

Walking is also good here and you can talk cliff tops walks on 18 kilometres of coastal paths which have unexpected views and breathtaking scenery.

About camping Château de Galinée
This camping site is a quiet family run site which has a naturally relaxed atmosphere with plenty of wide grassy pitches, and is located just outside the town of St Cast. There is a play area for children in addition to acres and acres of space for people of all ages to play and let off steam.

The site has a modern pool complex with waterslides and a superb indoor pool, and in the high season months of July and August entertainment is put on in the bar and restaurant areas.

 


                       

The Millau Viaduct spanning the Tarn Valley is part of the A75-A71 Autoroute (Motorway / Freeway) from Paris to Montpellier, and is located in the Aveyron départment in southern France. The Viaduct toll charge (2013) to cross the bridge is € 6.40 for cars, rising to € 8.20 during the peak summer months of July and August. It has been made “vertigo free” as the road is a good distance from the edge of the bridge so passengers cannot look down from it.
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Ferry from Royan to Le Verdon - saves many miles on driving down to Bordeaux and back up the coast again.
2013 Costs per single trip:
Car = €23.10 (not inc driver)
Passenger: €3.20 ea (kids under 4 go free)
Caravans from €10.70 to €23.10 depending on length.
Motorcycle: €10.60
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The Île de Ré return trip toll for summer (latest prices):
Car/car + small trailer = €16
Car with large trailer = €18
Motorcycle = €5
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for the 2012 list of road tolls throughout France