nick16 Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 In August I shall have to drive from Arras to Tours. Is there an easy way of avoiding Paris? Any answers gratefully received.Thanks Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 You can come Amiens/Rouen/Le Mans. Some people hate Rouen as much as Paris but I come this way often and have few probs with the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 [quote user="cooperlola"] I come this way often and have few probs with the place.[/quote]Oh yea? [:D][:P][6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Well, it's true I got hit by a lorry when I was last there but it was hardly Rouen's fault and it happened to be a time when I diverted from my normal route and tried something new. That'll teach me! But really, it is very easy when you've got the hang of it (that's the rub, I suppose!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plod Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Like many others, I'm sure, I was not looking forward to crossing Paris on the Calais-SW France run. So much so that I once tried the Rouen way. I've only done it once. The Périphérique is straightforward from Arras - just follow the signs to Bordeaux/Nantes until you get across Paris. I imagine that rush-hour is best avoided but it takes only about three-quarters of an hour to clear the capital. I found the Rouen way very tedious and a lot slower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 I find Rouen is easy from Calais (heading south) drive in to Rouen and just look for the turn off for the A13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 [quote user="plod"]Like many others, I'm sure, I was not looking forward to crossing Paris on the Calais-SW France run. So much so that I once tried the Rouen way. I've only done it once. The Périphérique is straightforward from Arras - just follow the signs to Bordeaux/Nantes until you get across Paris. I imagine that rush-hour is best avoided but it takes only about three-quarters of an hour to clear the capital. I found the Rouen way very tedious and a lot slower.[/quote]Plod, I have to ask - I assume this was since the full opening of the A28? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plod Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 As I go towards Toulouse it didn't make much sense to go that way but for Tours I can see it does. Michelin suggests via Rouen for Tours but via Paris for Limoges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 [quote user="nick16"]In August I shall have to drive from Arras to Tours. Is there an easy way of avoiding Paris? Any answers gratefully received.[/quote]Choose your day carefully, in August I would avoid Fri - Mon inclusive whichever route is taken. My experience of driving around Paris is limited but admit that it was not nearly as bad as I feared and nothing like the M25 or the Birmingham bit of the M6.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 I have tried both routes, and have been lucky getting through Paris traffic on one mid morning mid week occasion. Michelin gives 4 hours via Paris and 5 hrs via Rouen, but this does not allow for traffic delays in Paris and I have a couple of horrendous experiences of Paris traffic, so now avoid adding to the traffic chaos there at all costs, and always go via Rouen, there is a short stretch of solid traffic crawl guaranteed on the way out of the Rouen but this is more than made up for by the emptyness of the rest of the route and I have always made good time this way[8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 [quote user="Iceni"] or the Birmingham bit of the M6.John[/quote]An ex-fighter pilot friend describes it as flying in close formation with a bunch of strangers. [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCanary Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Benjamin - LOL - brilliant description!I have used both the Paris and Rouen routes and much prefer the Rouen journey. And yes, it can get a bit tedious, but the A.28 is just so easy and so traffic-free...Whichever you choose, bon voyage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG MAC Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I usually travel Via Rouen (Is it twinned with Milton Keynes.....it does have concrete coos)Never had any real bother getting through albeit it's usually late evening when I go through there.A28 is perhaps the most featureless place on the planet (With the exception of a couple of interesting bridges and some GI --Normous buzzards) but it's a very quick way to get to Alencon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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