All of the OurTour blog posts we’ve written while touring France by motorhome.

The Longest Day – Pulmonary Oedema in Bourg Saint Maurice

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Zagan the motorhome is having a rest in Camping Huttopia here…
Topping out at Arc 1800

Running to Arc 1800, the Road to Zermatt

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From our campsite base in Bourg-Saint-Maurice Jay runs up to Les Arcs 1800 and back as part of his training for the Zermat Half Marathon the following week.

Col de L’Iseran to Tignes to Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Crossing Savoie

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Zagan the motorhome's at Camping Huttopia in Bourg-Saint-Maurice. It's an ACSI site, so not expensive out of season, at €17 a night including electricity.
Topping out on the Col de I'Iseran

Running High, Up the Col de I’Iseran, French Alps

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The Col de I'Iseran is the highest paved mountain pass in the Alps, topping out at 2,764 metres. Even though it was closed for snow, Jay still ran it.
View from the Col du Galibier

The Col du Galibier to the end of the road; Bonneval-Sur-Arc

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Zagan the motorhome had an epic driving day over the Col du Galibier yesterday, to bring us to the ski resort of Bonneval-Sur-Arc, where we are now stuck!

Alpine Majesty at the Col du Lautaret

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Zagan the motorhome's surrounded by sheer rock and ice, a simply beautiful place, at the Col du Lautaret in the French Alps.

Ski Resorts in Summer – Chamrousse and Auris en Oisans, France

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Zagan the motorhome has the most amazing view looking out along the Gorges de i'Infernet he's in the motorhome aire at the ski village of Auris en Oisans.
The ILL: a nuclear reactor a stones-throw from a city centre

Sassenage, On the Edge of a Nuclear City (Grenoble)

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Zagan the motorhome's in the motorhome aire at Sassenage, where the Drac and Isère rivers merge at the northern end of the mountain city of Grenoble.
Villard-de-Lans, Vercors

From the Gorges de la Bourne to Lans-en-Vercors

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Zagan the van's in the western Vercors, at a free aire at Lans-en-Vercors, the route here took us through the notorious and beautiful Gorges de la Borne.