The Mediterranean by Campervan: The Essential Road Trip Guide Through France, Spain and Italy (Europe by Campervan)

Who wouldn’t love a road trip around the Mediterranean in a camper or motorhome? What better way to tick top attractions and holiday hotspots off your bucket list – while soaking up the sun. The Mediterranean by Campervan… is a road trip diary-cum guidebook packed with inspiration and information for anyone who dreams of exploring ‘The Med’ and its hinterland in a mobile home. It’s an honest account of our experiences on an amazing, three month, five thousand miles adventure through France, Spain and Italy in a camper called Cliff. This friendly campervanning handbook shares: HOLIDAY INSPIRATION – visits to major tourist attractions, must-see towns and cities, sparkling seaside resorts – plus quirky and unusual destinations off the typical tourist trail. TOP TIPS – non-preaching advice on overcoming occasional challenges on the road trip of a lifetime. HONEST REVIEWS – our impressions of popular tourist sites, campsites, and overnight parking spots. CAMPER-FRIENDLY PARKING – precise ‘what3words’ location details for over 150 places to park or stay the night. ROAD TRIP ROUTE: Our quest to find winter sunshine took the following route: A quick dash south from Folkstone, through France and Spain to get our first sight of the Mediterranean at The Rock of Gibraltar Northeast along the Mediterranean coast – with diversions inland to discover some of southern Europe’s top attractions – taking in The Costa Brava, Provence, and The French Riviera On into Italy – to spend a month working our way south from Lake Garda, taking in some of the country’s most beautiful cities, historical and cultural attractions, to The Amalfi Coast. Then cross-country to the port of Bari where we took a ferry for the most challenging part of big adventure. FEATURED DESTINATIONS: En route, we encountered: Unmissable cities: Le Mans, Madrid, Seville, Ronda, Valencia, Girona, Turin, Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, Monaco, Turin, Verona, Venice, Florence, Pisa, Rome, Pompei and Naples Quirky attractions : the moody and controversial Valley of the Fallen, the bonkers village of the Smurfs, unearthly underground angels, a festival of lemons, the spooky underworld of Naples, and a giant graveyard created for a spaghetti western. Seaside gems: Labenne, Gibraltar, Marseillan, Carnon, Cassis, Sanary, Saint Tropez, Monaco, Burano, Murano, and Amalfi Top attractions: The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Granada’s Alhambra, the spectacular Pont du Gard, Florence’s Duomo, the Coloseum, Vatican, and the spectacular ruins of Pompeii Camper-friendly overnights: our experiences of agricamping (mostly vineyards!), French aires, Spanish areas autocaravanas, and Italian Sostas. (with precise location details) Testing Times: campervanning challenges including van faults, alarms in the night, negotiating clean and congestion zones, road rage in Rome and handling travel restrictions in the Schengen Zone. SEE PUBLISHER’S CONTENT FOR PHOTOS AND MORE DETAILED CONTENT BREAKDOWN – ASIN: 1998998541 | ISBN13: 9781998998548 | ISBN-13: 978-1998998548