Toulon was an unexpected pleasant surprise, we have not been there before and went there because we wanted to spend more time on the Med coast. Our GPS / SatNav with its huge choice of pre-programmed campsites, listed one near the Toulon bay area. Good one, quiet and max room for 6 motorhomes. Servicing facilities were nearby (WC, fresh water resupply and grey water dump) as were shops for basics. Boulangerie (French for bakery) walking distance - very important! The French bake the best bread and pastries in all of Europe!
We spent a day walking around the port area of Toulon, visited Fort Napoleon, where the famous French Marshall made a name for himself in 1793.
The fort is on a hill with a good walk to get there, but plenty of photo opportunities to compensate for the effort.
Les Sablettes is the area we frequented during our one week stay in Toulon. It is an area and has an ambiance that can easily be revisited in future. We strolled around the non-military port area, which has a plethora of bistro's and cafe's and found it safe, well appointed and with a warm sunny day the place to be.
We also did a cruise around the naval facilities in Toulon, home for much of the French fleet. Of the many pictures I have .... here's one more ....
We left Toulon and headed for the French Pyrenees, an area we have not been to. On our way to the Midi-Pyrenees region we spent a night in a camperstop at Ville de Gemenos, northeast of Marseilles and came across Chez Marius, a local fine dining eatery no less! Next time, next time.
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A night was spent just outside Montpellier on the coast in a busy camperstop with all facilities and the next at a camperstop near Perpignan near the coast, quiet, secluded and free but no facilities. We now swung west making for the Tarbes / Lourdes area. Joan was going to visit friends in St Sever and me - I was going to take photographs in Tarbes, not that I knew it, but I soon discovered the where and what!
Aviation, of course.
For aviation pictures taken at Tarbes and elsewhere in France, please view my portfolio:-
http://www.airplane-pictures.net/member-profile.php?p=6981
We spent a day walking around the port area of Toulon, visited Fort Napoleon, where the famous French Marshall made a name for himself in 1793.
Fort Napoleon - Toulon
The fort is on a hill with a good walk to get there, but plenty of photo opportunities to compensate for the effort.
Luxury yacht service centre
A touch of north Africa
View of the French Navy from Fort Napoleon
Les Sablettes is the area we frequented during our one week stay in Toulon. It is an area and has an ambiance that can easily be revisited in future. We strolled around the non-military port area, which has a plethora of bistro's and cafe's and found it safe, well appointed and with a warm sunny day the place to be.
We also did a cruise around the naval facilities in Toulon, home for much of the French fleet. Of the many pictures I have .... here's one more ....
The aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle, flagship of the French Navy.
We left Toulon and headed for the French Pyrenees, an area we have not been to. On our way to the Midi-Pyrenees region we spent a night in a camperstop at Ville de Gemenos, northeast of Marseilles and came across Chez Marius, a local fine dining eatery no less! Next time, next time.
Chez Marius .... !
A night was spent just outside Montpellier on the coast in a busy camperstop with all facilities and the next at a camperstop near Perpignan near the coast, quiet, secluded and free but no facilities. We now swung west making for the Tarbes / Lourdes area. Joan was going to visit friends in St Sever and me - I was going to take photographs in Tarbes, not that I knew it, but I soon discovered the where and what!
Aviation, of course.
Aeroclub de Bigorre at Laloubere, Tarbes.
For aviation pictures taken at Tarbes and elsewhere in France, please view my portfolio:-
http://www.airplane-pictures.net/member-profile.php?p=6981
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