CamperStop
Europe Motorhome Stopovers Guide
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Camperstop
Europe is a multilingual motorhome stopovers guide
Includes English; other languages featured are
German, French and Italian.
Camperstop Europe is published by Facile Media
and is a translation of their Dutch guide (Camper
Gids). According to the cover camper lists 7400
motorhome stopovers in 16 European countries.
In reality there are about 3500 true stopovers
(Aires) in the 2009 Camperstop guide most of these
being Stelpllatz in Germany, Aires in France and
Aree de Sostas in Italy. The rest of the entries
are campsites without description and random,
mostly unofficial parking areas.
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Using camper-stops is part of the essence of motorhoming.
You can have riverside views of the Rhine, vineyard
stays complete with free tour and tasting, tow path
locations on the Canal di Midi, stay right next to the
Mediterranean and a whole host of places where there
are simply no "caravan sites". Their locations
usually provide easy access to the local town and amenities,
so additional transport is not needed. Camper-stops
are generally exceedingly cheap or free, so you will
only have to use the book twice to regain its cost.
Motorhome stopovers
are called aires de service in France, Stellplatze
in Germany, area di sosta in Italy, bobils in
Norway, area de servico para autocaravanas in
Spain and Portugal but are known as camper stops
accross Europe . They range from town carparks,
remote or beach side locations and vineyards,
all provide overnight parking exclusively for
motorhomes and campervans.
Even if you choose not to stay the
night, the book allows you to find the motorhome
parking available in each town.
Countries covered
in Camperstop
Figures below includes true Aires, farms and restaurant
stopovers.
Germany (1309), France (1050), Italy (646), Belgium-
Luxemburg (127), Holland (256), Denmark (42),
Switzerland (61), Austria (93) Spain (72).
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How Camperstop Europe works
Maps at the beginning of the Camperstop Europe guide
identify the type of stopover (community, daytime parking,
campsite, restaurant, farm or) and the town name. They
can then be looked up in the alphabetical index at the
rear of the publication or in the regional sections
of each country. Within each region the stopovers are
listed alphabetically. Generally they start with the
street name, followed by GPS coordinates in the format
51°13’28”N 2°55’12”E
and then brief directions such as ‘Parking at
Marina’ or ‘Parking next to parking for
buses-indicated’, then the number of motorhome
places, costs, facilities and opening times are identified
by symbols. Some entries have supporting tourist information
mentioned which may include museums, markets, buildings,
etc, ‘Modern port city and seaside resort with
casino and horse race track’. Postcodes are not
supplied in this publication. Few of the listings for
Portugal have supporting gps coordinates.
The information includes; costs, if any but commonly
€2 in France for water from Euro Relis motorhome
service points, basic directions "near the swiming
pool", GPS coordinates and overview maps showing
their locations. Key tourist information and the location
of the local tourist office, any local events such as
market days and festivals are also included. There are
plenty of colour pictures making it easy to find the
aire and appreciate the locality. The guide is in four
languages, and has an advantage as you can ask other
motorhomers or locals for directions or opinions without
having to speak their language, you simply need to show
them the book.
Camperstop POI downloads
You can download the POI from the publishers website
as advertised in the guide. We cannot suport you, should
you have problems please contact the publisher direct.
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