Toulouse to Eurotunnel stopover suggestions
Toulouse to Eurotunnel stopover suggestions
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Bilkob

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322 posts

153 months

Monday 1st August 2022
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Assuming all goes well I’ll be pointing my CX Turbo north from Toulouse next Thursday afternoon with a Chunnel train to catch on Friday night. I need to be about 2 to 3 hours north of Toulouse for a leisurely Friday waft to Calais. Any suggestions for somewhere to stay?

964Cup

1,586 posts

255 months

Tuesday 2nd August 2022
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Bordeaux or La Rochelle, depending on your appetite for driving on each day. Bordeaux for obvious reasons; the seafood in La Rochelle is, however, amazing. I ate the best grilled langoustine I've ever had in a jazz bar there. Admittedly it was 25 years ago, so I doubt the bar recommendation itself would be worth much...

Claret m

166 posts

87 months

Tuesday 2nd August 2022
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Stayed here a couple of years ago, really good food.



https://cosy-places.com/hotel-joyet-de-maubec/

Bilkob

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322 posts

153 months

Tuesday 2nd August 2022
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Perfect! Booked. Thank you

Bilkob

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322 posts

153 months

Monday 29th August 2022
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I mentioned the stay in my road trip thread, but a big thanks for the heads up re Hotel Joyet du Maubec. An absolutely wonderful place with superb staff, great food and an epic view from the terrace. 10/10!

volkswizardph

49 posts

155 months

Saturday 20th September
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Big thanks for me also to Claret M.

I too was keen to find somewhere to stopover between Andorra and Calais and googled 'stopover between Toulouse and Calais' and was brought to this thread. It's easy to spend a fair bit on somewhere completely forgettable like a Mercure in Chateauroux/Limoges and Joyet de Maube was perfection!

We also ate in the restaurant and it was spectacular - there is a set menu of 39 or 49 Euros.

I'm not sure it's a "gentle waft" to Calais as it's approx 7-8 hours but it was worth it.

The problem with this route to Calais is there isn't much en route that's particularly worth visiting north of here (apart from Paris) so the hotels are generally quite poor.

It will appear in my Pyrenees road trip video that drops soon.