After two nights in France, our destination today was a camperstop in Diano Marina, just 60 or so kilometres into Italy. We knew that we would have to use toll motorways again for the four hour journey but, out of interest, I set the sat nav to 'no tolls' to see how long it would take - six and a half hours! And it would have had the considerable extra hassle of driving through many resorts such as Cannes, Antibes, Monaco, Monte-Carlo etc.
The journey started with easy driving with the mountains in the distance but as we approached Cannes, the mountains came down to meet us and there were many snow-capped peaks. All of the resorts along this stretch, French and Italian, are huge sprawling towns with every spare centimetre covered by apartment blocks, houses and hotels. We went through over 60 tunnels and a similar number of viaducts and from these we had views of the resorts with the town often spilling up the steep valley under and beyond the viaduct. This is definitely not my choice of location and I was glad to be driving passed them!
We arrived at the camperstop at Diano Marina just after 14:00 and had a late lunch. The camperstop was a glorified car park attached to a bowling alley but was guarded and had water, dumping facilities and, a luxury for a camperstop, electricity. At €12 for the night, it was very good value and all we needed for a single night stay.
We had time to walk down to the promenade and the sea. Being a Sunday, it was very busy with families taking part in the traditional Italian promenade, meeting friends, seeing and being seen.
Photos: It was not very warm but the children were still enjoying playing in the sand on Diano Marina beach.
The journey started with easy driving with the mountains in the distance but as we approached Cannes, the mountains came down to meet us and there were many snow-capped peaks. All of the resorts along this stretch, French and Italian, are huge sprawling towns with every spare centimetre covered by apartment blocks, houses and hotels. We went through over 60 tunnels and a similar number of viaducts and from these we had views of the resorts with the town often spilling up the steep valley under and beyond the viaduct. This is definitely not my choice of location and I was glad to be driving passed them!
We arrived at the camperstop at Diano Marina just after 14:00 and had a late lunch. The camperstop was a glorified car park attached to a bowling alley but was guarded and had water, dumping facilities and, a luxury for a camperstop, electricity. At €12 for the night, it was very good value and all we needed for a single night stay.
We had time to walk down to the promenade and the sea. Being a Sunday, it was very busy with families taking part in the traditional Italian promenade, meeting friends, seeing and being seen.
Photos: It was not very warm but the children were still enjoying playing in the sand on Diano Marina beach.
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