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    Noël on NOIRMOUTIER

    Jan 09, 2020 4 minutes

    Motorhome

    Swift Kon-tiki

    Duration

    9 days

    When

    Christmas and New Year 2018

    Why?

    Fresh air, great scenery and good food, all you need for celebrations

    Finding a campsite open in winter isn’t easy in France, but there are numerous aires. My friend Raphael and I decided to spend Christmas and New Year on the beautiful island of Noirmoutier, just off the north-western coast, where a fellow motorcaravanner had told us there was an excellent aire. Just 80 miles from my home, this seemed an ideal off-season choice.

    Raphael arrived early on Christmas Eve in his Kon-tiki motorhome, accompanied as always by his dog, Altor, and we were en

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