we are arriving in aix from paris to spend 5 nights in carces should we rent a car in aix and drive or take some bus ( if there is one to brignoles) and rent from there ? I have never driven in france and dont know how bad it will be to drive from Aix to carces and if so does anyone know the route?? will this be terrifing for a first timer??? any and all help is GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!!
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Its got to be renting a car.
It is very easy to drive in France and you will soon get used to driving on the proper side of the road.
If you are used to driving an automatic do specify this at the time of booking.
This will also help with you transher to VSM.
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i guess i meant should we take a bus from aix to brignoles and rent from there or rent in aix and drive from there. and is the speed outrageous and any info on actual route%26gt;
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I%26#39;ve been hunting around looking for a bus service from Aix-en-Provence to Brignoles and I%26#39;m struggling - there may be one somewhere, though there is nothing on the site which lists bus services around Aix ( http://www.lepilote.com/ ) and the other likely website, serving the area round Brignoles ( http://transports.var.fr/ ) is down at present. I%26#39;ve found reference to a bus to Brignoles from Toulon (service 13, run by autocars Blanc in Brignoles), but no timetable. This is before you start on the logistics of getting 5 people - with luggage - on and off a series of local buses!
As boucheboy recommends, you really need to go for car hire from Aix - I think all the main agencies will be conveniently at the TGV station, and the road out to the autoroute should be well signposted. You could get SatNav in the car, or get a printout from any of the online route planners, such as viamichelin.com/viamichelin/…MaHomePage.htm or http://www.mappy.com/ They give full directions, including pictures of the names on the road signs!
We drove part of that route during peak holiday season earlier this year and it was busy but absolutely *not* terrifying ... ah, and we%26#39;re English, so we were either in our own car (wrong hand drive) or a French hire car (trying to change gear with the door handle) and it was fine!
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WOW thanks so much for all of your time, I also looked at those sights to no avail. I will rent from AIx and have one giant question left now. WHAT DO YOU MEAN CHANGING GEARS WITH A DOOR HANDLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! haha a I am hoping you are joking. YIKES Also when you rent how do you get a satellite or gps in the car rental i do not see that specified on the rental sights such are eurocar?
thanks thanks thanks!!!
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Hertx certainly do their own satalite navigation system at the time of booking.
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