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Depends on which site you get, On TR the pitches are marked out at the start but early arrivals then get to choose where they pitch and mark out what they want. also between each block of pitches there are lanes just wide enough to park cars. There are no reserved pitches so arrive late and you get what is left unless someone has reserved you an area within thier plots. Security constantly wander around and try to stop people taking to much space but over all it seems to work and usually the same groups are in the same spots each year.
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Hi All, It's been about 20 years since I last went to Le Mans but we are planning the trip for next year. I've not camped before as we used to book a hotel covering the weekend and stay at the circuit for the race but it looks like we will need to camp next year. I've been on Beer Mountain but it's a few years since it has been updated. Any recommendations for which campsite to go for? Also is there anywhere to buy groceries? I'm thinking BBQ type things! TIA
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Others will have a better idea than me. I've done Porsche Curves with Travel Destinations which was great but no electrical hook up. I went to a local supermarket for food stuff.
Houx is advertised as having Electric Hook up. And you can get to the tram and thus into Le Mans Nord, where there is a big Carrefoure, for a couple of Euros. As I said best wait for the others to jump in, but come October it'll be a race to get the best pitches. Just to add, this was posted by Ayse in the other thread. Quote:
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Just as a matter of interest Mike, why does it look as though you'll need to camp next year?
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19 Aug 2022, 16:49 (Ref:4123210) | #780 | ||
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Well the biggest problem is getting a campsite, the more desireable ones are sold out very quickly and although they do appear closer to the date for sale can be quite expensive. The campsites have improved massively since the old days and some are now very civilised. I think that only tertre rouge and Houx are now within the general enclousure now so the other sites can be a fair walk to actually get into that area to watch the cars, although some do have views of the circuit. If you have a car it is not a problem getting supplies even camping equipement and you can walk/get the tram very easily. Toilets and showers are mostly clean and depending on time of visit little or no waiting. Yes Beermountain is well out of date these days, i think some of my write ups are still there from decades ago.
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19 Aug 2022, 20:33 (Ref:4123219) | #781 | |
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Garage Vert camping is also within the circuit and right next to the team terminus. I would avoid Bleu Nord like the plague, open access to anyone and after the race it was like a battle zone with travellers seeing what they could pick up from what people left behind and complete dixxheads building bonfires fron discarded tents, fridges and anything else which would create noxious smoke.
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20 Aug 2022, 07:29 (Ref:4123243) | #782 | ||
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I confess that if I was looking for camping, having no recent experience, I'd be looking for an organised site, such as offered by 1st Tickets, Travel Destinations and the like. I'd pay the premium for it, after all, it's only once a year.
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20 Aug 2022, 07:47 (Ref:4123248) | #783 | ||
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This is my approach. On that point I've signed up for notifications from 1st Tickets.
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22 Aug 2022, 10:16 (Ref:4123416) | #784 | ||
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Will take a look at 1st Tickets but my Dad being a Le Mans veteran from 1978 to the mid nineties has already got his ACO membership and booked a ferry so he's keen to put it together himself! |
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I've got my membership and ferries too. But I suspect the camp sites will be booked through agencies.
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13 Sep 2022, 08:51 (Ref:4125933) | #787 | ||
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The tram is by far the best way
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Deals with Eurotunnel with those operators can be great compared to prices paid recently by friends going to France on hols. |
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13 Sep 2022, 13:46 (Ref:4125968) | #791 | |
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Next year's must-have accessory at La Sarthe....http://https://www.thedrive.com/news/theres-finally-a-factory-built-porsche-911-roof-tent
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That'll cripple the straight line speed.
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Well I've got my crossing already and 1st Tickets have accepted my registration, I selected general admission and Houx camping. Hopefully they'll be able to do that. I'll get GS tickets from the ACO. |
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6 Feb 2023, 20:23 (Ref:4142916) | #795 | ||
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Question re free parking areas. Friends from the US flying in and thinking of hiring a car rather than train. Does anyone have experience of parking at Rotonde - how quickly does it fill up ? Likewise Raineries / Aerogare, ActiSud and Fresne.
Rotonde is barely further to walk than Expo - I assume it fills up rather quickly and is first come first served. |
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I confess I have little idea having never parked in any of those areas except very briefly one year at the Actisud when a member of our group was collecting tickets from there.
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7 Feb 2023, 11:17 (Ref:4142957) | #797 | ||
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Have parked on dual carriageway slip road by some of those aero port parks for Classic a few years back. Not that far a walk.
Would just say we had 4 or 5 cars with rouge parking tickets and arrived just before midday - so parking even with a parking ticket it is not straightforward and arriving a bit later or moving around between car parks on the WE may also be an issue. |
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The potential for a Le Mans 24 hours (or more) of gridlock definitely exists, and who knows what road closures, rerouting and diversions the organisers might cook (cock?) up in and around the environs of the main enclosure. But yes, going back to the old 'usual' will likely mean less trackside time wasted sitting in a car travelling between locations. |
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Same here, debating on what time to travel to Arnage/Mulsanne, almost every time trying to get back I get lost and loose a lot of quality time at the track.
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