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🚐 Overview of your route

Total distance: ~520–560 miles (840–900 km)

Driving time (no tolls): ~12–14 hours total

Suggested duration: 3–4 days (comfortable touring pace)

Countries: France → Belgium → Luxembourg → Germany

Tolls: ❌ None (Germany has no tolls <3.5t; route avoids French autoroutes) �

IDS Camping and Leisure

You’ll head via Belgium & Luxembourg (fuel stop), then into the Rhine valley before entering the Black Forest and driving the B500 scenic ridge road.

🗺️ Day 1 – Calais → Luxembourg area (~280 miles / 4.5–5 hrs)

Route

Calais → Dunkirk → Bruges → Ghent → Brussels → Namur → Luxembourg

This avoids French toll roads by using Belgium’s free motorway network.

Stop suggestion (first overnight)

Camping Fuussekaul

✔ Large, quiet, very motorhome-friendly

✔ Good for seniors (flat pitches, facilities)

✔ Dog-friendly walking trails nearby

📍 Why here:

About 4.5 hours from Calais — ideal first leg

Luxembourg is known for cheaper diesel (good fill-up point)

🗺️ Day 2 – Luxembourg → Rhine → Baden-Baden (~160 miles / 3.5–4 hrs)

Route

Luxembourg → Trier → along Moselle → Koblenz (optional) → south along Rhine → Karlsruhe → Baden-Baden

This is a relaxed scenic day following rivers and vineyards.

Optional scenic detour

Moselle valley (vineyards, castles)

Rhine riverside road (easy driving, great views)

Stop suggestion

Reisemobil-Stellplatz Baden-Baden

✔ Ideal staging point for the B500

✔ Quiet, organised stellplatz

✔ Close to town for supplies

🌲 Day 3 – Black Forest High Road (B500) → Freudenstadt (~80 miles / slow scenic day)

The highlight drive

Route

Baden-Baden → B500 → Mummelsee → Ruhestein → Freudenstadt

The B500 (Schwarzwaldhochstraße) runs ~65 km along the ridge with panoramic views �

Roadstotravel

Expect slow, scenic driving (perfect for a motorhome) �

PistonHeads

Must-see stops

Mummelsee – lake, café, easy flat walk

Hornisgrinde summit – highest point (~1,164 m)

Ruhestein – viewpoints & short accessible trails

Optional detour (worth it)

Triberg Waterfalls

→ Germany’s highest waterfalls, easy paths for all abilities

Overnight stop

Wohnmobilstellplatz Freudenstadt

✔ Excellent facilities

✔ Walking distance to town square

✔ शांत and ideal for older travellers

🗺️ Day 4 – Freudenstadt → Aulendorf (~110 miles / 3 hrs)

Route

Freudenstadt → Alpirsbach → Rottweil → Sigmaringen → Aulendorf

This final stretch is gentler countryside driving through southern Baden-Württemberg.

Optional scenic stops

Hohenzollern Castle (slight detour but spectacular)

Danube valley viewpoints near Sigmaringen

🎯 Destination

Carthago City Motorhome Stellplatz

✔ Purpose-built for motorhomes

✔ Museum, shop, service point

✔ Great base for rest days