The France campervan, caravan & motorhome guide that is also a wildfire safety handbook — evacuation playbook, smoke rules, safe overnight stops, routes and aires. Backed by this live map, updated daily.Launching this week
Satellite & forecast data refreshed: 29 July 2026. Editorial fire & disruption reporting last reviewed: 29 July 2026. Conditions change hourly during fires — national authorities are always right. In danger anywhere in the EU, call 112.

The £7 guide

The France Campervan, Caravan & Motorhome Travel Guide

…that is also a complete wildfire safety handbook. 2026 Fire-Season Edition.

The full touring handbook for France — routes, aires, campsites, regions, daily van life — built around the one thing other campervan, caravan and motorhome guides skip: what to do when the summer catches fire. Evacuation playbook, smoke rules, safe overnight stops, fire-season route planning. Written alongside this live wildfire map and updated from the same data.

£7 — launching this week. Sign up to the free briefing at the bottom of this page and you'll be the first to know the moment it's out.
  • PDF, made for phones & printing
  • Works offline — like the app
  • Free updates all season
  • 14 chapters + the glovebox safety pages

The 14 chapters

  1. Getting there
  2. When to go: seasons, bookings and closures
  3. Routes that work
  4. Where to stay: aires, sites and park-ups
  5. French daily life
  6. Regions: north and west
  7. Regions: south and east
  8. Tourist spots in fire season
  9. Activities: water and coast
  10. Activities: land, air and taste
  11. Motorhome and campervan security
  12. Roads and driving
  13. Practical extras
  14. Fire-season survival knowledge

The glovebox safety pages

Print them, keep them in the van

Eight pages designed to be used with no signal and no time — the evacuation playbook the rest of the guide is built around.

  • The daily 10-minute check
  • Mediterranean département directory
  • Emergency numbers and operator phrases
  • Campsite evacuation checklist
  • Smoke: stay or move
  • Heat days and wind days
  • Phrase card
  • August traffic and insurance prompts

Who it's for

Anyone taking a motorhome, campervan or tent to France in summer — first-timers who want the whole picture, and old hands who want the fire-season layer they didn't have last year. It pairs with the free app: the map tells you what's happening today, the guide tells you what to do about it.

What the £7 pays for — and what stays free. Every warning, alert and live map on this site is free and always will be. The guide sells convenience: the offline handbook and playbook, organised and printable. If this guide and a French authority ever disagree, the authority is right. In danger anywhere in the EU, call 112.

Fire & heat updates by email — don't check, be told

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