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How can you best prepare for your electric car holiday?
To make sure you don't run into any problems on the road, Beev advises you to prepare your itinerary in advance, to avoid any unforeseen events linked to theautonomy and charging your vehicle. To do this, visit the "Easy Charging Quality" mobile application. This application lists more than 350,000 charging stations across Europe.
It gives you access to the largest recharging network for your EV.
The Easy Charging Quality application will give you access to over 350,000 charging points worldwide. In just three steps, you can start recharging:
- Enter your payment card number, scan the QR code or select the link sent by your mobile operator.
- Log in with an existing account or register as a new user
- Configure the filters you want and start loading!
You can also add your own vehicle.
By adding your vehicle to the account, the application will automatically display the relevant charging points for the car you want to charge.
You can add chargepoints to your favourites. With a simple touch of the screen, you can now save your favourite charging points for easy navigation.
Filter the charging points you want to appear on the map.
The app will only show you the charging points you're looking for, whether they're available chargers, fast chargers or chargers offering app-based payments.
You can pay any way you like.
Several payment options are available to EV drivers. As well as using your charge card, the application also supports several direct payment methods (subject to change depending on the country).
View your previous transactions, manage your payment cards and change application settings on the account menu page.
You can also use ABRP to plan your route. ABRP is a platform which, as well as listing charging points, gives you a pre-planned itinerary to avoid power cuts without charging stations the surrounding area. All to get you to your destination as quickly as possible.
The Ossau Valley
Situated in Béarn, the Ossau Valley is a valley in the French Pyrenees.
It's the perfect destination for those seeking peace and quiet in the heart of nature. It is a very attractive destination in both summer and winter.
In summer, you can take advantage of the mountain for hiking, but above all, you will enjoy bathing in the various lakes and spas located on the site.
In winter, it's all about the ski resorts and snowboarding!
The Vallée d'Ossau is 30km south of Pau, and it will take you no less than 8? hours to get there, including a 55-minute recharge if you're travelling from Paris.
We've simulated the route for you with a Tesla Model 3 2022, long range.
You can do the same with all kinds of vehicles and from any starting point.
The Ossau Valley can also be reached by train direct from Toulouse, Bordeaux and Paris via Pau. You can also get to Lourdes from Paris by night train.
Marseille - The calanques
It is undoubtedly one of the best-known and most visited tourist destinations in France every year. Stretching for over twenty kilometres, the calanques of Marseille, or Cassis, are among the most beautiful natural sites in France. You'll find beaches, pebbles, fine sand, coves and magnificent turquoise waters to recharge your batteries. However, not all the calanques are accessible by car. Only a few are accessible by car, but it's not a good idea to go that way, as parking spaces are extremely popular. On top of that, traffic is particularly heavy, especially during the school holidays.
We recommend that you drive to Marseille by electric car, but get to the calanques by public transport. By doing this, you can access all the calanques you want, the only condition being that you have the right hiking equipment.
Another option is a boat trip!
You can visit the calanques by boat from the Old Port or the Pointe Rouge. Cruise boats, canoes and kayaks, private motorboats - there's something for everyone!
Here are the details of the journey if you want to get to Marseille by electric car from Paris.
You can also get to Marseille by TGV from many stations throughout France.
The volcanoes of Auvergne
The volcanoes of the Auvergne are similarly the kind of heavenly landscapes that lurk just about everywhere in France. These volcanic landscapes are simply breathtaking, both in terms of their heights and the verdant colours that make them up. You can visit these mountain ranges on foot or by panoramic train! We particularly recommend taking a moment to explore the Puy-de-Dôme. Another particularly rewarding experience is a visit to the Puy de Lemptégy, where, accompanied by a guide, you can discover the inside of an active volcano! (This is obviously a joke)
To get there, as always, we've provided an overview on the map supplied by ARBP :
It's worth noting that it's much quicker to get to the Auvergne volcanoes than to Marseille or the Ossau Valley, which are situated further inland in central France.
You can also get there by train via Clermont-Ferrand by direct train from Lyon, Paris or Dijon. When you arrive in Clermont-Ferrand, you'll be at the foot of the Parc Naturel Régional des Volcans d'Auvergne.
The Valley of Wonders
If you're looking for a cultural experience with a change of scenery, the Vallée des Merveilles is the place for you. It takes you back 5,000 years to the Neolithic period, with over 40,000 rock engravings. The Vallée des Merveilles is a veritable open-air museum, as well as being a magnificent hiking area.
The Vallée des Merveilles is a rocky but colourful landscape on one side and lush greenery on the other. The area is home to a wealth of protected wildlife. There are a number of rules to observe if you decide to take a walk there:
- it is forbidden to use a shod walking stick
- forbidden to engrave on rocks
- it is forbidden to touch or walk on the rock engravings
- prohibits the use of non-biodegradable products (detergents, shampoos)
- It is forbidden to bring pets
- it is forbidden to pick plants
- no campfires allowed
- forbidden to fly a drone
Here are the details of the route proposed by ABRP to be completed in electric car :
You can also get there by train from Nice in the direction of Tende, then take a bus to Castérino.
The Vosges
The Vosges, like the other destinations featured, offers magnificent scenery to anyone who comes to visit. You can follow the route des crêtes from Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines in the north of the region to Uffholtz in the south. The region also offers relaxation activities in the thermal waters, so you can rest in the best possible conditions!
Here is the recommended route to get there by electric vehicle:
You can also get there easily by public transport from Paris, Lille, Nantes or Rennes.
The Stevenson route
The Stevenson Trail, which takes its name from the Scottish writer who was also a great traveller, starts at Le Puy-en-Velay in the Auvergne and ends at Alès in the Languedoc. It offers a host of diverse and equally sublime landscapes. From the deep, luminous Cévennes valleys to the legendary Gevaudant country, where you can see magnificent wild forests lit up by pastures and marshes, there's plenty for visitors to see! And let's not forget the colourful landscapes between the volcanic reliefs and agricultural plateaux of the Velay, and Mont-Lozère, a bare massif sprinkled with rounded granite chaos and dotted with fresh springs.
To get there by electric car, you'll need to spend 5 hours on the road, as this itinerary shows:
It's also possible to get there by public transport, by taking the TGV to Nîmes station, which is 30 minutes from Alès where the walk starts.
You can also get to Saint-Étienne station, which will take you to Le Puy-en-Velay in 1 hour 30 minutes.
In conclusion
These days, it's pretty easy to drive your electric car just about anywhere in France. The key? Prepare your itinerary in advance, which is easy to do given the tools available to you, such as ABRP, Easy charging quality and even ChargeMap. Here's the proof with these destinations for your electric car holidays. Don't hesitate to give us feedback on your holidays, by electric car or by train, in the comments!
