As far as I know you can stay for one night at a place in France. However there are limitations for national parks or touristic hot spots.
As far as I know you can stay for one night at a place in France. However there are limitations for national parks or touristic hot spots.
Do you have an example of that?Originally Posted by nik.reifer
I was going to Paris and in that area.
Just thinking one night in each place.
Actually I am in the south and things are pretty relaxed (as long as you don't make fire). I also checked for wild camping in the Alps for the summer and I found that a "bivak" for one night is fine if you leave before 9 am (rule of thumb).
Paris might be a different story, but as long as you are in the nature and follow the leave no trace attitude I think you will be fine.
Unfortunately I have no source and u speak no french. But if I find the time I will go to the local tourist information for some official informations within the next few days
You are correct, I don't speak French.
That is a great rule of thumb.
And it is what i live by here in Denmark to.
That would her great if you'd do that.
I thank you a lot already
Actually that was a typo. I do not speak french
I will still try to do my best at the tourist information...
I'd bee so happy if you'd succeed.
nik.reifer
Did you got any news?
Here is my recollection of camping in France, now I've left the country about 20 years ago so everything I say could be wrong." Wild Camping" is not allowed in France. That means if you cruising down some nice back roads along some fields or forests and you just want to set up camp there, you are not "supposed" to. A lot of those lands are private property. All the camping that I've done in my early years were on designated hiking trails. So if you are going on a backpacking trip on some of the GR's, which is how they label the trails (GR10 or whatever number) you are golden, and can camp wherever you find a sweet spot. But then again I've slept in the streets, beaches and parks without much issues, but definitely not legal! (and not with a hammock and tarp!) Hope this somehow helps...
It might be easier to google wild camping in France to get the real answers you need.
Here are some "confusing" answers: http://about-france.com/tourism/camping.htm#wild
Here is more http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...g-france-47592
I let you do the rest of your homework....
Last edited by frenchycamp; 06-23-2015 at 18:29.
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Thanks a lot Franchycamper.
I'll take a look at it asap-
Hi, I live and have camped a lot in France. Almost any free movement of the individual is forbidden in France. Having said that, you can just camp anywhere you are a bit hidden, I don't think someone will bother you. The planet is ours, and people know that, so they are not really keen on following the law. In fact wild camping is only prohibited because no one has any financial interest in allowing it. They hide that reason with a supposedly necessary protection of so called National parks, where they allow cars and hords of regular tourists. You can camp and make fire, you are on your own planet like our forefathers for the past 4.5 million years now, in France like anywhere else.
No 20, 50 or 100 years old law will change that.
Last edited by Rouskof; 08-04-2016 at 15:25.
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