I know its a very very long way..............but has anyone ever driven to Perpignan?
How long did it take you ? I would be grateful for any information regarding cost of tolls, how much petrol you used etc etc.

Thanks Fatbelly

I drove to the Costa Brava last year. It is very far, very expensive, but good fun.

If you type in french tolls/ autoroute, there are sites that will calculate the distance & cost for the size of car you drive.

drove there buy mini bus first time we played them there think there was around 6 tolls on the way it was around 700 mile trip just one way, baring in mind we was in a mini bus bit slower that a car think driving time was around 16hrs , had a great time thou oh its really easy too plus we stopped at a motel about 3 hrs past paris and drove the last 4 hrs on the 2nd day

I've driven to Rome.

2600 mile round trip. 24hrs each way, 3 people driving continuous.

Rough figure if remember was about £150 each for fuel, tolls, tunnel etc.

Was good fun but hard going getting very little sleep in the back of a car then driving for 3-4 hours.

Have a look at this site rlhttps://www.autoroutes.fr/en/homepage.htmlrl

Distance depends on the port you use. I tried Calais to Perpignan distance is 1143km, Tolls €65.90 each way

Then you will have to add your channel crossing costs and fuel.

Total cost of travel will be around £500 & Hotel room.
Let us drive you for £150.00 Per Person

driving again for the 3rd time I love it...!
...this one will be a tester as we have 9 month old twin boys for extra baggage....!

alas speed ferries are no longer so its not as cheap this year

for this years trip we have booked into the travelodge at the channel tunnel for Friday night and I will get some sleep there before we leave on the Eurotunnel at a ridiculously early time (3.30 am i think) but if everyones asleep I wont get the "are we there yet " chants from the back.

Should be in Ille sur tet for a tea time dip in the pool.

the price of fuel is now considerably higher than when we first went four years ago and the pound is considerably worse also, but there are five of us so its still cheaper than Flying and renting a car in france (plus we are going for two weeks too)

michelin web site has a good guide
rlhttps://www.viamichelin.com/rl
A71 A75 Costs130.70 GBP
Toll 45.47 GBP | Petrol 85.23 GBP |

Time10h12 which 09h48 on motorways
Distance706 mi which 694 mi on motorways

we used this the first time we went and the toll guide was bang on...the fuel as always depends on your load and how fast you go

Thats 706 miles from Calais.
Dont forget your return from Warrington to Dover.

Yes we went in camper van from Warrington via Dover and then tried to avoid toll roads but this is not recommended as it would have taken us a lifetime.
The camper is an old 1982 VW T25 and we travelled at 50 ish mph all the way, it was a good laugh and we all enjoyed it but jeeeez its a long long way especially at 50mph.

Ironically just as we were approaching Perpignan a 'Harry's Taxi' flew past us, if we had known they went that far we would have ordered one!!

Seriously if you have a nice big car like a people carrier with air con and good fuel consumption and can share the driving then have a go but don't underestimate the distance, whatever you travel in it will cost a kings ransom in fuel.

Good luck.............

i've driven to oslo pretty much non-stop apart from 3hrs in german truck stop, 1500miles give or take in 24hrs.

Did it 2 years ago, and doing it again this year. Leaving after Wigan game, ferry Sat 8.30am 2 nights in La Rochelle, 6 nights hotel in St Cyprian, then drive to Antibes 6 nights Caravan. Then back to Calais, unfortunately will miss Saints Match as I am sure it will be changed to the Saturday for Sky. Husband drives all the way.

did it 2 years ago, 4 of us, 3 of which shared driving, we even got featured in the warrington guardian, yes that was us who got lost at first just after we left the ferry, totally enjoyed the experience. came the scenic route back going over that bridge in the sky, the one that was featured on megastructures. awesome

wow i'm impressed, i drove to paris and back when PSG were in superleague, it's exactly 1,000 miles round trip from Leigh to warrington then to paris and back crossing dover calais! i set my millage gauge to zero prior to setting off and it rolled back to zero as i pulled onto my drive!

nb. it is important to take into account we got lost several times in paris.