We will be taking a leisurely two days (in early June) to get to CDG from our stay in Uzes.
We are looking for an interesting locale for our overnight stay.
Vineyards and artisanal food and a touch of historical significance.
Photogenic roadways are more highly valued than shopping magnificence.

We're looking for suggestions. You can answer in rhyme.
For a nice little village with good food and local wine .
Midway on our journey so we can stop, walk and then sleep.
We'll be low on euros. It better be cheap.

My apologies for breaking out in a poem.

My fave vineyard b&b in Burgundy is the Moniot-Nie vineyard in Santennay, very near Beaune.

Sorriest to quote myself from another thread: "In the great wine village Santenay, also in the côteau de Beaune region west east of Beaune, Moniot-Nie has very nice rooms where you look out to vines as far as your eyes can see. It has a kitchen and dining area - with the same view. Our fave rooms: 1, 2 and 4... After visiting all over Burgundy, Ardèche and the Luberon part of Provence, my 17-year old niece still raves about the sunset vineyard walks there.
Likewise it is easy to reach Cluny from there."Sorriest I can't rhyme.

Something to research ............

Drive Uzes to Florac and Mende via the Cevennes national Park with a possible diversion to the Millau bridge or Gorge du Tarn.

Take the A75 through the Massif Central and think about stopping somewhere like Marvejols :


Alternatively you could stay here : http://www.limousin-chambres-bb.com and sample a very different area to the mountains and Uzes.


Peter

Uzès to Roissy CDG is a very long drive. If you take the quickest routes, meaning the autoroutes, which are toll roads, the tolls mount up to about 48 euros/$70 U.S. And it takes seven hours to make the drive. Add on 60 to 80 euros for fuel ($85 to $110). I'm basing all those figures on www.mappy.fr itineraries.

If you avoid the toll roads, it takes about 10 hours to do the drive. I don't think that will be leisurely, if you want to do or see anything along the way, even with two days for the trip. Getting off the main roads will take some time. And what about lunch?

Do you really have two full days? Are you planning to spend a night at the airport before your departure? If not, what time is your flight?

You may have all this completely planned out and I may be way off the mark. If so, good. But it's better to be realistic about the distances and time required to make such a long trip. In addition, traffic around Paris can really slow you down. Why not drive over to Avignon, turn in the car, and take the TGV to CDG?

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Originally posted by ckenb:
Uzès to Roissy CDG is a very long drive...

You may have all this completely planned out and I may be way off the mark. If so, good. But it's better to be realistic about the distances and time required to make such a long trip. In addition, traffic around Paris can really slow you down. Why not drive over to Avignon, turn in the car, and take the TGV to CDG?

Thanks for your concern and the heads up regarding the challenges of what we propose.

Getting to Europe requires a significant amount of time, money and planning. Sadly it is not something that we can do more frequently. We fully expect to drive 3-5 hours per day for two days with a 2+ hour lunch/siesta break. We also anticipate photo taking and shopping stops along the way as opportunities arise before we arrive at that day's destination. Yes it is more costly than the TGV, potential stops may be hours apart and driving may be a challenge. But with the guidance of fellow slow travelers this drive will allow us to stop and smell the proverbial roses. You can't do that from a train.

I would probably choose to drive too. In June, the long hours of daylight will make the drive easier. Getting on and off the autoroutes, however, is not all that easy. And watch out for that Paris traffic...

One of the advantages of a drive like this with an overnight stop or two is that you can sample some areas that you might want to return to for a longer stay.

I looked at the direct route on ViaMichelin which would take you up the A7 by Lyon and then the A6 through eastern Burgundy, near Beaune and Auxerre.

Have you spent any time in Burgundy? We enjoyed our week near Pouilly-en-Auxois, but given your interest in wine, you might prefer to stay overnight in one of the wine villages of the Cote d'Or or stay in Beaune. ViaMichelin says it's about a four hour drive to Beaune from Uzes. You could enjoy an afternoon, evening, and the next morning, maybe even lunch, before driving onto Roissy (about 3-1/2 hours).

Or a different, more western route... we spent just an afternoon in beautiful Sancerre and would love to go back. (We stayed in this area for two nights while driving from Normandy to the Luberon, similar to what you're planning to do.) It would be 6+ hours driving from Uzes to Sancerre, then just 2-1/2 hours the next day to Roissy.

Kathy

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I looked at the direct route on ViaMichelin which would take you up the A7 by Lyon and then the A6 through eastern Burgundy, near Beaune and Auxerre.
Have you spent any time in Burgundy?

That is exactly why I recommended the vineyard b&b above. It is very near Beaune.

I would like to second (or is it third by now?)the stop in Beaune - not only is it a lovely small town it has a lot to offer especially if you like wine! We drove this route last February and it is just enough driving on the auto route before you start getting a little cross-eyed! In the morning it is a short drive to Paris. We stayed right in the city center and loved walking and tasting our way around the town.

We stayed at
http://www.lhoteldebeaune.com/lang/2
L'Hotel de Beaune - it was a special spot to stop.