In short
An aire is a motorhome area, run by a town or by a network such as Camping-Car Park, where you can fill up with water, empty your tanks and often stay the night for less than a campsite. Our lists have 197 RV areas within about 3 km of the 2027 route in France, 45 of them Camping-Car Park areas. Camping-Car Park opened pop-up areas for the Tour in the Pyrenees in 2025. None are announced for 2027 yet.
Aire, campsite or France Passion: which is which
An aire (aire de camping-car) is a motorhome area, usually run by the town. Some are only service points, where you fill up with water and empty your tanks. Others let you park and sleep for a night or more. They are for vans with their own beds and toilet: no tents, and no chairs, tables or awnings outside unless the area allows it.
A campsite takes tents, caravans and vans, with toilets, showers and usually electricity. It costs more, and in July the ones near the big climbs book out early.
France Passion is a network of farms, vineyards and other producers who let members park for up to 24 hours for free. You join to get its guide and app, and it only takes self-contained vans. It suits the nights around a stage more than race day itself.
Camping-Car Park during the Tour
Camping-Car Park runs paid motorhome areas all over France, with a barrier at the entrance, water, waste disposal and often electricity. Several are close to the 2027 route, in the Pyrenees valley towns, at Les Saisies and Cluses, in Mende and in Laruns.
In 2025 it opened two pop-up areas for the Tour with the town of Loudenvielle, for the Pyrenees stages: 500 extra pitches below the Peyragudes altiport, and a temporary area that took Loudenvielle from 25 to 200 pitches. They ran from 12 to 21 July 2025, with water and waste disposal but no electricity, and had to be booked online for a €3 booking fee.
In 2026 it listed a selection of its existing areas near the route instead. For 2027 nothing is announced yet. We will add any pop-up areas to this page and to the stage pages when they are.
RV areas within 3 km of each stage in France
Counted from our lists, which come from OpenStreetMap and Camping-Car Park's own list of areas, so check each site before you go. The number links to the full list on the stage page. The UK stages have no aires: use the campsites and caravan parks on those stage pages.
Camping-Car Park areas nearest the big climbs
The Camping-Car Park areas on each climb's stage, nearest the climb's base towns first, with how far each one is from the route.
Grand Colombier
Sun 11 July 2027 · Tour de France, Stage 9: Villars-les-Dombes → Grand Colombier
No Camping-Car Park area within 3 km of this stage's route. Use the campsites and RV areas on the stage page.
Montée de Bisanne
Wed 14 July 2027 · Tour de France, Stage 11: Cluses → Les Saisies
Cluses is the start of Stage 11 and of L'Étape du Tour, and the stage finishes at Les Saisies.
- Aire de camping-car de Col, Les Saisies 0.7 km from the route
- Le Grand Tétras 0.1 km from the route
- Aire de camping-car de Cluses 1.1 km from the route
- Aire de camping-car de Manigod 1.4 km from the route
Côte de la Croix Neuve
Sat 17 July 2027 · Tour de France, Stage 14: Montpellier → Mende
- Aire Camping-Car Park Mende 0.1 km from the route
Col du Tourmalet
Thu 22 July 2027 · Tour de France, Stage 18: Pau → Col du Portet
The Luz-Saint-Sauveur side, where the race climbs the Tourmalet.
- Aire Camping-Car Park Luz-Saint-Sauveur 1.3 km from the route
- Aire CAMPING-CAR PARK de Pierrefitte-Nestalas, Vallée de Gavarnie 0.2 km from the route
- Arrens-Marsous 1.2 km from the route
Col du Portet
Thu 22 July 2027 · Tour de France, Stage 18: Pau → Col du Portet
The Saint-Lary-Soulan side, below the summit finish.
- Aire de Saint-Lary-Soulan 0 km from the route
- Aire de camping-car de Vielle - Aure 0 km from the route
- Aire Camping-Car Park Arreau 2.7 km from the route
Col de Marie Blanque
Fri 23 July 2027 · Tour de France, Stage 19: Hasparren → Laruns
- Aire Laruns, Le Bourg 0.4 km from the route
Puy de Dôme
Sat 7 August 2027 · Tour de France Femmes, Stage 9: Clermont-Ferrand → Puy de Dôme
The road to the summit is closed to private vehicles, so vans stay below. Bromont-Lamothe is on the stage route, west of the Puy de Dôme.
- Aire Bromont-Lamothe 0.1 km from the route
Prices and how to book Camping-Car Park
You need a Camping-Car Park account, free in the app or at the machine by the entrance, and a Pass Digital or access card, €5 once. You pay for each 24 hours, automatically when you leave. On the areas listed on its 2026 Tour page, 24 hours cost about €12 to €18.
Without a booking you can turn up and take a free pitch, but driving out frees it for someone else. As standard you can book up to 48 hours ahead. The Pack'Privilèges, €29 a year, lets you book up to six months ahead and come and go during your stay, which is worth it for July near the mountains.
Town aires outside a network are usually first come, first served, and some are free. Their rules and prices are on the sign at the entrance or on the town's website.
Etiquette and services
Park inside your pitch and keep chairs, tables and awnings in unless the area says otherwise. Empty grey and toilet waste only at the service point, never in a drain or on the ground.
Many aires limit how long you can stay, often to a night or two, and near the route they can fill the day before a stage. Arrive early, keep the noise down at night, and take your rubbish with you.
On race day, roads near the route close hours before the riders. If you plan to drive out to watch, check the closing times first, or walk or ride from the aire.
Pop-up areas for 2027
Nothing is announced for 2027 yet. Follow Camping-Car Park's news for any Tour areas, and check the department and stage town notices for the dedicated motorhome parking they open on the big climbs. We add both to this page and to the stage and climb pages when they come out.
Update log
- 10 November 2026: page published. No 2027 pop-up areas are announced yet.
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Questions about aires and Camping-Car Park
Are there Camping-Car Park areas near the 2027 Tour de France route?
Yes. Our lists have 45 Camping-Car Park areas within about 3 km of the 2027 route in France, out of 197 RV areas in all. The most useful for the race are in the Pyrenees valley towns below the Tourmalet and the Col du Portet, at Les Saisies and Cluses for Stage 11, in Mende and in Laruns.
Will Camping-Car Park open pop-up areas for the 2027 Tour?
Nothing is announced yet. In 2025 it opened two in the Pyrenees, below the Peyragudes altiport (500 pitches) and at Loudenvielle (200 pitches), from 12 to 21 July. We will add any 2027 areas here when they are announced.
How much does a Camping-Car Park area cost?
You pay for each 24 hours. On the areas on its 2026 Tour page, that was about €12 to €18, plus €5 once for the pass. The Pack'Privilèges, €29 a year, lets you book up to six months ahead.
Can I book an aire for a Tour stage?
Camping-Car Park areas can be booked in the app, up to 48 hours ahead as standard or up to six months ahead with the Pack'Privilèges. Most town aires cannot be booked and work on a first come basis.
What is the difference between an aire and a campsite?
An aire is a motorhome area for self-contained vans, often with only water and waste disposal, and usually cheaper. A campsite also takes tents and caravans and has toilets and showers. Near the big climbs in July, book campsites early.
Can I use France Passion to follow the Tour?
Yes, for the nights around a stage. Members can stay up to 24 hours for free at farms, vineyards and other producers, in self-contained vans only. The hosts are not set up for the race, so use them to travel between stages.
Photo credits
- Beaufortain (Hauteluce, Beaufort, Arêches) - 2 by Nono vlf, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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· Sources: Camping-Car Park, 2025 Tour pop-up areas, Camping-Car Park press release, Tour 2025, Camping-Car Park, areas near the 2026 Tour, Camping-Car Park, how it works, France Passion