Gastonthe travellerGastonberet-wearing motorhomer · on the road since May 1968
In a campervan, the destination is just an excuse. I map out your trip day by day, from a weekend to a whole year: the regions to cross, quiet nights, the places truly worth seeing and good places to eat. You keep the wheel, and everything can be changed on the map.
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Who is Gaston
Gaston is the friend who has criss-crossed everything in a motorhome: the passes of the Dolomites, the coves of Albania, the fjords of Norway. He knows where to sleep in peace, where to empty your grey water and which detour is worth an extra day.
Gaston is a character. Under his beret, an artificial intelligence imagines your route, then pins it to the map: roads calculated for your vehicle’s size, nights and sights found on OpenStreetMap and Google. You get the wheel and the scenery; he handles the paperwork.
What Gaston prepares for you
These itineraries were planned by Gaston, exactly as shown: the route, the nights, the sights and his own stories. The photos show the surroundings of each stop.
Near this stop: Annecy Castle · Wikimedia CommonsA gentle start: 140 km and about 2 hours from Lyon. Once the van is settled at Camping Le Belvédère, a stroll along the Canal du Vassé leads to the Pont des Amours. In the evening, dinner at Chez Ingalls to get the trip going around a French table.
On the agenda · Canal du Vassé · Pont des Amours
Overnight · Camping Le Belvédère
How it works
Where you’re starting from, where you dream of going, your van, your pace, who’s coming along, where you like to sleep, what you fancy. A few questions, not one too many.
I choose the way through: the regions worth the detour, how many nights in each, and the ferry if it’s worth it.
The route calculated for your vehicle’s size, the night at a well-placed aire or campsite, the sights, a good place to eat, fresh water and waste disposal.
Drag a night on the map, ask me for a quieter spot, export it all as GPX or open it in Waze.
Road books
Planned by GastonLyon → NafplioTwenty-one days from Lyon to Nafplio with children, so it is cut into small bites. The Aosta Valley, Lake Garda and Movieland, Venice, Sirolo, then the ferry from Ancona to Patras. In Greece, Olympia, Pylos, Monemvasia and Epidaurus alternate short stages with days off the road.
Planned by GastonTrieste → KsamilSetting off from Trieste for a long glide south: inland Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Greece, all the way to Ksamil. Each stage takes three to five hours. Then three nights at the same campsite: Butrint, Phoinike, a getaway to Corfu, and the Albanian coast as far as Mesopotam.
Planned by GastonToulouse → ChefchaouenToulouse, San Sebastián, La Rioja, Segovia, Toledo, Córdoba, Granada, Ronda: inland Spain is crossed from one monumental city to the next, with whole days on foot. After Tarifa, the ferry comes out at Tangier, and the road climbs up to Chefchaouen, the blue city.
Planned by GastonMunich → SplitThree days of motorway to eat up Munich, Carinthia and inland Croatia, then the van settles down. Around Split, everything happens at a gentle pace: Diocletian's Palace, Supetar, Postira, Sutivan, Omiš and the Cetina, the villages of Kaštela. Several days are set aside for doing nothing at all.
Planned by GastonNantes → Saint-MaloFrom the Gulf of Morbihan to Saint-Malo, this van makes its way through Locronan, the Morlaix area and Guingamp. Stages stay at around two hours, with stops on foot: chapels, menhirs, an ecomuseum. In Saint-Malo, you circle the ramparts, then the malouinières. Dinan brings the trip to a close.
Planned by GastonMarseille → Porto-VecchioThe Marseille–Bastia crossing, twelve hours at sea, opens this trip. After that the van barely moves: three nights at PetraLegna, near Porto-Vecchio, for Casteddu di Tappa, the Chiappa lighthouse, Araghju and the Genoese towers. Then Fautea, before returning to Porto-Vecchio.
Planned by GastonGrenoble → SienaPiedmont in Turin, Emilia at the OLDO agriturismo, then Siena as a base. Three days on the road to get there, then everything happens on foot: Il Campo, the Torre del Mangia, the Palazzo Pubblico. Casale Terzo and its pievi, and finally a quiet motorhome aire near Badia a Coltibuono.
Planned by GastonBordeaux → Santiago de CompostelaBordeaux, San Sebastián, Sasamón, Santillana del Mar, Gijón: the road follows the Camino to Galicia, with Foz and its beaches. Then the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, with three days of exploring on foot. The Padrón aire, Rosalía de Castro's house and pulpo bring it to a close.
Planned by GastonRennes → GalwayRoscoff, the Jardin Exotique, then fourteen hours of ferry to Cork. What remains is a long stay at An Spidéal, near Galway: Salthill, the Corrib, a cathedral. Here, you take your time. The children have the run of the campsite, and pizza or pub breaks set the rhythm of the evenings.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, places visited or passed through on each trip.
Where Gaston takes you
What Gaston promises you
No 3-metre bridge when your Luton motorhome stands 3.15 m tall. I calculate the route for your vehicle’s size.
200 km a day or 500, a break every three days: you’re the one behind the wheel.
Aires, campsites, fresh water and waste disposal found on OpenStreetMap and Google, with their ratings and photos.
A night you don’t like, a detour that tempts you: drag, add, and I recalculate.
A weekend in Normandy or 360 days across Europe: every day is prepared, from the drive to the night.
Every night, every sight, every place to eat really exists: they come from OpenStreetMap, Google and Wikipedia.
Frequently asked questions
Gaston is the character who travels with you: a seasoned motorhomer who knows the roads of Europe. Behind him, an artificial intelligence imagines your route, then relies solely on real data (OpenStreetMap, Google, Wikipedia, OpenTripMap) for places, nights and sights.
Yes. You choose your vehicle type and enter its height: the route is calculated with a heavy-vehicle routing engine that avoids low bridges and restricted roads, based on a standard vehicle size (width, length, weight). If that service doesn’t respond, Gaston flags it on the stop concerned.
They come from OpenStreetMap and Google, with their ratings and photos. And every night links to nearby Park4Night spots, so you can compare with the community’s picks.
Completely. Move a night on the map, add a waypoint, switch campsites, insert a rest day or ask Gaston in plain language: he recalculates the routes and rewrites the plan.
All of Europe, from Norway to Portugal and from Ireland to Greece, as well as Morocco. Ferries (Italy–Greece, Corsica, the Balearics, Scandinavia, the Strait of Gibraltar) are suggested only when they genuinely improve the trip.
Yes. With a free account, your trips, vehicles and preferences are synced across all your devices. With a full trip, you can also export it as GPX for your GPS or download its road book as a PDF.
The big departure is near
Gaston opens very soon. Leave your email: you’ll be told when we launch, then you’ll receive his road books, once a month at most.