First stop after Cherbourg

If you leave the dogs in your Motorhome they are likely to be there for up to 18 hours without access which may not be a good idea. You may need to review your booking to ensure that you have booked kennel space for the dogs as there are a limited number of kennels.

Simply look about 2 hours drive radius from Cherbourg and then look at searchforsites.co.uk you will find a selection of Aires and campsites from which it should be easy to select. Shouldn’t need to book ahead in June.

Davy

Hi, lots of options re:stops. One we use on that route if the sailing arrives late(ish) to Cherbourg is Montebourg, about an hour out of Cherbourg towards Caen. Free aire with all services except EHU. Nice town for supplies, good area for pets.
There is lots of places to stop, get park4night app and campercontact app.... Paid versions will only cost you about €12 total...... Really worth it.



If your travelling on the Horizon you have the option to take kennels on level 5, but ASK THE DECK STAFF for the kennels downstairs on level 4, much tidier and quiet and access to outer deck. Folk usually don't know about those, they're better than the other kennels.
Take your own dog beds for them to lie on, also fresh water and their food as you won't get access to your van once you leave it......... We used those kennels on deck 4 on our return journey a few weeks ago and they're fine.
If you choose to leave the dogs in the van you will get 2 visits for about 15 minutes each to walk them, feed them and that's all. Usually at 10pm and 10am.... But could be any, depending on sailing times.

Enjoy your trip. Keep us updated on here.

In the past but our dogs are small Shitztzu’s I have just taken the. Up to the cabin and they are the happiest there. No one has told me not to not that anyone has seen me. I know they would bark all night in kennels and I would not want them anywhere else.

You can walk the dogs twice during the crossing and are escorted down to the car deck by a member of staff. If they are happy enough and can last in the Motorhome, they will be much happier there. Mont Saint Michel is worth a stop on the way down especially if it is your first time (allow 2.5 hours).

As others have said , spoilt for choice of stops , where are you heading for on the coast ?

We've used the Aire in Granville before, it's a bit of a walk from the town up on a headland so make sure to stop at a supermarket before hand if you need to, I can't remember what if any services are here.

Another option that we've used that hasn't been mentioned is Fougeres, it's a free Aire in a really quaint medieval town. It's very close to the castle and there's a few restaurants close by. Definitely fresh water and grey/black water dump here.