The Motorhome Diaries
  • Welcome to our Diaries
  • About us
  • Where have we been?
  • Iran
  • Snapshots from our travels
  • Argentina
  • Bulgaria
  • Belgium & Holland
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
    • Český Ràj
    • Adršpach Teplice Rocks
    • Prague
    • Český Krumlov
    • Telč
    • Olomouc
    • Štramberk
    • Motorhoming tips
  • Denmark and the Baltic States
    • Denmark
  • Estonia
    • Tallinn
    • Soomaa National Park
    • Laheema National Park
    • Narva
    • Puhtitsa Convent
    • Lake Peipsi
    • Saaremaa Island
  • France
    • Aires de service
    • Mont St Michel
    • La Venise Verte
    • WW1 sites
    • Burgundy
    • Cycling the Burgundy Voie Verte
    • Chateaux
    • Cycling around Lac de Liez
    • Mirepoix
    • The Camargue
    • Minerve
    • Carcassonne
    • Blois
    • Millau
  • Hungary
    • Introduction to Hungary
    • Saraspotok
    • Tokaj
    • Hortogbagy
    • Budapest
    • Tiszafured
    • Eger
    • Motorhoming tips
  • Italy
  • Japan 2014
    • Food
    • Izu Penninsula
    • Temples & Shrines
    • Our vehicle
    • Tokyo
    • Western Honshū
    • Michi no Eki
    • Central Honshū
    • Kyoto
  • Tips for Japan
  • Japan 2016
    • Tokyo 2016
    • Nikko
    • Waterfalls & Lakes
    • Snow Monkeys
    • Matsushima Bay & Ishimomaki
    • Mount Myogi
    • Gorges
    • Dewa Sanzan
    • Oga Peninsula
    • Zenkō-ji
    • The Japan Alps
    • Matsumoto
    • Obuse
  • Lithuania
    • Klaipeda
    • Haapsalu
    • Vilnius
    • Hill of Crosses
  • Latvia
    • Riga
    • Jurmela
  • Morocco Introduction
    • Morocco
    • Morocco slide show
  • New Zealand 2012
    • New Zealand - Highlights
    • More New Zealand pix
    • Practical Tips for NZ Motorhoming
  • Poland
    • Krakov
    • Zakopane
    • Salt Mine
  • Portugal - an introduction
    • Wintering in Portugal >
      • Terra da Maio Azinhal 2015
      • Folclore Evening
      • International Zip wiring
      • Vaqueiros Hot Bread and Fresh Cheese Fair
      • Keeping fit
      • Querença Sausage Festival
      • Algarve Markets
    • Loulé Carnaval
    • Armaceo de Pera
    • Aveiro
    • Bragança
    • Camping on the Douro River
    • Citania de Briteiros -Celtic settlement
    • Elvas
    • Evora
    • Lisbon
    • Monsaraz
    • Obidos
    • Porto
    • Tavira
  • Romania
  • Slovenia
    • Introduction
    • Bled
    • Bohinj
    • Vintgar Gorge
  • Slovakia
    • Introduction to Slovakia
    • Spiss Castle
    • Dreveny artikularny kostol
    • Wooden Churches
    • Vlkolinec
    • Motorhoming tips
  • Spain
    • Cadiz
    • Salamanca
    • Burgos
    • Segovia
    • Santillana del Mar
    • Santiago de Compostella
    • Cordoba
    • Torcal de Antequera
    • Barcelona
    • Guadix
    • Italica
    • Monfrague
    • Trujillo
    • The Alhambra
    • Ebro Delta
    • Seville
  • Turkey
    • Istanbul
    • Hattusas & Yazilikaya
    • Cappadocia
    • Mount Nemrut
    • Sanliurfa
    • Harran's beehive houses
    • Eastern Mediterranean
    • Aspendos
    • Olimpos
    • Myra
    • Saklikent Gorge
    • Pamukkale & Hieropolis
    • Ephesus
    • Bergama
    • Trip Home & Conclusion
  • Birdwatching
  • Contact Us
  • Comments
  • Useful links&info
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Motorhoming tips

You must buy a vignette at the border, the price depends on the size of your vehicle and the length of your stay. This is not a vignette for motorways but to allow you to use all the roads. You are given a sticker to put on the windscreen - we were never aware of anyone checking them. Our vignette for one month in 2009 for a 3.5+ tonne vehicle was 88 euro.

There are plenty of campsites many are run by Dutch people as the country is popular with the Dutch. These particular sites tended to be full of Dutch and most instructions were in Dutch only but the good thing is all Dutch seem to speak English.

We found our campsites by using Camping Cheques, ACSI or the Caravan Club 2 book.

Older people do not speak English, they speak German. If you don't speak German or Czech then look out for a younger person to help you - they tend to speak English.

There are lots of campsites around Prague and the public transport into  the city  is cheap and plentiful.

The roads are ok but some are pretty battered. Motorways are good and you have paid to  use all roads when you buy the vignette.

Diesel is cheaper than in UK ( as at summer 2009).

Most of the time we had to use our two pin adaptor to hook up at camp sites.

At Telc we were able to park in a large carpark a short walk from the main square - there was a section for coaches as well as cars. We found we could park in the car park with our overhang on grass but you can park in the coach area too.

At Cesky Krumlov there are lots of car parks and again we found we could park in the car park with our overhang on grass so as not to encroach on other spaces. Beautiful old town a very short walk away.

In Stramberk there was a large public car park at the end of the old town, we drove through the narrow streets of the centre to get to it, and this could be a bit more fraught in the high season, but lots of coaches make it...

Most towns had either a public car park or a supermarket carpark so we did not find parking  a problem.



Independent travelling - tailored by us for  us
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Pergamon, Turkey
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Cistern at El Jadida.Morocco
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Jerez de la Frontera
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Driving through the Andes in Argentina
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Inuyama Castle, Japan
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Japanese snow monkeys
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