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The 10 best campervan routes in Europe
A campervan trip is measured in nights, not kilometres. These ten routes have the campsites, the aires and the scenery to fill two weeks each, with short driving days between them.
Plan this trip1 Norway: the fjords and the Atlantic Road
Photo by Andreas Trepte, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons. Geirangerfjorden (Norwegian) or Geiranger Fjord (English) is a fjord in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located entirely in Stranda Municipality. Wikipedia
Wild camping is legal with limits, the campsites are good and the roads are built for slow driving. The best campervan country in Europe, if you can afford it.
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2 Scotland: the North Coast 500
Photo by Reboelje, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The North Coast 500 is a 516-mile (830 km) scenic route around the north coast of Scotland, starting and ending at Inverness Castle. Wikipedia
Book the campsites: the loop is popular with vans and the villages are small. Stunning in May and September.
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3 France: Brittany and the Atlantic coast
Photo by No machine-readable author provided. Gilbertus assumed (based on copyright claim, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Brittany is a peninsula, historical region and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. Wikipedia
France's aires network makes van travel easy. The Breton coast down to the Vendée is the classic.
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4 Portugal: the Algarve and the west coast
Photo by Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Algarve is the southernmost NUTS II region of continental Portugal. It has an area of 4,997 km2 (1,929 sq mi) with 467,495 permanent inhabitants and incorporates 16 municipalities (concelhos or municípios in Portuguese). Wikipedia
Winter home of half of northern Europe's vans. The Costa Vicentina west coast is the quiet part.
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5 Slovenia
Photo by Andrew Milligan Sumo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to its west, Austria to its north, Hungary to its northeast, and Croatia to its south and southeast; its southwestern boundary consists of a 46.6-kilometre (29. Wikipedia
Bled, Bohinj and the Soča valley, with campsites on the river. Small, cheap and green.
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6 Croatia: the islands by ferry
Photo by vacation2, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Makarska Riviera is a part of the Croatian coast of the Adriatic Sea, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) long and several kilometers wide, at the foot of Croatia's second-highest mountain Biokovo. Wikipedia
The coast road and the ferries to Krk, Cres, Brač and Hvar. Campsites are large and on the water.
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7 Dolomites
Photo by kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Dolomites or Pale Mountains are a mountain range in northeastern Italy. They form part of the Southern Limestone Alps and extend from the river Adige in the west to the Piave Valley (Pieve di Cadore) in the east. Wikipedia
Campsites at 1,500 m with the peaks above them. The passes are fine in a van under 3.5 t; take them slowly.
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8 Black Forest
Photo by MWolf89, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Black Forest is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. Wikipedia
Germany's most van-friendly region: Stellplätze in every town, good roads and the lakes at Titisee and Schluchsee.
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9 Poland: Masuria
Photo by Mkulikowski, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Masurian Lake District or Masurian Lake Land is a lake district in northeastern Poland within the geographical region of Masuria, in the past inhabited by Masurians who spoke the Masurian dialects. It contains more than 2,000 lakes. Wikipedia
Lakes, forests and campsites that cost a third of the Alps. Easy from the Baltics.
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10 Sardinia
Photo by Aesopposea, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Sardinia, officially the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea after Sicily, and one of the twenty regions of Italy. Wikipedia
Ferry from Genoa or Livorno, then the beaches. Spring and autumn; August is full.
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Riding or driving it
Roadlegs routes a campervan with your height, weight and length, plans 150 km days by default and searches for campsites, water and waste points around each night.
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About the facts and photos
The descriptions in italics are the opening sentences of the Wikipedia article for each place, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, fetched on 6 October 2026. Photos are from Wikimedia Commons under the licence named beside each one. "Written about in N languages" counts the Wikipedia editions that have an article, from Wikidata; it is a measure of how well known a place is, not a rating. Everything else is the author's own opinion. Roads close with the seasons: check before you go.
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