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 Car Hire & Driving in Ales, FranceWelcome to Ales Car Hire, France.France Car HireNeatly symmetrical, almost hexagonal in shape, France is the world’s fourth richest country and Western Europe’s largest nation, although it would fit quite easily into the state of Texas. France is a rural country with its population of 57 million thinly spread through the land, at an average of 104 people per square km; the UK averages 240 per square km. Some 56% of the land if farmland and 25% under forest. The nation’s largest industry is the business of food production. France is also Europe’s oldest nation, existing in its present form since the 15th century. France’s boundaries are largely natural ones, with the English Channel to the north, the Atlantic to the west, the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean to the south and the Alps, the Jura mountains and the Rhine to the east. France has 56 million visitors a year, making it Europe’s most popular tourist destination. There visitors are attracted by its superb landscape and historic cities, its unsurpassable food and wine, its unique culture and elegant shopping, all of which you can find while touring France in your hire car. France is divided in to 22 regions, each of which has its own distinctive landscape and which break down in to a total of 96 ‘departements’. France is laced with 806,000km (500,000 miles) of road, 7,000km (4,500 miles) of autoroute or motorway and 50,00km (31,000 miles) of long-distance path, all of which can be easily used in your hire car while. When you are driving around in your hire car it would be well to note that almost all the motorways are privately owned and subject to tolls, for which credit cards are usually acceptable. The benefits of paying for the use of the motorways you use in your hire car can be seen in the high standards of maintenance of the roads and the frequent rest areas, picnic sites and catering facilities. Free motorway maps to help your ventures out by hire car are often available at motorway service stations/cafeterias and are useful as they mark the position and facilities of all the rest areas on the route you may wish to take in your hire car. If speed is not of the essence and you intend to make the drive in your hire car part of your holiday, you would be advised to follow the green holiday route signs (bis) in your hire car to your destination. These form part of a national network of ‘bison fute’ routes to avoid traffic congestion at peak periods in your hire car. You will discover parts of France in your hire car that you never knew existed and are more likely to arrive relaxed after your drive in your hire car. In France the first and last weekend in August and the public holiday on 15th August are usually the worst times to travel in your hire car, so avoid them if you can. When hiring a car to use it can work out more cost effective to arrange the rental in the UK before leaving for France, as the cost of hiring a car is expensive, partly because of the high sales tax of 33% on luxury items. The minimum age to hire a car is 21; however some companies will not rent a car to people under 26 or over 60. Also it is well to note that hirers of rental cars must have held a full licence for at least three years to hire a car. The minimum age for driving is 18 and Britons must remember to drive their hire car in the right, taking extra car when crossing the carriageway or when emerging from a junction, when it is easy to end up on the left side in your hire car without thinking. In France full or dipped headlights must be used in poor visibility and at night when driving you hire car. The use of seat belts in your hire car while driving is compulsory and children under 10 are not permitted to ride in the front seat of your hire car unless fitted with a rear-facing safety seat or if the hire car you rent has no rear seats. The French drink-driving limit is 50mg alcohol per 100ml of blood; this can mean that just one glass of beer can take you up to the limit for driving. Languedoc Roussillon Car HireAles is in the Languedoc Roussillon region of France. Situated on the Mediterranean cost west of the Provence Alpes Cote d’Azur region of France, the Languedoc Roussillon region offers wide river valleys and rugged gorges, as well as popular coastal resorts and regenerated cities which are centres of artistic activity and architectural innovation, all of which are free to explore in your hire car. In the Languedoc Roussillon region we have links to Montpellier Car Hire, Carcassone Car Hire, Perpignan Car Hire and Ales Car Hire. Ales Car HireAles city, formerly Alais, has a population of over 42,000 and is in the Gard departement. Situated in the south of France in Languedoc, Ales lies at the foot of the Cevennes Mountains on the Gardon River with beautiful scenery all around for you to see from your hire car. Once noted for cloth and silk, Ales’ industries now focus on making machinery, electrical equipment, and hosiery. Base metal and silver are mined near Ales. In the 16th century Ales was one of the principal centres of French Protestantism. The Peace of Ales, signed in Ales in 1629, stripped the Huguenots of their political powers. Several buildings dating from this period remain in Ales and can be visited in your hire car. Ales lies close to the border of the Provence Alpes Cote d’Azur region, where the cities of Avignon, Arles, Aix en Provence, Cannes and Nice, to name but a few, provide much more to explore in your hire car while in Ales. For an idea of what you might expect to find on a trip from Ales to these places in your hire car, visit our Avignon Car Hire, Arles Car Hire, Aix en Provence Car Hire, Cannes Car Hire and Nice Car Hire links. South of Ales in your hire car towards the coast and within the Languedoc Roussillon are the cities of Nimes and Montpellier, giving even more scope for exploration in your hire car from a base in Ales. For an idea of what you might expect to find on a trip from Ales to these places in your hire car, visit our Nimes Car Hire and Montpellier Car Hire links.
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