Hello! In September, my partner and I are driving from the UK to Menton where we're staying for a few days. As it's quite a long drive, the day before and the day after, we'll need to stay somewhere to break up the journey. Looking for suggestions where might be good to stay for one night on the way south. Thinking somewhere near Lyon, maybe? Ideally somewhere we can chill for a few hours, explore, eat etc.
And on the way back, we'd stay somewhere probably in the north of France? Again, the same somewhere to explore before heading back to the UK.
It would be about half a day in each location.
We'll have our own car, we're foodies, and we aren't huge fans of super touristy places/big cities. Smaller towns or villages, rural areas, mountains/rivers/pretty landscapes/nature/castles would all be wonderful.
Would there be any places you'd recommend? Thank you so much! #travel source