Where to break journey between Calais and South of France

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Can anyone recommend anywhere? We'll be going through the tunnel around 4pm so were looking to break the journey around Orleans. Me, DH and 3 teenage boys. Cleanliness is my priority (having stayed in some dodgy French hotels in my youth!) and, as it's just an overnight stop, would prefer to keep the cost down. I keep looking on Tripadvisor etc but don't know where to start really.

we are doing a similar trip this summer and i've booked 2 rooms in ibis budget in Rouen. Each room sleeps max 3 people so you'll need 2 rooms. I've stayed in it before and it was clean and close to a supermarket and restaurants. cost is about £25 per room.

I find Etap generally ok. Clean, Parking, Wifi, reasonable cost. I don't normally bother with breakfast though.

We regularly stay at the Novotel at Orleons -le source. It's clean has a small pool and a nice restaurant. Easy access from the motorway too

What about near Poitiers...there's loads of hotels just off the motorway - the turn off for Futurescope.

When we did that route when I was much younger, we had an overnight stop in either an Ibis or a Campanille hotel near Beaune. It's a pretty place to wander around. It may be too far South for you though, as we generally did early morning crossings, arriving in Calais by 9am.