Family road trip - France - help planning please!

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Help planning would be AMAZING from anyone who has done similar please!

Driving from London to south of France (near Saint Tropez and we have accommodation here). We’re thinking driving to Reims and saying for one night - going to pommery champagne caves and the park? Then next day head to either burgundy/Lyon or Avignon for two nights and ideally want somewhere fund for the kids and entertainment/pools/slides etc, and then drive to the south of France. Not sure what to do on the drive back?! Hoping the trip to take 10-12 days. Recommendations welcome! Thanks xx

Just a warning that the roads around Saint Tropez are absolutely hideous with traffic. We usually do this trip down and stay roughly an hour ish either side of Avignon. Last year we went to Saint Raphael - had ideas of driving to Saint Tropez - the 23miles was estimated to take 3hrs so needless to say we didn’t go!! Same for going to east towards Cannes. We stayed where we were. Lovely place though so was fine. On the drive down we regularly use Reims - splash park fountains and nice park. Also like Beaune - great hotel with pool just next to motorway. Other nice places Troyes, Macon, Chalon Sur Saone. Lovely independent Chateaus in Provence too if your kids are a bit older - pool, food, board games on a terrace with drinks etc. love making the journey part of the holiday.

@Springtimebear I completely agree. I’m 55, love France and have only been to Nice and Côte d’Azur once (in November) since a particularly frustrating series of summer traffic jams in the late 80s/early 90s with my parents. I find around marseille and cassis a bit better. But inland is better still )see above post!)

Sorry, no help but following with interest