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Road trip to Tuscany
Posted: May 2nd, 2018, 4:13 pm
by jtr63
We are looking in to driving from Cambridge to Tuscany to borrow a friend's villa in August. A couple of years ago we drove to Denmark for our holiday with a couple of overnight stops on the way in it seems far more preferable than flights (for 4) and a hire car. Paris and Geneva might be a couple of overnight stops, but are there any more unusual or interesting places we could break the journey ?
TIA
John
Re: Road trip to Tuscany
Posted: May 2nd, 2018, 4:27 pm
by redsturgeon
I wouldn't want to drive into Paris or Geneva as a break on such a long journey, the traffic getting in a out of Paris would be a nightmare. I'd suggest using smaller towns, like Reims and Basel or Lucerne. Google map shows the shortest route is via those towns.
John
Re: Road trip to Tuscany
Posted: May 2nd, 2018, 5:28 pm
by Slarti
Avoiding big cities is always a good idea.
How about Reims or Verdun for the first stop and Como for the 2nd?
Slarti
Re: Road trip to Tuscany
Posted: May 2nd, 2018, 6:19 pm
by PinkDalek
jtr63 wrote:... Paris and Geneva might be a couple of overnight stops, but are there any more unusual or interesting places we could break the journey ?
Reims and Basel have already been mentioned but a slightly different route would give you Troyes and/or Dijon and/or Beaune, then somewhere such as Talloires on Lac d'Annecy. You'd be in striking distance of the Valois National Park, if mountains in the Summer take your fancy.
http://www.informationfrance.com/troyes/http://www.destinationdijon.com/en/https://www.beaune-tourism.com/https://www.talloires-lac-annecy.com/http://www.francethisway.com/places/van ... alparc.php
Re: Road trip to Tuscany
Posted: May 2nd, 2018, 8:02 pm
by Clariman
I'm doing a similar holiday this August and did one in 2018. However, our ferry takes us to Amsterdam so your route would be different if you go to France. I don't want to do any more than 5 hours driving a day so our route was (or will be) ...
- Amsterdam to Moselle region in Germany (Traban-Trarbach)
- Moselle to Lake Constance (last trip), Moselle to Lake Lucerne (upcoming trip)
- To Lake Como (last trip), Lake Maggiore (upcoming trip)
- Italian lakes to Tuscany
- Return to Northern Europe by overnight motorail
- Motorail to Amsterdam for a few nights
- Return ferry
The Lake Constance stop was lovely last time, but I ended up driving through Zurich (unplanned) and getting in the way of trams! Otherwise it was a brilliant trip, which is why we are doing a similar one this year.
Clariman
Re: Road trip to Tuscany
Posted: May 2nd, 2018, 8:03 pm
by Clariman
I've just seen PD's recommendations for Troyes and Beaune if travelling through France. We have stayed in both a couple of times and I'd thoroughly recommend them for stop-offs. Happy to recommend a couple of specific hotels if you go to either of those places. I'm sure PD will have recs too for there.
C