European road trip

[courty]

Starting to plan a 9 day road trip my thoughts are:
Friday
Coventry to Folkestone at 3pm
Folkestone to Calais at about 7
Calais to Lille arrive at 8.30-9
Saturday
Lille to Paris arrive at about 10am
Paris to Lyon leave paris at 3 (5 hrs)
Sunday
Lyon to monaco leave 8am (5 hrs)
Monday
Monaco to Milan leave 8am ( 3.5 hrs)
Tuesday
Milan to Zurich leave 8am ( 3.5 hrs)
Wednesday
Zurich to Munich leave 8am ( 3.5 hrs)
Thursday
Munich to Luxembourg leave 7am (5.5hrs)
Friday
Luxembourg to brussels leave 8am(3 hrs)
Saturday
Brussels to Calais leave 8am ( 2hrs)
Euro tunnel to Folkestone 1hr
Folkestone to London 1hr
Sunday
London to Coventry

The end

[courty]

Any advice at all

[jakethecatuk]

patient little devil aren't we

[mmm-five]

There was no question in your original post, so we didn't know what you were asking

The route depends on what you want to see/do and whether you just want to drive fast or see some sights along the way - i.e. the autobahn/autoroute/autopista will be quicker, but boring - and don't forget to add plenty of time for getting stuck in city centre traffic in Paris, Monaco, Milan, Zurich, Munich, Brussels.

Can't advise on a better route though as I tend to have a destination in mind and then plan a route depending on how much time I have/want to spend on the road - and I tend to change my mind as I see fit.

[courty]

patient little devil aren't we

just exited

[Leesfarm07]

Sounds like a great trip. You'll love Monaco. Don't leave it too late or you'll need the snow chains!!

[courty]

There was no question in your original post, so we didn't know what you were asking

The route depends on what you want to see/do and whether you just want to drive fast or see some sights along the way - i.e. the autobahn/autoroute/autopista will be quicker, but boring - and don't forget to add plenty of time for getting stuck in city centre traffic in Paris, Monaco, Milan, Zurich, Munich, Brussels.

Can't advise on a better route though as I tend to have a destination in mind and then plan a route depending on how much time I have/want to spend on the road - and I tend to change my mind as I see fit.

have u done Europe before ?

[mmm-five]

have u done Europe before ?

Yes, but usually only when I've got a specific destination or a couple of destinations in mind.

I've done Liverpool to Barcelona to Frankfurt to Liverpool, Liverpool/Hamburg, Liverpool/Brussels and regularly do Liverpool to Nurburg.

[dan yeates]

A lot of the Alpine passes are starting to close already due to snow, so check when you're going! Also, I'd suggest you're a little optimistic with your timings. When I'm home and on a computer I can explain more and show you our route we took, but unless you plan on just taking motorways and huge tunnels though the mountains, it's going to taken you a lot longer than 3 hours to get from Milan to Zurich! It takes forever to get through the Alpine passes, but it is worth it. Just make sure you don't tire yourself out from driving.

I remember we were averaging less than 30mph heading from Italy to Switzerland, and some of that included high speed motorways.

It's a wonderful trip. I'll put up some photos, videos and maps of our trip when I'm home, I'm currently working away for a few days. We did Dover to Dunkirk, Brussels, Spa Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Lake Como, Monza Grand Prix, through Switzerland and onto Mulhouse, then Reims and then Dunkirk. Took 2 weeks in all.

[Stark]

How many mies?

[ranski]

Great list, but all seems a little 'gumball'

I mean there are some fantastic roads within all of the countries listed, but from looking at your dates all you will see will be motorways

I just got from 5 day tearing around the swiss alpine roads - If we had more time we would have done more of the southern swiss, northern italian routes

I would ask you do you want just to tick off places you drive through? or actually see and experience some of the local sites and roads?








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[courty]

The reason for the route is that my wife has hardly been abroad and probably last chance to do this before having kids this is just the start of a plan looking to go about April/may

[dan yeates]

Ps. Make sure you drive Furkapass and Grimselpass! Wouldn't bother with Stelvio agin.

[domsz4]

sack the ferry off and use the tunnel. its much quicker and easier

[jaRED]

I would second the furka and grimsal recommendation. Amazing roads and scenery, plus an ice cave in the glacier. As for visiting Brussels and Strasbourg, personally I wouldn't bother.