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7 Days Drive to Italian Lakes

whinbush

whinbush

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Hi all,

I've had the 981 GTs now for 2yrs and decided with a good mate that we fancy taking his car M4 and the GTS including our respective ladies on a mini Euro road trip.

All we know is we want to have 2 nights in or around Lake Garda
Apart from that no idea on the best route/routes?
If we were crazy according to Google Maps 14hrs inc train going direct.
However we are almost that crazy but the ladies are not!
So leisurely driving days with great scenery if possible and nice hotels
Budget for on route hotels €100-€200max per room per night.
Looking for nice without going nuts as long as better that Holiday Inn Express type
Plan to Stay at the Lido Place @ Lake Garda and blow the budget ther for 2 nights.



Any ideas based on the collective knowledge to fill in the gaps , stop offs going and return leg.
We have 7 Full Days in late August.
Leaving on a Sat morning Via Eurotunnel retuning on the following Friday to be back in Epsom surrey late PM

Any hints and tips gratefully accepted.

Thanks

James.






 
Hi James,
if this is your first driving trip down to Italy I am sure you will love it. Whenever we have done that route, I try a get a good few miles under our belt the first morning on the motorway to south side of Riems and then head for non toll roads and enjoy the scenery. If you want to do mountain passes I can recommend the Route Ballon D'Alsace which is a great drive and long before you even get to the Alps.

For hotels, I just use booking.com, there will plenty in your budget range.

Hope you have a great time, place an update on here to let us know how you get on.

Best Wishes,
Mike


 
Hi James

May be worth looking at Scenic and Continental Cars Tours web site and 'borrowing' the route they use (and perhaps some of the hotels) http://www.sceniccartours.com/lake-garda-options/4578454055.

My wife and I have actually driven this route in our Porsche with a Scenic car tour and found it great fun, especially the Stevio pass although you may also want to try some of the other passes in the area which are more challenging (Umbral pass for sure which takes you to the top of the Stelvio Pass) (won't tell you what fuel consumption i got here but surface to stay start this leg with a full tank! Sure had some fun though) Hotels tend to be three star variety and OK for overnight stops or use booking.com if you want a different price range

Kind Regards

Michael
 
Some great suggestions - my advice if your suggested route takes you through San Gottardo tunnel ignore the sat nav and do the pass instead - done this in my Porsche and on a motorcycle - stunning
 
Thanks Mike and Michael,
some good ideas there thanks.
As Ill be using the SatNav to show the way, any waypoints anyone can share to be sure we can take in pass routes would be fantastic.
SatNav is great but fastest route isn't always the most scenic by it nature and shortest route can have you down dirt tracks if you aren't careful[:-]


 
When we drove to Lake Garda we went via the Stelvio Pass. We stayed at the Bella Vista hotel which was very nice and is actually on the Stelvio.

Have fun!
 
I can recommend the Hotel Palace Villa Cortine Sirmione on Lake Garda. I was there and a few Mille Miglia cars were present Including what I believe is the only PORSCHE Carrera Zagato. Also worth a look is Hotel Belvedere in Bellagio on Lake Como.
 
Having done several Alpine routes to Italy, all I would say is - avoid any of the alpine tunnels. Always go over the top. Stelvio is not the best, clogged up with Wiggins look alikes. Furka over to Andermatt, then head for Davos via a pas whose name I cant remember - Alpinestrasse perhaps. From there, Fluela. From Fluela, you can take left over the Fuorne which leads you to the Stelvio, or take a right to St Moritz then on into Italy.

Enjoy. Keep it in Sport or sport plus.
 
If you like a bit of Porsche history it's well worth returning through Austria dropping in to Gmund and driving the Grossglockner.
As it goes Stuttgart is pretty much on route home so if the girls are game then a factory tour and museum visit is highly recommended.
To be honest I reckon what ever route you choose it will be ace - nothing like a euro road trip....
 
Some great tips so far.
really looking forward to it.
As for the angry lycra crowd it's always best to avoid them [:D]
 
Hey,

I am new here, so hello!

I did a similar route last autum, I can highly recommend the route I took but I am obviously biased!

Rotterdam-Aachen-Stuttgart-Baden baden (stopped to relax in the spa for a few days)-Hochwaldstrasse S500-Freudenstadt-Alpine routes to Innsbruck. I then crossed the Dolomites to Italy and Lake Garda. I eventually ended up going north through Switzerland and through Champagne country, Epernay and Riems.

I am going back for the Stelvio and to pass through Lichtenstein, and onto Monaco on my next trip. Basically as my OH wants to visit every european nation before we move to the US next year...

If I had one tip it would be to take the North shore of Lake Garda. I took the road along the south side and the north looked prettier... If I could work out how to attach pics from my phone I could show you what I mean!

Hope you have a ball!
 
Hey W-K,

Ill be sure to take you advice on taking the correct shore road

it sounds like this trip is a great idea.

I just need to find a way to set up my PCM Sat Nav to take me on the good roads not the fastest or shortest.
Is a shame there isn't a scenic drive option


Cheers

PS any other recommendations still very welcome.


 
On my PCM in the cayenne you can pre plan your own routes by inputting way points. Its a bit tedious as you have to do it by choosing the way points on the map. Name them, then create your route. Complicated. Read the manual. Much easier on the garmin in my boxster.
 
We drove down to Lake Garda last year in September via the Romantic Way (which wasn't that great a part from Rothenberg ob de Tauber). We then stayed in Garmisch Partenkirchen before going over the border. Great roads along Plansee, Timmelsjoch then on to Stelvio. We stopped in Bormio. Hotel owner just happened to be a Porsche rally driver (Miramonti Park Hotel) - I can recommend. As someone previous said use Booking.com. Lake D'Iseo is beautiful. I'll upload some photos of my trip so you can get an idea.
SJ81tq

https://www.facebook.com/chris.skelhorn/videos/10208315729304836/?l=5190037342691620411
https://www.facebook.com/chris.skelhorn/videos/10208451204011619/?l=1751966244620519412

Dont think you'll be stopping in the Belvedere or Cortine for E200 a night
 
Hi Chris,
sounds like a good route indeed.

I tried to use the links you posted but I can't view.
I just get cannot display page [8|]
 
definitely do the stelvio pass in the Porsche on the way, I did it in my friends Gallardo but it was too wide and low to really enjoy it (just watch the front spoiler on the apex, they can be really high so take it wide)you could head back along via bologna for a stopover, then monte carlo, nice/cannes/st tropez. then a night in lyon and then stop off reims for a night or two champagne tasting.

If your are staying lake garda I always think the north of the lake is nicer as its nearer the alps. We did the stelvio later in the day so there weren't any cyclists on it (I am one of the lycra brigade too).

On the aforementioned trip in the Gallardo we did the following route over two weeks and it was amazing ( I may get the order slightly wrong as it was about 10 years ago but you will get my drift). It felt rushed over 2 weeks but you could pick out some highlights for a 7 day tour:

Brussels, nurburgring laps, unrestricted autobahn stretches (185mph), stuttgart (Porsche factory tour), Lucerne, stelvio pass, bormio, lake como, milan, bologna (lambo factory tour), monte carlo (very very messy!), nice/cannes, lyon, reims (champagne) and then finished off with a night out in southend on sea followed by a night out in Doncaster (don't ask about the last two stop offs but we were single boys at the time)![;)]
 
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