Any tips welcome

[Guest]

Hope you guys can help with this one.

My wife and I are looking at taking the old Boxster for a drive at the end of June through France, possibly starting from Calais, accross to Reims then down into and through the Swiss alps into Italy back into France visiting Mote Carlo obviously and back up through France to Calais via some nice wine regions.

We also will need somewhere to stay on route and wondered if any of you could recomend some good places to visit or stay. We are not after any posh or fancey hotels, just some nice local (clean) friendly places.

Cheers...[]

 

[thboxster]

Well I can't think of many better ways to spend your vacation.

Depending on the route that you want to take and how quick (or slow) you want to get there (and back), there are some in Switzerland that I would recommend.

On the outskirts of Gstaad, there is a very interesting hotel: Alpine Lodge has some interesting themed rooms, and the food is fabulous. We stayed in the "Sport" room. This might be a reasonable stop over if you come into Switzerland via Geneva area.

In Grindlewald there is the Sunstar Hotal. Again a great hotel this time fantastic views of the Jungfrau and the Eiger. A good place to stay if you took a route into Swz via Bern and Interlaken and were heading to the Milan area of Italy.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Tony

I have still yet to plan the route in full detail so all ideas are welcome.

I'm hoping fro some good twisty roads to exploit the Boxsters handling as well!!!![]

Adam

 

[Guest]

Try the following Books
Alastiar Sawdays French Bed & Breakfast or French Hotels Chateaux and Inns
There is also a wbsite http://www.specialplacestostay.com
Good luck have a great holiday we will be folowing you in July

 

[Guest]

Try www.logisdefrance.com they are a chain of family rum hotels and provide great value for money. Room rate at about 25 pounds per night. Each has an excellent restraunt. You can get further info from the French tourist office in Picadilly, London or try Google for the logisdefrance website.

 

[mikecolquhoun]

Troyes is a lovely place to stop, La Poste in town has a Michelin restaurant and garage parking if required. Nice place to mooch about on summers evening.

Strassbourg maybe on the way back?

Do take in Ascona in Switzerland and take the route around Maggiore into Italy ... all of Switzerland is lovely though.

If you want a real challenge and a fabbo drive try the Simplon Pass and then take the Centovalli into Switzerland ... I did this once years ago ... just hope the road may be better (tiny red dribble on the map).

Had wanted to do the Monte Carlo route through the Alps, may be worth grabbing the itineray ... takes in some mighty colls and scenery!

I have never found accommodation to be an issue. Michelin Guides ... the tourist information places are really very good as well, they will have details of local places to stay. If you know ehich towns you want to hit then get the lowdown on the web and send of for their stuff ...

 

[Guest]

I lived in Switzerland for a while and Lucern is awesome. Don't bother with Zurich as I lived there and at weekends I always headed South to Grindelwald, Bern, Interlaken, Luzern or down to the Italian Lakes such as Ticino, Locarno, and Como........ although Perry was always out. Engelberg was always great for year round winter sports on the Titlis glacier.

I never made it to Wankdorf which was always on my photo list (snigger)

If you're heading to Italy, Florence is a must.

 

[Guest]

ooops, the Porsche smutometer kicked in and auto censored my last post. Hey guys, there really is a place called W*nkdorf. I wonder what the locals are called []