The Mont Blanc route is…
Submitted by alan h on Wed, 10/07/2020 - 06:15The Mont Blanc route is probably a little quicker than your usual route, but it is a fair bit more expensive - Via Michelin indicates about €100+ each way overall. ( More if you already have a Swiss Carnet). Although its marginally quicker, I've done the route a couple of times and it's a bit of a (tiring) blast on the motorways.
If it's just your usual route you want to avoid, may I suggest the following:-
Calais to Pontarlier (near Besancon), mainly motorway, then into Switzerland and onto the motorway that skirts Lake Geneva and leads onto the Simplon Pass into Italy, near Domadossola. Then on, via lake Orta to Varallo. The Swiss part of the trip is very scenic, and less hectic than others. (Its the route we use when we take the dog for its Summer holiday near Orta)
Depending on how many stops you want to make, I can recommend a couple of hotels on the route.
ONE OTHER THING - I don't now if the Mont Blanc route has been affected by the recent storms/flooding in France and West Piedmonte
Good luck
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hello Clueless , Have you…
Submitted by Ugo on Wed, 10/07/2020 - 15:40hello Clueless ,
Have you ever thought of embarking at Poole, disembarking at Cherbourg,
go down to Caen, and from there take the A88 motorway, then the
A28, and a few km south of Tours, take the AB5, up to
Bourges, from there, the A71 to Clermond Ferrand, then the AB9 to
in Lyon, then with the A7, go down to Marseille, then with the A8,
get to Ventimiglia - if I understand your ultimate destination
it is southern Italy, From ventimiglia, take the E80 which is like a highway
and you arrive in Viareggio, you take the A11 that takes you to Florence,
and you are on the Autostrada del Sole - A1 - no Switzerland, no Mont Blanc-
Approximately 1350 miles -
only 120 miles more - than the way to Calays, Strasbourg, Switzerland, Milan, Florence
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Hi thanks for all the advice…
Submitted by Clueless in Italy on Sat, 10/17/2020 - 11:31In reply to hello Clueless , Have you… by Ugo
Hi thanks for all the advice.
In the end I used my usual route, very cautious with my speed etc in Switzerland.
Had to buy a second vinette fur the trailer I was pulling. Every time I go through Switzerland it seems to cost me money.
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You can get cheap vignettes…
Submitted by alan h on Sun, 10/18/2020 - 16:17In reply to Hi thanks for all the advice… by Clueless in Italy
You can get cheap vignettes on ebay, if you need one again.
(Probably not legal in Swis law)
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Good to know. Will have a…
Submitted by Clueless in Italy on Mon, 10/19/2020 - 03:39Good to know. Will have a look, but I am sure they have since law against it.
Just hope the glue doesn't fail and the sticker slowly curls off in front of the Swiss police!
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The ones that are on now are…
Submitted by alan h on Mon, 10/19/2020 - 04:46In reply to Good to know. Will have a… by Clueless in Italy
The ones that are on now are still on their backing.
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