Tuesday, 12 May 2015

The Grand Tour 2015 Pre-tour info

Map of route

Itinerary

  • May 30 cross the channel via Eurotunnel, stay overnight at Chalons-en-Champagne, France
  • May 31 drive to Germany and stay at Memmingen in South Bavaria for two nights
  • June 2 drive to Austria via Neuschwanstein Castle (from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) and stay overnight in Innsbruck
  • June 3 Drive through the Alps, arriving at an agriturismo outside Siena, Italy.  Stay in Tuscany for 5 nights
  • June 8 travel to the west coast and camp for seven nights at beata solitudo on the Amalfi coast
  • June 15 break camp and travel to the Ionian coast of Sicily for five nights in an apartment with views of Mount Etna
  • June 20 travel back to the mainland, stopping overnight at Bari (top of the heel)
  • June 21 drive along the Adriatic coast to Abruzzo where we are camping for five nights in an olive grove in the mountains of the Majella national park
  • June 26 break camp and drive to the opposite coast, staying one night in an apartment within Villa Federici in the Cinque Terre
  • June 27 & 28 stay in a small apartment in Riomaggiore (again the Cinque Terre) 
  • June 29 travel north to Moncenisio in the Alps - stay for two nights
  • July 1 drive east and stay overnight in the Valle d'Aosta next to Forte di Bard
  • July 2 start the journey home, with an overnight stay in Troyes, arriving home in the late afternoon of July 3




4 comments:

  1. Oh dear I don't seem to have worked out how to comment! At first it wouldn't publish and then I had multiple copies of my comment and I am only trying to say that a blog is a lovely idea and I look forward to seeing photos! Have fun folks xx

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  2. I keep on trying to post but I cant get the hang of it,

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  3. Seem to have sorted it at last,
    Enjoy every minute of this expedition,,,you deserve it. Have a wonderful time and I shall look forward to reading this every day xxx

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