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
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ReplyDeleteEnjoy every minute of this expedition,,,you deserve it. Have a wonderful time and I shall look forward to reading this every day xxx