Medium sized August European road trip
Discussion
For anyone who mentioned the Technik Museum in Sinsheim, I've decided to add it to the list of places to try to visit.
Not sure if I'll manage it because it's quite a busy day already, but I've only got the Porsche and Mercedes museums and a mere 185 miles to cover that day. I do want to visit Old Hockenheim that afternoon though so if one of them has to be ditched, it'll be Sinsheim.
Not sure if I'll manage it because it's quite a busy day already, but I've only got the Porsche and Mercedes museums and a mere 185 miles to cover that day. I do want to visit Old Hockenheim that afternoon though so if one of them has to be ditched, it'll be Sinsheim.
Robmarriott said:
With the finalised route, I don't think there's any point in me going to Slovenia. It would literally be a 10 minute border hop to be able to say "and Slovenia" to anyone who asked where I've been.
Seems like the sort of thing you need to decide on the day as you are passing the area. eg. if the weather is good, and you aren't behind schedule etc.illmonkey said:
In!
Looking to do something similar this year, so will read up on your notes.
What motor you taking? Your last one was the 182, how did it fair?
Last time I’d actually sold my 182 and had bought a 208 GTI by Peugeot Sport, which was decent enough. Had a noisy wheel bearing mid trip, but other than that it was fine.Looking to do something similar this year, so will read up on your notes.
What motor you taking? Your last one was the 182, how did it fair?
This time round I was going to buy something a bit more frugal but I’ll be taking my Cayman and having a light right foot so it doesn’t cost me all the money. Should be perfect on the motorway and fun in the mountains.
Robmarriott said:
That's the website I used. Attached a copy of the front page of my V5, thinking that would be enough but I had an email to say they need a pdf (or jpgs) of the whole thing to be able to process it.
That was 10 days ago now and my sticker is yet to arrive. Hopefully it'll be here soon.
The Austrian one was easy but it's a bit annoying that there's only a digital option for the 10 day one. I would have liked a physical sticker.
Swiss one I think I'm going to do at the border. I can't find anywhere online doing it for less than about £47, and it'll be a tenner less when I'm there.
Thanks - I'll scan the whole doc. My trip's end of July so hopefully it'll arrive by then. That was 10 days ago now and my sticker is yet to arrive. Hopefully it'll be here soon.
The Austrian one was easy but it's a bit annoying that there's only a digital option for the 10 day one. I would have liked a physical sticker.
Swiss one I think I'm going to do at the border. I can't find anywhere online doing it for less than about £47, and it'll be a tenner less when I'm there.
Our route's Hook of Holland - Germany - France (Reims) - Calais, so only Germany for LEZ's.
If you're near it, pop into Trieste - great city. Very uncommercialised, wasnt bombed the hell out of during WWII. Some great roads around there too.
I came back from Modena in a F360 some years ago, went around Milan and stopped near Lake Como for the night before going up through the Gotthard pass and into Germany, then Luxembourg (President of Luxembourg Ferrari owners club has a hotel there). The tunnel is epic and seems to never end.
I came back from Modena in a F360 some years ago, went around Milan and stopped near Lake Como for the night before going up through the Gotthard pass and into Germany, then Luxembourg (President of Luxembourg Ferrari owners club has a hotel there). The tunnel is epic and seems to never end.
Robmarriott said:
With the finalised route, I don't think there's any point in me going to Slovenia. It would literally be a 10 minute border hop to be able to say "and Slovenia" to anyone who asked where I've been.
If you are passing literally as close as that map indicates I would go, even for just half a day.The pass over the top is preferable to the tunnel (goes past a tank museum but never stopped) and drops you into Kranska Gora, the mountains are really impressive. A 30 minute drive will get you to Lake Bled which is stunning, there is also Bohinj a little further on.
superpp said:
If you are passing literally as close as that map indicates I would go, even for just half a day.
The pass over the top is preferable to the tunnel (goes past a tank museum but never stopped) and drops you into Kranska Gora, the mountains are really impressive. A 30 minute drive will get you to Lake Bled which is stunning, there is also Bohinj a little further on.
That day I need to get from Worthersee to Imola. I might have time to visit Lake Bled but the only logical route takes me so clost to Venice that I think that's probably a more likely addition.The pass over the top is preferable to the tunnel (goes past a tank museum but never stopped) and drops you into Kranska Gora, the mountains are really impressive. A 30 minute drive will get you to Lake Bled which is stunning, there is also Bohinj a little further on.
That day is one of a couple with some flexibility so we'll see.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Robmarriott said:
That day I need to get from Worthersee to Imola. I might have time to visit Lake Bled but the only logical route takes me so clost to Venice that I think that's probably a more likely addition.
That day is one of a couple with some flexibility so we'll see.
Thanks for the suggestions.
We did an unplanned day in Venice as part of a roadtrip last year. It was fabulous, far better than I was expecting. Our planned route was over the GrossGlockner, spending a night in one of the "huts" at the top. The GrossGlockner was shut due to snow, so we needed a quick re-plan and chose Venice - our next stop was Lake Garda and we were departing Salzburg.That day is one of a couple with some flexibility so we'll see.
Thanks for the suggestions.
It costs €45 for 24 hours to park your car, and you need to leave the keys on the dashboard, but the car park is fully staffed 24 hours / day and there was no risk. We left a ton of luggage in ours and only took an overnight bag into Venice.
We'd done zero research, picked a hotel at random and had a great time. Gondala rides are price controlled, its (or at least it was last year} €80 for a 30 minute tour. I would say it was worth the money. Even bars in really touristy places are not the massive rip-off you might assume - although we didn't have a drink in St. Marks Square.
Robmarriott said:
That's the website I used. Attached a copy of the front page of my V5, thinking that would be enough but I had an email to say they need a pdf (or jpgs) of the whole thing to be able to process it.
That was 10 days ago now and my sticker is yet to arrive. Hopefully it'll be here soon.
The Austrian one was easy but it's a bit annoying that there's only a digital option for the 10 day one. I would have liked a physical sticker.
Swiss one I think I'm going to do at the border. I can't find anywhere online doing it for less than about £47, and it'll be a tenner less when I'm there.
Regarding the German sticker, it's easier just to pop into any TUV station with the V5 and in your best English ask for the 'Green Sticker' :-)That was 10 days ago now and my sticker is yet to arrive. Hopefully it'll be here soon.
The Austrian one was easy but it's a bit annoying that there's only a digital option for the 10 day one. I would have liked a physical sticker.
Swiss one I think I'm going to do at the border. I can't find anywhere online doing it for less than about £47, and it'll be a tenner less when I'm there.
generationx said:
I prefer Speyer over Sinsheim - it’s half an hour away and has much more variety including submarines and spacecraft.
If you’re already planning Porsche and Mercedes the latter is massive, I expect you’ll be all “museumed out” after those two.
No TU-144 at Speyer though!If you’re already planning Porsche and Mercedes the latter is massive, I expect you’ll be all “museumed out” after those two.
Edit - I don’t mind doing lots of museums, to be honest that’s the main purpose of the trip and everything else is a bonus.
It’s difficult to find stuff to do when you’re on your own, don’t drink and hate people
Edited by Robmarriott on Thursday 27th June 13:25
Edited by Robmarriott on Thursday 27th June 13:26
Robmarriott said:
generationx said:
I prefer Speyer over Sinsheim - it’s half an hour away and has much more variety including submarines and spacecraft.
If you’re already planning Porsche and Mercedes the latter is massive, I expect you’ll be all “museumed out” after those two.
No TU-144 at Speyer though!If you’re already planning Porsche and Mercedes the latter is massive, I expect you’ll be all “museumed out” after those two.
Edit - I don’t mind doing lots of museums, to be honest that’s the main purpose of the trip and everything else is a bonus.
It’s difficult to find stuff to do when you’re on your own, don’t drink and hate people
Edited by Robmarriott on Thursday 27th June 13:25
Edited by Robmarriott on Thursday 27th June 13:26
But Speyer do have the Buran (Russian shuttle) and you can climb up into it!
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