Idea's for a weeks scenic drive around Europe

[bababoom]

Thinking of spending a week driving around Europe leaving from Either Dover or Portsmouth ferry.
Some nice driving roads and scenery mountain passes and so on.
Ideally a route of no more than 250 miles a day, staying in B&B's and loop rather than up and down the same road.

[mr pg]

Get as far as you can on one day towards French Alps/Geneva. An obvious place to aim for is known as the Andermatt loop, which consists of the Grimsell, Susten, St Gotthard, Furka and Nufenen passes. Many will say avoid Switzerland, but stick to the limits on m'ways/towns, and you don't need to go mad in the mountains to have some fun.
There's more passes if you head back towards Annecy via the French Alps. St Bernard (Switzerland), Petite St Bernard (France), Col d'Liseran for example .

[dcb]

mr pg said:

Get as far as you can on one day towards French Alps/Geneva. An obvious place to aim for is known as the Andermatt loop, which consists of the Grimsell, Susten, St Gotthard, Furka and Nufenen passes. Many will say avoid Switzerland, but stick to the limits on m'ways/towns, and you don't need to go mad in the mountains to have some fun.
There's more passes if you head back towards Annecy via the French Alps. St Bernard (Switzerland), Petite St Bernard (France), Col d'Liseran for example.

That's just the Western Alps. In the centre, Austria is a lot cheaper than Switzerland and the
mountains are pretty similar. The Tirol is a well known tourist area.

Additional points for doing the Vosges and the Black Forest on the way there & back.

[mr pg]

dcb said:

That's just the Western Alps. In the centre, Austria is a lot cheaper than Switzerland and the
mountains are pretty similar. The Tirol is a well known tourist area.

Additional points for doing the Vosges and the Black Forest on the way there & back.

Yes it is, but having done a fair of Austria too I would say it's easier to link together several passes in Switzerland/France as they are closer to each other. Austrian passes are further apart. Northern Italy can be reached from Sw/Fr, and the Dolomites from Austria, so there's plenty of choice

[Wozy68]

Depends on what time of year …. but if you want empty glorious roads and scenery to match….. Head off to Spain and drive the Spanish side of the Pyrenees

Edited by Wozy68 on Tuesday 20th December 22:58

[giveitfish]

I did something similar a few years ago, posted the route, costs and distances here if it’s any help to get you started: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...