interesting experience entering CH from D

[JMGS4]

EskimoArapaho said:

JMGS4 said:

The Stelvio is fantastic on weekdays but you'll have to do a massive detour to avoid CH after that!!! Advise the Brenner......

Have I got my passes mixed up? We'll be in Bergamo before leaving for Austria, and I thought the route via Bormio and the Stelvio pass to Landeck was the shortest...

You're right! I was thinking you were coming from another direction....
From Bergamo to Bormio via Ponte di Legno, down the Stelvio (watch the steps on the corners, you can ground the car easily), then across the Zollgebiet between A and CH; Mals, St Valentin, Nauders and on to Landeck.
Have fun and stay safe...

[EskimoArapaho]

To update (as we're just back from the loooonngggg road trip).

Luckily for us, Swiss Customs bods were AWOL when we entered via Italy and when we left via Austria so there was no arduous form filling. Which was just as well, because we had a lot of wine/food/stuff and most with no receipt (a quaint Italian/Croatian 'tax management' system).

We eventually travelled via the Spluegen Pass from Chiavenna (inevitably buying more wine - Valgella). Weather was threatening to rain, but OK for most of it. The pass must be a bit of a white-knuckle ride when it's properly raining. We took a breather for photos and a snack.



Abiding memory of Swiss-registered cars: strict observation of speed limits at home in Switzerland, and near-complete disregard of them in Italy!

Thanks all for help and advice.

[AW10]

EskimoArapaho said:

Abiding memory of Swiss-registered cars: strict observation of speed limits at home in Switzerland, and near-complete disregard of them in Italy!

They're just trying to fit in with the locals.

And your comment reminds me of a story a Swiss friend told me years and years ago. Two friends were stopped for speeding in the canton of Ticino. One had local number plates and the other had Zurich plates. The chaps with the local plates received a telling off and the chap with the Zurich plates was fined. When the chap with the Zurich plates complained the policemen said that when the national speed came to a vote the German speaking cantons voted for it so therefore the police felt obliged to hold the drivers from those cantons to account.