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Hi we are heading down to Positano for my brothers Wedding in late September, we have accommodation in Positano but need advice for the way down and way back.
We are on a tight budget so hoping to camp on the way down and back, I have been searching through Google for campsites but alot of the campsites I find seem to be shutting early September, these are generally the ones found through Eurocamp/Keycamp etc, I seem to be struggling to find general campsites.
I am hoping our first and only stop in Italy on the way down will be around Milan area, so looking for a campsite around there, not looking for anything sight seeing as it will liturally be an overnight stop.
On the way back I am not 100% sure on the route but thinking of following the West coast up so looking to stop around the Rome Area for a couple of nights and then Pisa Area. After that we need to keep heading North so other suggestions will be very welcome, I'm not sure whether to follow the coast round to Monaco (I have been there once before as a Kid) and head back through France or Head up into Switzerland (Never been to Switzerland before) and home.
Any help / suggestions will be much appreciated, and thoughts on how easy it will be to find a Camp site without booking. And will they be open that time of year (Last 2 weeks of Sept) or should I be budgeting for Hotels?
Thanks
Tom
We are on a tight budget so hoping to camp on the way down and back, I have been searching through Google for campsites but alot of the campsites I find seem to be shutting early September, these are generally the ones found through Eurocamp/Keycamp etc, I seem to be struggling to find general campsites.
I am hoping our first and only stop in Italy on the way down will be around Milan area, so looking for a campsite around there, not looking for anything sight seeing as it will liturally be an overnight stop.
On the way back I am not 100% sure on the route but thinking of following the West coast up so looking to stop around the Rome Area for a couple of nights and then Pisa Area. After that we need to keep heading North so other suggestions will be very welcome, I'm not sure whether to follow the coast round to Monaco (I have been there once before as a Kid) and head back through France or Head up into Switzerland (Never been to Switzerland before) and home.
Any help / suggestions will be much appreciated, and thoughts on how easy it will be to find a Camp site without booking. And will they be open that time of year (Last 2 weeks of Sept) or should I be budgeting for Hotels?
Thanks
Tom
Can't help you with the camping thing but on your return route up the west coast, stop in Anzio and then your next stop could be either Marina di Cecina (nice little seaside town about 200 miles from Anzio) or somewhere between Viareggio and Marina di Massa (nice seaside resorts)
The Italy-France route is much prettier than going up through Milan- s
tzerland, and you'll have already done that anyway. You'll also get to see the Cinque Terre, which is stunning, and go through a million tunnels! 
The Italy-France route is much prettier than going up through Milan- s
tzerland, and you'll have already done that anyway. You'll also get to see the Cinque Terre, which is stunning, and go through a million tunnels! Switzerland is fun on the first occasion, I have gone over the top of the St gottardo tunnel because I was bored with going through it.Loverly drive.
I do the journey to Sicily regularly and never do france because they fined me for speeding and their tolls can add up.
I do Belgium, luxembourg,bit of france , Switzerland[you have to pay their road tax at about 50 euros which is for a year but still cheaper than the french tolls and only 40 miles longer]then into Italy.
We usually leave at about 2-3 pm and stop when we hit Italy and hit a motel for about £60 for us, the 2 kids and the Mother in law.....I have done the journey leaving at 3am and arrived at Sicily at 11 30 pm the same day, but we did go for it and the contraflows below Napoli, make it imposible at the moment.
I love the autostrada between milan and Bologne at 3 am. 3 lanes,straight as a roman road all the way and not another car insight!
When it is just us and the 2 kids, we always sleep at the motorway service stations, in the car.They always do a beautiful coffee and cream croissant in the morning, unlike the uk where I wouldnt even fill up with fuel unless desparate.
I do the journey to Sicily regularly and never do france because they fined me for speeding and their tolls can add up.
I do Belgium, luxembourg,bit of france , Switzerland[you have to pay their road tax at about 50 euros which is for a year but still cheaper than the french tolls and only 40 miles longer]then into Italy.
We usually leave at about 2-3 pm and stop when we hit Italy and hit a motel for about £60 for us, the 2 kids and the Mother in law.....I have done the journey leaving at 3am and arrived at Sicily at 11 30 pm the same day, but we did go for it and the contraflows below Napoli, make it imposible at the moment.
I love the autostrada between milan and Bologne at 3 am. 3 lanes,straight as a roman road all the way and not another car insight!
When it is just us and the 2 kids, we always sleep at the motorway service stations, in the car.They always do a beautiful coffee and cream croissant in the morning, unlike the uk where I wouldnt even fill up with fuel unless desparate.
blueyes said:
The Italy-France route is much prettier than going up through Milan- stzerland, !
You sure.Very S france is great but once 50 miles inland it all looks the same and the food stinks in the service stations.tzerland, ! I will admit 4 am in the summer , going through the Somme,with the sun just about to show and the wife and kids asleep, you can almost feel the presence.Makes you think!
xjandy said:
blueyes said:
The Italy-France route is much prettier than going up through Milan- stzerland, !
You sure.Very S france is great but once 50 miles inland it all looks the same and the food stinks in the service stations.tzerland, ! I will admit 4 am in the summer , going through the Somme,with the sun just about to show and the wife and kids asleep, you can almost feel the presence.Makes you think!
xjandy said:
PS you will love Amalfi.We stopped at Pompei a couple of years ago and the scenery was Stunning.
By 1st week in september everybody in Italy has gone back to work so I recon the campsites will be quiet. Hotels can be cheap if you look.
Even better than Amalfi is where he is heading, Positano, gorgeous place....and a lovely pebble beach so you don't get sand everywhere!By 1st week in september everybody in Italy has gone back to work so I recon the campsites will be quiet. Hotels can be cheap if you look.
Edited by xjandy on Friday 21st March 21:49
Shropshiremike said:
xjandy said:
PS you will love Amalfi.We stopped at Pompei a couple of years ago and the scenery was Stunning.
By 1st week in september everybody in Italy has gone back to work so I recon the campsites will be quiet. Hotels can be cheap if you look.
Even better than Amalfi is where he is heading, Positano, gorgeous place....and a lovely pebble beach so you don't get sand everywhere!By 1st week in september everybody in Italy has gone back to work so I recon the campsites will be quiet. Hotels can be cheap if you look.
Edited by xjandy on Friday 21st March 21:49
xjandy said:
Shropshiremike said:
xjandy said:
PS you will love Amalfi.We stopped at Pompei a couple of years ago and the scenery was Stunning.
By 1st week in september everybody in Italy has gone back to work so I recon the campsites will be quiet. Hotels can be cheap if you look.
Even better than Amalfi is where he is heading, Positano, gorgeous place....and a lovely pebble beach so you don't get sand everywhere!By 1st week in september everybody in Italy has gone back to work so I recon the campsites will be quiet. Hotels can be cheap if you look.
Edited by xjandy on Friday 21st March 21:49
I'd say it was worth stopping there once at least to see if you like it - my favourite place along that coast
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