Can someone sanity check my Euro road trip route?

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Never done this before...I have a week off in early July and I'm very tempted to book the ferry today. Me, the missus, the Boxster, a limited budget so we will take a tent and camp where possible, and limited time.

I know there's a lot of experienced eurohooners on here, so can someone sanity check this route? Want to get the right balance between driving and sightseeing, not bite off more than we can chew, but also not miss any hidden gems that might be 10 miles off my planned route, which is...

Saturday-Calais to Reims, 174 miles
Sunday-Reims to Mulhouse, 288 miles
Monday-Mulhouse to Como, 210
Tuesday-Como to Stelvio 138
Wednesday-Stelvio to Davos 61
Thursday -Davos to Stuttgart 210
Friday-Stuttgart to Raismes 391 (or somewhere in that area)
Saturday-Raismes to Calais 97

Total 1569 miles on the European side


The reason for the Stuttgart diversion is to take the Boxtser "home" and have a look at the Porsche museum. However this really isn't essential, so if there's a nicer route back that saves mileage, straight from Davos, that's fine. Thoughts?

Also, camping, prices seem to vary wildly. What on average are people paying for a simple 2 person tent, and in July is it generally OK just to rock up?

Thanks!

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This is all great feedback...thanks people.

Unfortunately it's got to be one week only, so much as I'd like to take things at a slightly slower pace, we don't really have the option. However I've tried to keep the days generally below 200 miles, which means realistically an early afternoon arrival is perfectly possible and the days are still long. But it does seem rude going continental and not doing the Alps.

If we aimed to stay around Lake Como for two nights, can anyone suggest a good alternative route? TBH I'm really not that fussed about Stuttgart, although it would still be great to do if it wasn't that far off our route. There also a bit of me would love to touch a bit of de-restricted autobahn, however the car is 12 years old and I'd rather not physically see the fuel needle moving, so if there's a prettier, cheaper route home, that's fine.

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Zulu 10 said:

Breaking the journey in Reims is great if you’re going to do a couple of the Champagne houses and fill the car up, but respectfully, as you’ve said you’re on a budget and you’re not fat for luggage space, then I’d not bother stopping.

Having once broken the Hampshire – Calais – Luzern route into two days, in a dozen trips since I’ve never bothered repeating the experience, so personally I’d do the Calais to Mulhouse run in one day to get the bulk of the driving out of the way.

I’d then spend Sunday morning strolling around the Shlumpf Collection for a couple of hours (my other half isn’t interested in cars but she was fascinated by it), and possibly have lunch in their restaurant, then spend a leisurely couple of hours on Sunday afternoon driving down towards Luzern and stop there ready for the Monday drive over the Alps.

Quite right about the champagne....no room and rather spend it on petrol! However we will be starting in Warwickshire so Mulhouse is just too far really (and a 986 is no GT car), plus Reims looks quite pretty...and I'd love to get a pic of the car on "that" circuit!