The A110 road trip topic
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This is the A110 road trip topic. Feel free to share any A110 road trip related thoughts (plans/dreams/ideas/pictures/questions etc.). This topic is inspired by discussion by other persons on the mega A110 owner thread. Since nobody else has taken the initiative to start this topic, I took the liberty to start this thread myself.
I'll start with my first planned A110 road trip which is planned to take place when I pick up my new A110 from the dealership in Antwerp, Belgium. My car is already waiting for me at the dealership but I'm planning to pick up the on the last week of April. When my dealer asked me when i want to pick up the car I told him that I'm not yet in a hurry since we still have 50 cm of snow here and I don't want to bring a car with summer tyres to these conditions.
My plan for the road trip is to fly from Finland to Amsterdam on Saturday 23rd April and take a train to Antwerp where I plan to stay for three nights to enjoy the city. Then it's time to pick up the car and start the actual road trip part. The first day of driving should take me to Bremen, Germany where I'm planning to spend two nights. The first day of driving should be approx. 450 km and during that day I'm planning to drive mostly on autobahns/highways.
Once I leave Bremen my next destination is Travemünde which should be only two hours drive from Bremen if I would take the quickest route. However since my ferry to Finland leaves so late that i have to be at the ferry harbour around midnight, I will have plenty of time to do some driving if I find some nice roads around there.
I'm also hoping to find some nice place to visit near Travemünde during that day. I've visited nearby Lübeck twice on my previous similar road trips so I'm probably not visiting there this time. Any ideas on nice places to visit on near Travemünde or on the way from Bremen to Travemünde would be welcome. Hamburg is not an option this time. A natural park or similar for short day hike, a nice small town or something like that would be nice.
From Travemünde it is 30 hour ferry trip to Helsinki and then 1.5 hour drive to my home town. All and all a week long trip is on the cards.
I'll start with my first planned A110 road trip which is planned to take place when I pick up my new A110 from the dealership in Antwerp, Belgium. My car is already waiting for me at the dealership but I'm planning to pick up the on the last week of April. When my dealer asked me when i want to pick up the car I told him that I'm not yet in a hurry since we still have 50 cm of snow here and I don't want to bring a car with summer tyres to these conditions.
My plan for the road trip is to fly from Finland to Amsterdam on Saturday 23rd April and take a train to Antwerp where I plan to stay for three nights to enjoy the city. Then it's time to pick up the car and start the actual road trip part. The first day of driving should take me to Bremen, Germany where I'm planning to spend two nights. The first day of driving should be approx. 450 km and during that day I'm planning to drive mostly on autobahns/highways.
Once I leave Bremen my next destination is Travemünde which should be only two hours drive from Bremen if I would take the quickest route. However since my ferry to Finland leaves so late that i have to be at the ferry harbour around midnight, I will have plenty of time to do some driving if I find some nice roads around there.
I'm also hoping to find some nice place to visit near Travemünde during that day. I've visited nearby Lübeck twice on my previous similar road trips so I'm probably not visiting there this time. Any ideas on nice places to visit on near Travemünde or on the way from Bremen to Travemünde would be welcome. Hamburg is not an option this time. A natural park or similar for short day hike, a nice small town or something like that would be nice.
From Travemünde it is 30 hour ferry trip to Helsinki and then 1.5 hour drive to my home town. All and all a week long trip is on the cards.
Portti said:
...I'll start with my first planned A110 road trip which is planned to take place when I pick up my new A110 from the dealership in Antwerp, Belgium. ...
I have now done this trip to Belgium-Netherlands-Germany to pick up my new A110. A short travel story can be found on my A110 site (section My A110 > Buying/importing the car):https://www.pertti.com/en/alpine/
Here are two pictures from the trip:
Crossing the Elbe river north of Hamburg:
Nice lake view near Plön in Germany:
Miserablegit said:
That’s some trip to collect the car.
I’ve just noticed the “A110” script on the back of the car - are all new models coming with this or only in certain markets. I’ve seen it on the new A110 GT and IMHO it looks a bit busy.
Yes, it was a nice adventure to pick up the car. I’ve just noticed the “A110” script on the back of the car - are all new models coming with this or only in certain markets. I’ve seen it on the new A110 GT and IMHO it looks a bit busy.
With regards to the badge on the back, I think that all 2022 models in different markets now come with the model version badge in the back. And yes, I agree with you that it looks a bit busy. I would've rather have mine without the badge.
I need to get the first year service done to my A110 sometimes at the end of April/beginning May. The nearest Alpine dealer to me is in Stockholm (2-3 h drive + 14-18 hours ferry trip) but I'm also considering an option to take a ferry from Finland to Travemunde in Germany (30 h ferry trip) and getting the car serviced somewhere in northern Germany (perhaps Hamburg or Berlin). This would allow me to combine this trip with some kind of continental European road trip.
I love mountains and driving Alpine in the Alps would be a lovely idea but my question is that how are the weather/road conditions in the Alps at the end of April/beginning of May? I've been to Alps several times during July/August and also during the winter but never around April/May. Would it be in anyway feasible to plan a trip to Alps during that time expecting to be able to drive some Alpine passes on an Alpine with summer tyres and to include some day-hikes to the trip?
Thoughts?
I love mountains and driving Alpine in the Alps would be a lovely idea but my question is that how are the weather/road conditions in the Alps at the end of April/beginning of May? I've been to Alps several times during July/August and also during the winter but never around April/May. Would it be in anyway feasible to plan a trip to Alps during that time expecting to be able to drive some Alpine passes on an Alpine with summer tyres and to include some day-hikes to the trip?
Thoughts?
Thanks for the reply bram070! Good tips and the Swiss alpen-paesse website has very useful info on it. It does seem like most of the passes are still closed in the beginning of May.
Most likely my trip would go to Austrian alps so if anybody would know of similar information on pass openings in Austria, that would be useful. Another option would be to drive to just German Alps.
Most likely my trip would go to Austrian alps so if anybody would know of similar information on pass openings in Austria, that would be useful. Another option would be to drive to just German Alps.
I did a two-week road trip from Finland to continental Europe and I returned from the trip on Sunday. The trip combined holiday, servicing the car and work. It was altogether approx. 3,500 kilometres long trip.
I wrote a travel story on my Alpine pages which can be found here:
https://www.pertti.com/en/alpine/01c-my-a110-exper...
The trip started with a 30-hour ferry trip from Helsinki (Finland) to Travemünde in Germany.
My Alpine on the ferry with a 911 GT3 Touring. The owner of the GT3 was quite keen on my Alpine.
From there I drove through Germany towards Austria. In Germany I stopped in Seevetal, Bamberg and Nürnberg where I had my Alpine serviced. Then I drove to Munich airport to pick up my stepdaughter. Next step was to drive to Bruck an der Grossglocknerstrasse in Austria which as the name suggests is right at the base of Grossglockner Alpine Road. Unfortunately the Grossglockner Road was closed when we were there.
From Grossglockner we drove to Kranjska Gora in the Slovenian Alps which was to be our base for the next five nights. We did several short hikes on the Triglav National Park in Slovenia and drove a lot on lovely Alpine roads.
An intermediate stop on the way to Vrsic Pass on the Slovenian Alps.
We also visited Italy which was not far from Kranjska Gora.
Lago di Fusine (Italy) and me.
Lovely Pericnik Waterfall in Slovenia.
Lake Bled in Slovenia.
Lake Jasna in Kranjska Gora.
Lovely views on one of the hikes.
We also drove the Villach Alpine Road in Austria which ended here.
From Kranjska Gora we headed to Vienna from where my stepdaughter flew home and I spent three days there for work. Then a quick 1,000 kilometres drive from Vienna to Travemünde stopping overnight in Prague.
My Alpine near Travemünde at the end of the trip.
Last leg of the trip was another 30-hour ferry trip from Travemünde to Helsinki.
Lovely trip and Alpine was great on the trip. No problems what-so-ever with the car.
I wrote a travel story on my Alpine pages which can be found here:
https://www.pertti.com/en/alpine/01c-my-a110-exper...
The trip started with a 30-hour ferry trip from Helsinki (Finland) to Travemünde in Germany.
My Alpine on the ferry with a 911 GT3 Touring. The owner of the GT3 was quite keen on my Alpine.
From there I drove through Germany towards Austria. In Germany I stopped in Seevetal, Bamberg and Nürnberg where I had my Alpine serviced. Then I drove to Munich airport to pick up my stepdaughter. Next step was to drive to Bruck an der Grossglocknerstrasse in Austria which as the name suggests is right at the base of Grossglockner Alpine Road. Unfortunately the Grossglockner Road was closed when we were there.
From Grossglockner we drove to Kranjska Gora in the Slovenian Alps which was to be our base for the next five nights. We did several short hikes on the Triglav National Park in Slovenia and drove a lot on lovely Alpine roads.
An intermediate stop on the way to Vrsic Pass on the Slovenian Alps.
We also visited Italy which was not far from Kranjska Gora.
Lago di Fusine (Italy) and me.
Lovely Pericnik Waterfall in Slovenia.
Lake Bled in Slovenia.
Lake Jasna in Kranjska Gora.
Lovely views on one of the hikes.
We also drove the Villach Alpine Road in Austria which ended here.
From Kranjska Gora we headed to Vienna from where my stepdaughter flew home and I spent three days there for work. Then a quick 1,000 kilometres drive from Vienna to Travemünde stopping overnight in Prague.
My Alpine near Travemünde at the end of the trip.
Last leg of the trip was another 30-hour ferry trip from Travemünde to Helsinki.
Lovely trip and Alpine was great on the trip. No problems what-so-ever with the car.
bram070 said:
Wow, such an amazing trip, the Triglav region in Slovenia is great fun to drive, if you don't mind the bad conditions of the roads...
Thanks, yes it was a great trip. It is true that some of the roads on the Slovenian Alps were in quite bad condition. For example the road leading from Kranjska Gora to Vrsic Pass was quite bad occasionally. There were however also some roads that were in good condition like the road from Bovec in Slovenia to Lago del Predil on the Italian side which was mostly on good condition and offered l a lovely driving experience.Gassing Station | Alpine | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff