Driving to Monaco in July..advice/recommendations please

[peterzoom]

My girlfriend and I are hatching a cunning plan to drive to the south of France early July. We have 10 days total. We are taking the Z3 for this trip. We will be driving from Glasgow to Brands Hatch on day 1. Staying overnight and and then catching the Eurostar.
Now this is where we would like to hear from you all. We want to give Paris a big miss and head for Monaco by the most entertaining Driving road.
Do you have any preferred routes, places worth a visit, places to avoid etc?
We quite fancy breaking the drive south with an overnight stop (or even two) and then spending the rest of our time in and near Monaco, followed by a sprint back home in jig time.
So its over to you and thanks in advance for the input.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Alpine passes obviously a must!

[bosscerbera]

Route Napoleon, it's epic!

[peterzoom]

Route Napoleon.... very tasty looking tarmac. Thanks for that, its a definte thumbs up from us. Is that your lovely Lambo in the pics?

[joncon]

how about detouring to catch classic le mans, 10/11h july,from there , down over millau viaduct, then onto monaco along the coast.return via route napoleon.
or vice versa depending when you set off.

Edited by joncon on Saturday 2nd January 22:43

Edited by joncon on Saturday 2nd January 22:43

[peterzoom]

Excellent idea, I love it when a plan comes together! This is great stuff, thank you.

[NicoG]

I dont know about the alternative to Paris, last time we went we took the ARs to Orange, then drove 'cross country' through the Gorge Du Verdun (sp) to Eze then Monaco.

The Gorge is quite something, but if you pick this route, you will kind of automatically rule-out the Millau. Which would be shame...

Maybe Millau there - Gorge on return ?? Both MUST be done I assure you....

[peterzoom]

Thanks Nico, good info.
On a slightly different topic...Fuel, I have heard all sorts of horror stories regarding, not so much the lack of filling stations, but the difficulty in purchasing fuel without a French credit card

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

peterzoom said:

Thanks Nico, good info.
On a slightly different topic...Fuel, I have heard all sorts of horror stories regarding, not so much the lack of filling stations, but the difficulty in purchasing fuel without a French credit card

No problem at all....just avoid the unmanned pumps

[Lost soul]

peterzoom said:

My girlfriend and I are hatching a cunning plan to drive to the south of France early July.

what ever you do , do not plan too far ahead , try to be a little spontanious

[NicoG]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

peterzoom said:

Thanks Nico, good info.
On a slightly different topic...Fuel, I have heard all sorts of horror stories regarding, not so much the lack of filling stations, but the difficulty in purchasing fuel without a French credit card

No problem at all....just avoid the unmanned pumps

We had no problems - as far as I can remember I used my UK Maestro for all the motion lotion....

Just like over hear though, it's considerably more expensive on the Motorways than more 'rural' garages.

[JONSCZ]

Hi Peter, hope you are still keeping an eye on your thread. Only just seen it through the archives, but I hope some of the Info I gave to another P'Header may be of some use to you....
See this thread and the second post I put on for Pete there..... (sorry - Lazy of me not to type it out again, but it does contain some info from other helpful replies to Pete on there....)
HTH.
Cheers, Jon
(ps, have a great holiday....)

other post -

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...

[peterzoom]

Thanks for that Jon, I had already found your post and its great stuff. Thanks to everyone for the tips and info. we really appreciate it.