Route planning recommends please
Route planning recommends please
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kbooker

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728 posts

168 months

Sunday 20th July 2014
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Will be embarking on a driving holiday a little later in the year. A friend and I plan a long first day to maybe Avignon then a short drive to Monaco for a couple of days R&R, there's no scope to alter the drive down, it has to be as direct as possible, however, the drive home can take 2 or 3 days so I'm all ears for suggestions.....cheers

Wozy68

5,436 posts

199 months

Sunday 20th July 2014
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kbooker said:
Will be embarking on a driving holiday a little later in the year. A friend and I plan a long first day to maybe Avignon then a short drive to Monaco for a couple of days R&R, there's no scope to alter the drive down, it has to be as direct as possible, however, the drive home can take 2 or 3 days so I'm all ears for suggestions.....cheers
If your coming back the same way, then the fabulous Gorge du Tarn is a must and surely the Millau Bridge. Pont Du Nord is well worth a visit and something I'm glad to have visited.

Some gorgeous roads throughout that area. Have a good trip smile

jackal

11,251 posts

311 months

Sunday 20th July 2014
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Old rally routes around monaco
Gorge du tarn and the whole of Cevennes nat park
Route napolean (overrated somewhat though)
D996
The roads of the Vosges

Could you have time even to head east past chamonix then up into swotzerland to do a few passes before going through lucern to the black forest then onto the D996 just south of dijon ?

Tons of maps and roads on my website

Pugley

687 posts

221 months

Sunday 20th July 2014
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I have one piece of route advice for France:-

If you have UK plates - stay off the Auto-routes.cop

Dave Thornton

237 posts

178 months

Sunday 20th July 2014
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3 day return route:
day 1: Monaco to Chamonix via RN85 (Route Napoleon)
day 2: Chamonix to Interlaken via furkapass/sustenpass
day 3: Interlaken to home

IREvans

1,126 posts

151 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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jackal said:
Old rally routes around monaco
Gorge du tarn and the whole of Cevennes nat park
Route napolean (overrated somewhat though)
D996
The roads of the Vosges

Could you have time even to head east past chamonix then up into swotzerland to do a few passes before going through lucern to the black forest then onto the D996 just south of dijon ?

Tons of maps and roads on my website
Route Napoleon overrated...? What makes you say that..? I think the D6085 Route Napoleon from Grasse up to Castellane, or the D955/D21 from Draguignan up to Seranon, are amongst the best roads in Europe.

jackal

11,251 posts

311 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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It's busy and great in places but no better than many many other roads in europe which have zero cars on them. That was the consensus last year when 9 of us did it and for that 10 day trip it wasn't even considered a highlight. Take your pick from dozens and dozens of roads in Austria which murder it IMO.

Orangecurry

7,791 posts

235 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Pugley said:
I have one piece of route advice for France....
If you have UK plates - buy a proper dateless 3-letter 3-number registration, as it makes you invisible, or from Belgium which amounts to the same thing.

braddo

12,286 posts

217 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Orangecurry said:
If you have UK plates - buy a proper dateless 3-letter 3-number registration, as it makes you invisible, or from Belgium which amounts to the same thing.
Really? I would have assumed the colours/font of UK plates rather give the game away but I'd be intriged to hear otherwise.

Would you put the country identifier on the plate since it's more discreet than a 'GB' sticker?

Orangecurry

7,791 posts

235 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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I would never suggest that anyone do anything illegal, but a 3x 3x registration seems to get no interest taken whatsoever in Europe.

braddo said:
Would you put the country identifier on the plate since it's more discreet than a 'GB' sticker?
I have on the rear yellow plate, which makes everyone happy.

But not on the front plate - that's as plain as a plain thing.

Voldemort

7,548 posts

307 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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