european road trip- key places to visit

[Baked_bean]

Hey guys,
I know its a common topic on here but me and the missus are planning a trip over Europe. I was just wondering what key places and routes you guys recommend?

I want to take in:

Alpine roads
Munich
Stuttgart
Nurburgring (it would be rude not to!)

I also need to visit girl friendly places!

[hesnotthemessiah]

Lots of pretty girls in Berlin.

[SoliD]

Slovenia/Slovakia for pretty girls!

Driving/visiting wise, Nice is a great place to visit, very lively and just down the road from Monaco, Stelvio is worth a visit, but I went over loads of great alpine passes and they were all pretty good.

We stayed in jesolo, Italy for one night, it wasn't the greatest place but had an amazing sandy beach, can imagine along that coast line there would be some lovely places to stay for a day or two of relaxation. Interlaken is a great stop too along that sort of way, so many great places in Europe to be honest, that if you pick a duffer you will pick 10 great places to go to.

Can do the famous motorsport venues as well, such as Spa, Ring, Reims etc etc for some good photo opportunities, and to soak up the history of the cars/

[diddly69]

The Andermatt loop
Contra dam in Switzerland
Neuschwanstein castle, amazing!
Klosters in Switzerland is a very nice place

[VX Foxy]

Route Napoleon ?

[The Lukas]

The Pyrenees.

[D_G]

How long are you going for? I wouldn't do more than 200 miles per day maximum on the autoroutes as this gives you most of the day sightseeing, over the alps much less, especially in the winter.
Our trip was 14 days, 2500 miles, started in North Spain, Millau Viaduct, Med coast, Monaco, Lake Geneva and home. Was brilliant! I've got some great places to stay depending on your route if you want some ideas, all had secure parking.

Quick pic....

[The Lukas]

D_G said:

especially in the winter.

I never considered a roadtrip in the winter before...are there benefits to this?

[Mr E Driver]

Colditz.

Wolfsburg

[D_G]

The Lukas said:

D_G said:

especially in the winter.

I never considered a roadtrip in the winter before...are there benefits to this?

We went as it's the best time for my work, also the weather in the med is really nice and the mountains are awesome in the snow. Nice thing too is the main alpine routes are cleared so you can do sun, sea, the beach, snowy mountains, snowboarding etc all in one trip, it also made our trip a bit more of an adventure, you'd really not ever really know what the next day would turn up. It was mid December when we went.

[nick_mcuk]

D_G said:

Quick pic....

A Noble in the snow....are you insane!!!????

[Lordbenny]

I did the Gardena Pass (Italian Dolomites) in February, the sun was shining and not a cloud in the sky. I also did it in July on the Cannonball run Europe, another Sunny day:

Video of the February Trip (excuse the dash board in the way!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYl2uGIY-co

Video of the Summer Trip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE6JqCglDYg&fea...

Both trips were amazing, however, the winter trip had clear roads and snow covered mountains which made the drive memorable!

[D_G]

nick_mcuk said:

A Noble in the snow....are you insane!!!????

It wasn't bad, a bit skippy out of the hairpins, my girlfriend didn't like them too much As you can see in the pic the roads were pretty clear, this was taken soon after the Great St Bernard Pass into Switzerland, so quite high up in the Alps.

[nick_mcuk]

D_G said:

It wasn't bad, a bit skippy out of the hairpins, my girlfriend didn't like them too much As you can see in the pic the roads were pretty clear, this was taken soon after the Great St Bernard Pass into Switzerland, so quite high up in the Alps.

What an awersome drive that must have been!

Its amazing how they can managed to clear the roads to that level up a mountain....yet they couldnt make the main roads round Ash Vale safe and useable in the last snow we had!

My babies stay tucked up in the garage over winter....yep I am a summer/dry driving queen!

[sv]

The old circuit at Reims.

[iva cosworth]

Baked_bean said:

Hey guys,
I know its a common topic on here but me and the missus are planning a trip over Europe. I was just wondering what key places and routes you guys recommend?

I want to take in:

Alpine roads
Munich.................BMW world and museum
Stuttgart.............Porsche and Mercedes museums.........use Google to find all 3.
Nurburgring (it would be rude not to!)

I also need to visit girl friendly places!

[DougieMc]

We are just back from this trip round europe was awesome would recomend to anyone with any petrol in their system

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[jonby]

If you are going through the various spots you mention in Germany and then on to the Alps, best bet is to go from the Alpine passes (Stelvio, etc - there are actually many passes better than the Stelvio nearby) onto Lake Maggorie (beautiful and wife friendly !), then you can take the coast (ish) route towards Monaco, do the Col de Turini near Monaco, do as much or as little as you want of the Italian/French coast (Monaco, Nice, Cannes, etc) then take Route Napoleon on the trip North through France and back to Calais

Here is the book put together on our tour in July this year http://www.blurb.com/books/2469726

[iNick]

I'm doing the same thing next weekend (starting 2nd), going to the Ring and onto Spa. Happy days. About to do a bit of research on other places to visit along the way, will post anything interesting.

[iNick]

nick_mcuk said:

D_G said:

Quick pic....

A Noble in the snow....are you insane!!!????

balls of steel I was just thinking.

Winter tyres, much?