Exeter to Modena? via Le Mans

[Jonny TVR]

Planning a road trip starting at Le Mans 24 hour in June then afterwards my idea is to drive to Paris put the Ferrari on a train and get off in Nice. Then drive along the coastal roads through Italy and then to Modena. Then do the same on the return missing out Le Mans. We will only have a week or so and we want to have time relaxing along the way and there as its a holiday, we don't want to spend all our time driving. Does this sound like a good option with regard to route and using the train and who should we book with? will the train take a 599 ferrari?

[Deesee]

The Train will take a car of a width of 1.9m, it might be a squeeze!

Ive looked at these before as we drive past Ancona in the summer, to be honest they run perhaps twice a week and can cost up to 300e each way, and run at night... you have to make your own way to the destination and some else loads the car on and off the train. Time saved I found is nil.

Id suggest you first drive to Modena (10/11hrs), perhaps with an overnight stop in Geneva or thereabouts, (id suggest either through Switzerland (vignette 35e) over simplon pass, or mont blanc tunnel chamonix/courmayer (45e each way) for speed/connivence.

Then drive back along the Rivera..

Personally id avoid the Paris and Milan ring roads...

I use the auto tolls beacons for France and Italy, you can hire these for your trip at tolltickets.com (they will post these to you), it will save you lots of time (and no shimming the Ferrari close to the toll booth) for a very modest fee.

[Yipper]

Modena is absolutely rubbish. Just a dusty post-industrial sh*thole in the middle of nowhere. Dont get too excited about it.

Be sure to do Modena to Monaco on the way back. It is one of the best drives in the world. Fast twisties, long tunnels and great coastal / mountain scenery. It's got the lot.