Calais to Meiringen-which route?

[Benzinaio]

Road trip to Lake Bled upcoming in June.
First time on the Eurostar as Ferries don't go as early on a Sunday.
To save Googling, Meiringen is fairly close to Interlaken.
Have done several road trips to Italy and this invariably means the Reims-Nancy route.
My question is this.
Who has done Switzerland via Belgium and Luxembourg, then heading south to Basel?
It adds about an hour but I fancy shaking things up a bit.
Worth it or not?
Regards,
Jay.

[stogbandard]

We went to Switzerland through Belgium to Luxembourg and then via the A31, N57 & D64. It was longer but a nice route. Getting into France early meant that skirting around the Brussels R0 was a breeze. The alternative is to head across to the E411 via Lille and Mons to Namur.

[plynchy]

I'm heading to Innertkirchen in a couple of weeks, will be going straight across France to Baden Baden then down through the Black Forest to Switzerland. The drive down the D500 is very good indeed, the drive through Switzerland less so.

[Benzinaio]

Thanks peeps for your input, think we will just put it in Apple/Google maps and pick the longer Northern route if for no other reason than Lux is one Country I have never been to.

[dcb]

stogbandard said:

The alternative is to head across to the E411 via Lille and Mons to Namur.

+1.

Calais to Strassburg is about £60 on French motorways,
so worth avoiding by going through Belgium.

Worth stocking up on crates of cultural supplies and
a full tank in Luxembourg too.

[Highway Star]

I head down to Italy via an overnight stop near Freiburg a couple of times every year.

I try to avoid as many tolls as possible, so go via Belgium/Luxembourg and Germany.

I go Eurotunnel-Lille-Mons-Namur-Luxembourg-Saarbrucken-A4/A35 to cross the Rhine at Rheinau-5 to Freiburg and then onto Basel/Lorrach and into Switzerland the next day. Only toll is a short distance on the A4, not all the A4 is toll. Worth filling up in Luxembourg. Wouldn t say it s a particularly memorable drive but I prefer it to the autoroute and spending £££. Parts of the 5 between Rheinau/Offenburg and the border are derestricted and can be quiet early in the day

Edited by Highway Star on Thursday 4th June 20:38