European Driving Holiday - Advice please.

[Mattw]

Hi all,

I am planning a driving holiday through Europe this summer (end of August) with the main aim of visiting some of my wife’s favourite areas of Switzerland (and if we are lucky maybe getting some skiing in on a glacier), in total we were thinking of about 5 days in Switzerland – out of a max 14 days.

Thing is I want to try and make sure we pick up some nice scenic areas / routes etc on the journey in and out of Switzerland. Obviously we could either go down through France or through France & Germany but I am not sure what is best. We have done it once before but we didn’t plan it, we just explored and although that was fun at the time we just don’t have that much available time for this trip, so I don’t want to waste time searching for nice areas.

Does anyone have any experience of doing a similar run? Any tips on routes, villages, hotels worth seeing? Don’t mind sitting on the odd motorway to help take out big chunks of the journey if I am heading somewhere nice (although a roads are always preferred!).

Thanks for you help.

Matt

[dazren]

You'll prbably get more help if you can identify which are the key areas your and your wife wish to visit.

DAZ

[Tony427]

The road between Martigny and St Gervais , the N506 , is a very scenic and interesting alternative route from the South of Switzerland heading west across to Geneva and then France.

Cheers,

Tony

[Mattw]

dazren said:

You'll prbably get more help if you can identify which are the key areas your and your wife wish to visit. DAZ

Have no preference whatsoever, just need to get to Geneva eventually to start the Swiss leg of the journey. Not really into massively busy cities, prefer the countryside, quiet villages, rural pubs, rivers, lakes etc

As I say though not too fussed as long as it is sort of heading in the right direction i.e. Switzerland (or back out), any and all suggestions welcome!

[anonymous-user]

Mattw said:

Not really into massively busy cities, prefer the countryside, quiet villages, rural pubs, rivers, lakes etc

I'd go to the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District then.

[Mattw]

unrepentant said:

Mattw said: Not really into massively busy cities, prefer the countryside, quiet villages, rural pubs, rivers, lakes etc I'd go to the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District then.

Not really on an easy route to Switzerland though is it!!

[rsvmilly]

Have a gander here for some of the more interesting scenery and roads

www.alpineroads.com

[RobM77]

Mattw said:

unrepentant said: Mattw said: Not really into massively busy cities, prefer the countryside, quiet villages, rural pubs, rivers, lakes etc I'd go to the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District then. Not really on an easy route to Switzerland though is it!!

unless you believe RAC routeplanner!

[anonymous-user]

Mattw said:

unrepentant said: Mattw said: Not really into massively busy cities, prefer the countryside, quiet villages, rural pubs, rivers, lakes etc I'd go to the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District then. Not really on an easy route to Switzerland though is it!!

Thall not ne nedding to gar to poncy switzerland lad when thee can coom up ere and ave it all.

You know it makes sense.

[Zod]

unrepentant said:

Thall not ne nedding to gar to poncy switzerland lad when thee can coom up ere and ave it all. You know it makes sense.

Aye and t'lad can go to Little Switzerland in Yorkshire at Howstean Gorge. That's all he needs.

[Mattw]

Lol! Much as I am sure op Norf is great, some how I can't see the wife being too pleased with me if I deny her this......

www.giessbach.ch/en/the_grandhotel/about.php


Unless of course you have something to compare up there? And no £39 a night B&B's don't count!!!