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We are planing to drive down to the Itailian lakes, and mayby visit Venice at the end of the month. I`ve got a tomtom and microsoft autoroute. Both sugest diffrent routes, does anyone have any sugestions as to the best senic route? We plan to travel down over two days ( and two days back ). any sugestions where to stop? Are there places like travelodge on route? Thanks in advance................
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we went calais, reims, metz, strasbourg and down to bellagio [on lake como] stayed there for a week before heading to venice. camped in metz for one night on the way down.
Park in the big car park outside venice, but don't get stung by the water taxi men. take the vaporetto into town instead.
and visit the ferrari hq too - cars for you and balsamic vinegar for the missus in nearby modena.
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Have a look on www.viamichelin.com. The routes given also detail known fixed camera locations.
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We used to go to Lake Garda for hols by car (camping or caravanning) and used to go via N. France (sometimes via Ardennes in S Belgium and Luxembourg for cheap fuel) to Strasbourg, then over Black Forest via Freudenstadt towards Stuttgart, motorway towards Ulm and Kempten then via Fussen (fairy tale castle at Neuschwanstein) and then Fern Pass (very picturesque) towards Innsbruck (also v. pretty). Then either over Brenner to Bolzano (and the Dolomites?) to Garda. Sometimes went from Fern Pass to Merano via Timmelsjoch Pass/Passo del Rombo (Obergurgl/Hochgurgl - quite spectacular!)
We sometimes stayed in little hotels in villages/B&Bs and usually got very good value and some excellent local food.
Certainly not a quick route but some good scenery and we were treating the journey as part of holiday.
You will also find plenty of chain hotels - try Accorhotels for a range
www.accorhotels.com/accorhotels/index.html
Otherwise - Google local tourist offices
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Phil
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Having lived in Germany for years and toured the area and roads PhilW describes I am with him 100%. If you are prepared to try and make the journey a part of the holiday, a route like this would be terrific. Might depend on your children's ideas of a 'fun' trip but it would be great for adults. Not that you would sample much of it en route but Fussen has a sensationally good locally brewed beer. I also endorse his remarks re B&Bs, they are seriously good value for money and, in the tourist areas, there are so many houses in every village doing "Zimmer Frei, mit dusch oder bad" you'd be very unlucky not to find a place for the night. Take it slow and enjoy the journey!
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Take a look on the Accor Hotels website for location details of Ibis (dearest), Etap and Formule 1 (very basic) Travelodge-type hotels in France and beyond. There's also Campanile, BandB and a host of other cheap chains on the outskirts of most major towns and cities in France.
See Metz if you get the time - use the little tourist train from outside the cathedral - an amazing mix of traditional French and Imperial German architecture. Apparently the Germans designed the railway station when they held Alsace-Lorraine before World War One to move 25,000 troops and their equipment within two days. And nobody asked why...
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Calais, Metz, Luxembourg, Saarbrucken, then head towards Stuttgart then south east towards Munich then cut south to Innsbruck and over the Brenner Pass (stunning) to Cortina d'Ampezzo and then due south to Venice.
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Go via the Autobahn if you want to achieve higher speeds, but remember that it's much harder work compared to cruising on the empty péage at 80mph... which is an indicated 90mph and plenty fast enough.
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