Remember Me? I've been to europe multiple times before but my girlfriend who will be accompanying me has never been. Flights, delivery, and drop off are set, now it's time to finalize our route and book hotels. Main priorities are great driving roads, castles for the GF , and getting to experience rural europe the way you wouldn't be able to without a car. Appreciate 0. Might be worth having a few printed itinerary segments with you, just in case.
And beware variations in signage e. Swiss Autoroutes are signed in green while French ones are in Blue etc. My also be worth researching some of the parking restriction signs for the different countries. You'll need a vignette for Switzerland freeways, which you can buy at the border - Swiss police are very hot on stopping people on the autoroutes if they don't have them and not all autoroutes are obvious freeeway-format.
Lots of parking places require a time card where you set your arrival time on a circular disc: often free from gas stations or I would hope you get one with the car. And there's a good series of drives described on the Grand Tour pages, although realistically, you may be limited to only one segment, but worth taking a look at. Last edited by msej; at PM.. Major General. I would say, if you could get down to one of the Italian lakes Maggiore, Como, etc.
Everything is so close together, this should be possible. Go skiing on the glacier in Hintertux Austria. Open all year. Amazing scenery. Highly recommend the Hotel Neuhintertux right at the base of the mountain. Great mountain hiking too. Indoor parking for your new car Enlisted Member.
Private First Class. We visited Innsbruck and Lucerne on our trip. Your trip has about miles to cover while backtracking from Salzburg. You also have a 3 hour drive from Hallstat to Innsbruck and a 3.
