Winter route to the Adriatic

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edited November 2017 in Overseas Campsites & Touring #1

In winter most if not all the Alpine passes are closed until late April which only leaves the main routes via the tunnels or the autoroute via the Brenner Pass open with any certainty.  Using many of these routes can be a costly exercise, especially for a vehicle over 3.5 tons.

Under the circumstances which route would you use from Calais to the northern Adriatic coast, e.g. to Venice?

Is the Fern Pass kept open and are snow chains compulsary on any of the routes if so for what period?

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  • eurortraveller
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    edited November 2017 #2

    It's all on the internet .... Fern Pass only closed after exceptional snowfall so go via Munich if that happens... winter tyres (M+S ) compulsory across Germany in wintry conditions....carrying chains recommended and advised but not compulsory....motorways normally kept open by German efficiency. Does that match with your own reading? 

  • peedee
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    edited November 2017 #3

    Thanks ET, I know you can find much of the information on the internet but it is good to read responses from someone who has done it. It doesn't help when some of the information you want is not in English.

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  • eurortraveller
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    edited November 2017 #4

    But no, I haven't done it and I have only read it in English ! 

    And remember it's cheaper to take a large Motorhome (over 3500kg) across Switzerland and through their tunnels than it is for a smaller Motorhome. The smaller vehicle has to have a vignette for a full year (40CHF) whereas the larger vehicle can buy a permit at the border for ten days, which need not be consecutive (32.50 CHF) - and if you only use one of those days going south and one coming back, you will have eight days Swiss travel left on the permit for another time. Bargain ! 

     

  • peedee
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    edited November 2017 #5

    Thanks once again ET, good to see we are on the same wavelength. I have just finished searching MHF and it looks like the A2 Basle to Lugano via the Gothard Tunnel is the way to go for me. I also like the idea of the 10 day vignette giving the chance to spend a few days in Switzerland.

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