Planning a trip to Senegalia Italy.
Hi,
My wife and I are planning to take our motorhome to Senegalia, on the Adriatic coast near Ancona. Do any members have experience of this sort of trip, and if so, do they have any advice on routes, places to stop, things to pack etc. We have taken the van abroad one before, for a week in Brittany, but this proposed trip will be on a very different scale!
Thank you 😀
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ViaMichelin is telling me 873 miles from Calais via Nancy, Basel and Milan. I reckon I could do that journey in ten days but you may be in more of a hurry.
Packing? My motto is to take half the stuff but twice the money. My wife is of the opposite persuasion and has just smuggled two tins of pineapple chunks into the caravan in case French shops might not have them next week.
Take care. It sounds to be a great adventure.
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To be more specific if your motorhome is over 3.5 tons some of the routes can be very expensive. If it is under 3.5 tons I wouldn't worry to much. Do you intend to travel straight there by the fastest route or do you want to admire the scenery? I.e what is your attitude to toll roads and toll tunnels. Some of these can be very expensive especially for a larger vehicle. On the other hand, Italian toll roads are cheap in comparison to many other coutries and not worth avoiding if you want to get to places fast.
I also like Eurotravellers motto, wish I could convince the wife! One thing we always stock up on for a trip is English tea. It can be a devil of a job finding decent tea in some places if you run out.
peedee
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Thank you Another David and Peedee. The motorhome is less than 3.5 tons, and we are not likely to be in any hurry to get to our destination, and thought about dropping down to Nice in Southern France, and following the coast into Italy, around to Livorno on the western coast, then cross to Bologna, and down south east to Senegalia.
Having said that, what are the “usual routes to Italy”?
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I have been the way you describe, it is a very easy route if you stick with the toll roads to cross into Italy, see my blog >here<.. This year I was going to use the route described by ET, mainly because tolls through Switzerland work out cheaper for me with a 10 day pass and I fancied seeing more of the country but because of delays I had a change of mind and decided on a quicker toll free route through Austria, sections of which I had used before. This was through Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany to Fussen, down the Fern Pass and up the old Brenner pass into Italy. You could use this route to get to Lake Garda and beyond. For more detail see >here<. There are variations on these routes and others will have their preferences.
peedee
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The motorway along the coast from France into Italy is one that you’ll not forget in a hurry. It’s numerous twists, turns and tunnels may make you wish you’d had a smaller breakfast that day. However, if you do go that route the Chinque Terra is must to visit. You’ll need approximate 3 days to visit the 5 towns and the train day tickets are a great way of visiting doing it.
Bologna is a beautiful city to visit (as are most Italian towns and cities) and there’s a camper Sosta (Aire) near the city centre. On your journey to Ancona a visit to Monte Cassino and the monastery is recommended. There’s a Sosta in the town there too (Europa camping).
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- Pat, I have just done the reverse trip back from the St Tropez area and I can tell you it's a blooming long way.....
ok, we allowed ourselves 4 days, non toll, to get back upto Calais (we normally use Cherboug-Poole) but not this time....a timing issue....
however, we still had long days....the first took us to Severac le Chateau, north of Millau...Then on to Bourges and finally to St Valery en Caux on the coat before another three hours up to Calais......oh, and the four hours back to the West Country from Folkstone.....probably won't be doing that route again......
we many head to Italy later in the year and will definitely go via Austria or Switzerland....
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Peter,
I enjoyed both your blogs, particularly the second one where the map moves with the commentary and photo's, very clever indeed!
Your Cortina photo's reminded me of one our European trips last year, sadly due to time constraints we have to fly/drive our way round Europe, but brilliant, how do you find time to that so comprehensively....!!
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I enjoyed both your blogs, particularly the second one where the map moves with the commentary and photo's, very clever indeed!
Thanks TT nice to know it is appreciated. They are as much as a record for myself as anything else. I'm not clever, the App is! I just leave the phone with the GPS on and it plots my route automatically. I just add photos using the phone's camera and a few words as we go along. At the end of each day and the trip I will go back and maybe embellish what I have noted down. In real time, I only allow family and close friends to monitor it. After the trip is when I might reveal to others. Its the web site which takes time and I am not always prompt with keeping that up to date.
peedee
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