Following in from my spare wheel anxiety, the looming journey is now playing on my mind.
I have bought a tolls tag and expect to get stung, to a degree, to pay for the pleasure of quiet roads but route planner also throws up a route through Belgium and Luxembourg, joining France around Metz and then down to Dijon and Bourg-en-Bresse before then heading East to miss Switzerland and the €50 tourist tax. Not much in it time or mileage wise but is more France and more tolls likely to be quieter.
Aiming (and budgeted) to do this in a day after an overnight ferry from Hull so looking to break it into an initial 3 hour stint to get 200odd miles done then maybe three 2 hours for the 450 reminding.
Any decent stopping points to aim for, not too far off the route?
TBH I’d stick the destination into Waze or similar and let it select the best route on the day and treat it as an adventure.
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route planner also throws up a route through Belgium and Luxembourg, joining France around Metz and then down to Dijon and Bourg-en-Bresse before then heading East to miss Switzerland and the €50 tourist tax. Not much in it time or mileage wise but is more France and more tolls likely to be quieter.
Always do it this way if we cross from Hull.
Time the fuel so you are in fumes when you get to Luxembourg to get the max benefit from the cheap fuel prices there.
We did Amsterdam to Avoriaz for skiing a few years ago - similar, though not identical. The ferry lands in the morning so you can get quite a way in the day. I was keen to make the second day shorter so we could get settled in etc. We stopped at Schallstadt and found the hotel sum Ochsen to be perfectly good, with good German cooking (and big portions) in the restaurant.
Going through Germany means you get to use their motorways, which is good and bad - the speed differences are much greater, but you might enjoy going faster on the unrestricted stretches. We did have to get a Swiss vignette, but I think that’s cheaper than the total in French tolls would be.
Done a similar route (The Hague - Chamonix) a few times. We usually go via Belgium and Luxembourg and stop overnighty in Metz. Also did the route through Germany which has fast roads but pretty stressful.
Ok, thanks for the replies.
There will be no high speeds on my part, three bikes on the roof. Aiming to cruise at 80mph when I can.
Which sounds fast with bikes on, on reflection. Ah well, what’s the worst that can happen?