Day | Destination | Route | Hotel | |
Day 1 | Saturday September 7th | Besancon | Stay somewhere simple (Travelodge nr tunnel?) on Friday night, to make an ultra early crossing them autoroutes to Besancon. |
Novotel Besancon (J & T - Booked 1 double room) Booking confirmed |
Day 2 | Sunday September 8th |
Brides les Bains (nr Moutiers) |
Down the high part of the Jura then skirt S of Geneva and over some nice passes through Bourg St Maurice to Moutiers and Brides les Bains. |
Grand Hotel des Thermes (J & T - Booked 1 double room) |
Day 3 | Monday September 9th | Embrun | Day 7 route of Stelvio 2000 in reverse (we all had to take short cuts in 2000 to avoid running out of petrol) Col de la Madeleine, Col du Galabier, Alp Duez, Col d'Ornon by-pass Gap via the Col de Manse to overnight stop near the Lac de Serre- Poncon at Embrun. |
Les Bartevelles (Allan n' Debbie booked 2 double rooms) |
Day 4 | Tuesday September 10th | Moustiers Ste Marie | Day 6 route of Stelvio 2000 in reverse (we all had to divert into Italy in 2000 to avoid running out of petrol) Col de Cayolle, Guillaumes, St Martin-Vesubie, pass close to the Col de Turini and S via Lantosque to Vence before crossing the Col de Vence to the Canyon de Verdon and Moustiers Ste Marie |
Le Relais (Allan n' Debbie booked 2 double rooms) |
Day 5 | Wednesday September 11th | Biella | Drop S from Moustiers to Draguignan then joun the autoroute to San Remo before following Fabrizio's Day 5 route from Stelvio 99 through Piedmont ( without the 4 hour lunch, stopping short of the Italian Lakes near Biella, |
Hotel Cascina Era Nr. Biella (J & T - Booked 2 double rooms) Booking confirmed |
Day 6 | Thursday September 12th | Pontresina | The remainder of Fabrizio's Day 5 route from Stelvio 99 via Orta to Lake Maggiore then N up the side of the lake to Bellinzona and over the Passo del S. Bernardino and Julierpass to St Moritz then on to Pontresina at the foot of the the Bernina Pass. |
Hotel
Saratz (J & T - Booked 2 double rooms) Booking confirmed |
Day 7 | Friday September 13th | Obergurgl |
Early start - Leave Pontresina and cross the Bernina Pass
to Tirano. North towards Bormio but turn right over the Passo
de Mortirollo to Incudine then over the GPasso de Gavia to Bormio
then climb Stelvio for lunch. Leave Stelvio at around 15:00 and run E to Merano then N over the Passo del Rombo to Obergurgle |
Hotel Austria (J & T - Booked 2 double rooms) Booking confirmed |
Day 8 | Saturday September 14th | Wangenbourg | Fastest roads and autobahns to Strasbourg and Wangenbourg |
Parc
Hotel (Allan n' Debbie booked 2 double rooms) |
Day 9 | Sunday September 15th | Home, Fakenham Norfolk | Fastest autoroutes to the tunnel and home.Maybe stop at the old GP track at Reims for linch? |