Driving to Italy

martindow

If you're thinking about trains seat61 has all the info

https://www.seat61.com/Italy-trains.htm

Grumpygit

Yes it's doable but as others have said, it's a lot of driving, but if you're going to one place and staying there, it's not so bad.

We've done several driving/riding holidays in two weeks around Europe

Italy is a firm favorite of ours Florence, Pisa, Rimini, Venice, Lakes - all done over a 2 week period (ok on a bike not a car)

As for Spain - around Barcelona - Portaventura theme park, Salou - beaches and fun and hot. We drove back overnight and the traffic was very light and we crossed the time zone which was all lit up and something that we wouldn't have noticed in daylight

St Malo/Amsterdam/Cologne/Poland/Brno/Stuttgart/Paris/st Malo

This year we are doing a 2 week bike trip to Switzerland (Zurich), Austria (Salzburg) and Speilburg for the Moto GP then back through Austria, France and back to St Malo

I suppose it all depends on if you like driving or not

mgdavid

Yes, perfectly do-able. We went to Tuscany with 2 boys roughly same age as yours .Took Friday off, stopped in Dieppe and Annecy and was there on Sunday. Lots of beach plus Pisa and Florence, did some Alpine passes on the way back. Nobody complained!

John259

If you prefer to make it a road trip rather than a "straight there, straight back" style of holiday then the above suggestion of a visit to the Black Forest is a very good one.

Voyager2002

As others have pointed out, it will not be cheap. Make sure that you know how much you have to pay for motorway tolls: if you avoid motorways then the journey is likely to take a ridiculous amount of time.

slinga

martindow wrote: »

If you're thinking about trains seat61 has all the info

https://www.seat61.com/Italy-trains.htm

As usual it looks to me that getting to London by train for me is the steepest cost.

[Deleted User]

We were planning to do this one year on our motorbikes. We got close to the Alps and it started to snow. Husband and I decided two racing bikes and snow are not a good match so never got to Italy.

This was not in winter it was September and the snow was very heavy!

NoodleDoodleMan

Make sure you do your homework on all the requirements for each country.

For example I think hiviz jackets and emergency red triangles are obligatory for all vehicles in Italy - in case of breakdown.

The AA or RAC can advise.

martindow

slinga wrote: »

As usual it looks to me that getting to London by train for me is the steepest cost.

Seat 61 again gives the options

https://www.seat61.com/UKconnections.htm

For Eurostar you can get tickets to London International CIV which give guarantees of being put on the next train if connections are missed. These tickets are far cheaper than normal and don't have any peak restrictions. These fares can not be bought online.

For fares from your station look here using LNE for the destination
http://www.brfares.com/#home