Route to Italy

[Nigel tindale]

Next year I hope to go to Italy for three months and I would like suggestions as to the best routes avoiding tolls and Switzerland.Nigel

 

[DavidKlyne]

One of the problems with trying to avoid tolls is that you can end up doing more miles which has a cost in its self! The last time we went to Italy we went via Germany and Austria. Whilst it is not toll free (Austrian vignette and tolls on the Brenner) it could be a bit cheaper than going via Switzerland but maybe not by much! We are off to Italy in just over a week. WE will either use the Mont du Cenis Pass or the Tunnel de Frejus to enter Italy and the Brenner on the way home.

David

 

[John_miller]

You don't say where you're starting from, or where you're going to, but assuming a channel port and Italian lakes area, the route we would use is E25 from Dunkirk via Lille,Namur, Luxembourg then A13, A8 towards Saarbrucken, short single carriageway from Pirmasens to Landau, A65, then A8 towards Ulm, then A7 to Kempten and single carriageway to Austrian border and over Fern Pass (easy), head towards Imst avoiding motorway and follow that road over the Reschen pass (easy) into Italy ending up near Bolzano. The Austrian motorway charges are much cheaper than the Swiss vignettes, but there's also a toll on the Brenner. If you're going a long way south in Italy, it's probably worth paying the tolls unless you've got lots of time on your hands.

John M