My place is between Lakes Orta and Maggiore, and I have used Flybe in the past to fly from Birmingham to Milan Malpensa.Looking for flights in Sept/Oct, I was disappointed at the high costs - so went to the Easyjet site to look at the Luton to Tur
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I have often advocated swinging up through Belgium when travelling from UK to Italy, on the grounds of the cheap petrol in Luxembourg and toll free motorways. I did this route again a couple of weeks ago, but found the roadworks on the Dunkirk-Lil
 I thought it might help people not break the law [or get caught breaking it] to some info on speed cameras they might come across in driving down to Italy. [This really applies to people like me who don’t have a sat-nav that tells them all the in
When driving to Italy, [Lake Maggiore area], from Calais, I almost always drive up towards Dunkirk and then head East towards Luxembourg.   The reasons for doing so is simple:-
If you are driving down to Italy, this regularly updated AA site gives you the latest info on fuel prices across Europe. Its useful for deciding where to fill up. Note - in Luxembourg, [where I always fill up - its worth the minor detour from Cal
.     I heard this today on Radio 4.  I take it you already know of tough and bough and cough and dough?Others may stumble, but not you,On hiccough, thorough, lough** and through.Well done!
.   I'm considering handing over ownership of my ½ûÂþÌìÌà Holiday Home to my kids. Does anyone know
- How easy this is to do, and how costly?
- Whether this can be done in the UK - or do I have to do it in Italy?
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Things to consider;-
If you can 'fill out' those points, we can probably give advice on how to get there and where to stay
Try a travel agency
You could add another cistern/tank to the system to give you a bigger 'buffer' whan the pressure drops - this could be the cheapest option. In UK prices range from about £400, but I know my ½ûÂþÌìÌà neighbour uses an industrial one he got from a farm
Train Travel If you plan things properly, you can spend many of your nights travelling on sleeper trains. This has the advantage of giving you more days to 'sightsee' and the costs are offset by the savings in hotels/car hire/petrol/tolls etc etc I once [using a Cooks European Timetable' (see  for an example)] planned a 4 week Eupean Tour for an Aussise friend than only required staying in hotels if you wanted more than 1 day in any city - which obviously you will ned to do
My recommended route [minimal toll charges] to Italy is as follows;-Â [Toll free as far as Switzerland]
This route is dual carriageway/motorway all the way except for Nancy to Colmar or MulhouseAccommodation is expensive in Switzerland - we tend to avoid 'overnights' there Enjoy..........
"Â fill up in Lux?"I always do - but mine's a petrol engined car.Â
Well ............................."From what I can see the mileage is about the same, and therefore the same diesel cost, its only the extra time going via Belgium/Lux time that becomes the issue. "Drive time is very similar - distance are about the same and the route through Belgium/Luxembourg is all mortorway, so speeds are similar to french motorwaysYou may even save on fuelprices - see  to sort out which country is best to fill up in.
Well - did the 'motorway avoiding route'to try it out. It consist of getting on 'Road 9' once you enter Switzerland from France near Pontarlier.It was an easyish drive, and the only minor difficulties were in negotiating Lausanne [just follow signs for Montreux etc] Timewise it adds between 1 and 2 hours to the jouney. Distance wise there is not much in it.We returned via the motorway - I prefer the quicker route, but if they did hike up the cost of the Vignette, I'd go non-motorway again
"How did your last trip go? If I recall correctly you were planning a trip for earlier this year? Just got back from first trip down to Italy with our dog. Will write about it soon [I hope]
I've stayed at Hostellerie Groff Aux Deux Clefs in Beisheim - worth looking at. Out of Colmar, but easy to get to the Autobahn to Basel [Use the 'Basel Bypass' via Lorach to avoid Basel]