Hi, I am driving to Monaco over the Alps in July, it will be my first long drive in the S2 and realy looking forward to in, as anybody done this trip or any long drives if so any tips?

Thanks

Colin

 

Quite a few have done it, here's some search results:

https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/803..._fromsearch__1

https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/845...with-pictures/

https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/832...stions-please/

 

We (Me and my wife) go to the South of France every year but it's a motorway/toll road blat for a day and a half. Real mile munching stuff rather than scenery.

It'd be much cheaper to fly but much less fun.

Top down in the sunshine, tunes on, singing like you can't be heard.

Therefore my only useful tips are have plenty of water and a hat and take some high factor sun cream for your neck/face. When you have a breeze on you, it's easy to not notice your skin turning to leather!

 

I wouldn't go via alps, my preferred route is via Provence, done the drive down to Umbria 5 times now. Never in the S mind

 

I went through switzerland to experience the stelvio pass. it was the best part of my journey if i'm honest.

 

I planned a week long trip last May and went down to Monaco via Switzerland and Italy and back up via the Millau viaduct and Reims. It snowed the night before so we were only able to get over the St Gotthard Pass (we had planned to do Grimsel and Furka as well) but it was amazing. Certainly a place I'd be keen to go back to again.

We stayed the night in Como and then did the final stint to Monaco the next day on the Autostrada dei Fiori past Genoa - a lovely motorway with around 100 tunnels and lovely view of the Med in between each one

 

I did one last year with the missus, loved monaco!!!

https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/845...with-pictures/

 

Before I can offer any advice it depends on what you are wanting from the holiday. We all have different ideas on what we want and what we enjoy.
Are you looking to get there as quick as possible or take your time?
What accommodation are you wanting during the journey? Budget hotels, Chambre D'Hote, or more upmarket hotel. I can certainly help on all three.
How long are you going for?
How may days have you allowed fro travelling?
What are you wanting from the holiday?

My only advice without knowing any of the above is unless you are on the autoroute, not many fuel stations are open on Sundays so fill up when ever you see one open if you are planning a long journey.
We are going again at the end of June for 5 weeks to the Languedoc and Provence, we are also taking in a stage finish of Le Tour at Cap D'Adge. But it is the Alps again next year.
If you are interested in any information or I can help please PM me.

 

We used the Autotrain last year.

It is a good way of breaking up one leg of the journey. Dropped the car in Paris in the morning. Had a day in Paris, staying overnight, then took the TGV through France and collected the car in Nice. The auto train is right next to Nice station.

About £100 for the car and £60 each for first class TGV. Really worth it.

 

dead jealous, this year I will be driving to Ourense in North West Spain, it's about 1500 miles which I'll be doing in an Iveco towing a forty foot boat trailer.

Most of the journey is Dual carriageway and tolls 55mph and we'll be in convoy of two, last year took three days each way. The low points were a blow out on my trailer, having to use nut splitters to remove a locking wheel nut and doing 1800 miles with one wheel on three wheel nuts, running low on diesel and not realising that every Spanish service station within range had closed at 8pm thus sleeping in the back of the van in freezing conditions.

The best bit of the drive was a section of road an which was tunnel after tunnel through the Pyrenees mountains, would have been epic to drive the S through that section.