Is 3 weeks enough time to enjoy travel to the Italian Lakes and trip tips.

[LillyWales]

So we did our first successful Moho Spain trip in November with great help from ye funsters. All went well apart from the rain and wind chasing us.

Part deux.. can you help me plan for the Italian lakes in spring and other bits. Please advise and critique.

I’m thinking about ferry Harwich to Holland to sleep , dog cabin and ready to get going the next day. It’s not much longer than le shuttle from South Wales and sleeping and a late ferry seems an attractive option. Plus the French tolls seem extortionate..!?!
Cities won’t suit our young GSD until he grows up a bit, but he settles well in the van and we plan to buy e bikes.

I’m thinking .. Catch up with Belgium on the way back
Day 1 Luxembourg
onto the Black Forest - I know nothing !!!

Swiss lake lac or leman as a stop over we ski and know the Alps well so wont linger just pop in to see CH ‘old friend’
onto the Italian lakes maybe not all of them but maybe 10 days.
Maybe Bergamo.

Weave our way in reverse and catching stuff we missed.
Probably le shuttle back home.

 

[LillyWales]

But it's all about maximising the time at the place you want to be. There is no point in going all the way to the lakes unless you do them justice and maybe visit two or three, and you have to be realistic about the travelling time to and from. As others have advised, you don't want to bust a gut travelling there because you will be too tired to enjoy it!

If you had longer (5-6 weeks), then you could plan all these diversions, but you have to be realistic about what you can do in 3 weeks when your destination is three countries away.

Thank you. We dont have that time on this trip we have too much planned Feb - April. We dont have to see everything. But possibly could add a few extra days. 23/25 days. I think we are being realistic and all the places past Geneva and the Dolomites are new to us. We are off to the Alps shortly and used to driving 8 hrs to get there in a day. So we plan to enjoy the view and linger when we get there perhaps rather than in the cities. My hubby doesn’t mind 3-4 hr drive per day, I love the scenery. So we hope that will work.

 

[LillyWales]

We did the lakes last year. With 10 days annual leave, we manage to spend 17 nights away (including weekends).
This was our trip.....

1 night france
3 nights lucerne
2 night near Verona & Venice
3 night garda
3 night como
1 night lucerne
2 night troyes
1 night Warwick race course

It was a lot of driving, and the missus couldn't drive as its a 4250kg van.

As a HGV driver by trade, the driving didn't bother me, and she was happy taking in the sights on the way.

I guess everyone is different and it depends how rushed you want to be. I personally didn't feel rushed with what we did, and anything we missed, just gives us an excuse to go back. I think you'll get a decent holiday out if it with that much time.

All the best and have a great trip!

Thank you !