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Driving from Montgenevre to Chamonix...ideas for stops?
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Next month my wife and I are visiting Serre Che/ Montgenevre/ Chamonix for our anniversary. We will be driving from Montgenevre to Chamonix through Torino. Does anyone have any suggestions for stops along the way? She has never been to Europe.
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a2thak, Any particular reason you have to go via Turin? It's less than 4 hours if you don't.
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None, except we have all day and thought we would enjoy driving through Italy and stopping along the way.
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If you do decide to travel the "correct" way I'd recommend Briancon other than that, not much springs to mind. Courmayeur or Aosta perhaps ?
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Bit of a detour but how about this: http://goo.gl/maps/XXKAu
As above go to Briancon then take the N85 (Route de Napoleon) to Grenoble. From there make your way Annecy, a nice place to stop for some food by the lake.
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Other than Exilles on the SS24, there's not much between Montgenevre and turin. Turin city centre is a nice diversion with some good shopping, decent culture and great food. You could spend a night and go for dinner at La Gola for a taste of great Italian food. la Gola, Corso Matteotti 59, Torino phone number: 011 5111012. The Art Hotel Boston is a nice place to stay.

I'm afraid my knowledge stops there, I'm sure there are some decent stop-off further north once you have left the drab Torinese plain. I would try the michelin guide

I hope that helps somewhat. Maybe check viamichelin http://www.viamichelin.com for a decent restaurant around Aosta.


Gerry
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I have never heard the word "enjoyable" about driving in Italy - terrifying more like - especially when you are off motorways/dual carriageways and lunatics hurtle around overtaking on blind corners. However, Aosta is quite an interesting historical town for an hour or two (but remember everything closes for 2 hours or so over lunch) and Courmayeur is always worth visiting for the bling.
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The drive from Montgenevre down to the motorway near Oulx is pretty straightforward. With the route you are planning I suspect stopping in Courmayeur might be your best bet.

I would certainly not recommend stopping at Susa just south of Oulx. We drove there from France during our summer holiday and had a very bad dining experience in a restaurant there. The other thing that happened in Susa, which was quite funny was that we parked in a space near what we thought was a ticket machine. I said to my husband, I'll just go and get a ticket for the car and found myself staring at not a ticket machine but a condom machine - in broad daylight Laughing Embarassed We hurridly moved to another carpark before the children noticed!

Have you considered driving the other way to Chamonix - down to Oulx but then north through Frejus tunnel to France, along the Maurienne valley to Albertville where I think you can cut across to Megeve/Saint Gervais and then along to Chamonix. If that route is too high for winter maybe there is a way via Annecy. Annecy and Saint Gervais are both nice towns to visit. I would go either of those ways rather than mont blanc tunnel but double check on via michelin website as I'm saying this from memory and am not sure off hand which is the quickest route.
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snowymum wrote:
Have you considered driving the other way to Chamonix - down to Oulx but then north through Frejus tunnel to France, along the Maurienne valley to Albertville where I think you can cut across to Megeve/Saint Gervais and then along to Chamonix. If that route is too high for winter maybe there is a way via Annecy. Annecy and Saint Gervais are both nice towns to visit.


This route is usually open - I have driven it myself a few times in the last few weeks. Even during heavy snowfall it stays open but check the status of the Gorges d'Arly before you set off: http://www.megeve.com/ete/mont-blanc/alpes/haute-savoie/france/page/etat-des-routes
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I have never heard the word "enjoyable" about driving in Italy - terrifying more like - especially when you are off motorways/dual carriageways and lunatics hurtle around overtaking on blind corners.

I found it a lot less terrifying than I expected, though I've not done a lot - several trips down through the Frejus and Mont Blanc tunnels, then motorway to Genova. But I've driven a fair bit round Genova now and find the standard of driving better than I'd expected. Italian friends tell me the north is very tame. wink
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The Eyetie driving thing, up north anyway, is a bit of myth. I drive in northern Italy all the time and never had a drama or noticed any difference between there, France, Germany etc
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