10-day tour starting with an 8.00am ferry from Dover to Dunkerque and travelling through France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy back in to France and ending in Monaco.En-route we drive through the spectacular Alps crossing all the famous passes including the Stelvio Pass and experiencing some of Europe's most stunning scenery and its best driving roads before arriving a week later on the Mediterranean coast at Villefranche-sur-Mer where our hotel for the final night is based.Our route takes us over 35 mountain passes with a combined height above sea level of over 69,000 metres or, over seven times the height of Mount Everest ! Included in the "cols" or passes we drive over is Europe's highest road, the Col de La Bonnette at 2,802 metres or 9,192 feet and the most iconic and notorious Stelvio Pass at 2,760 metres, (9,055 ft).
To see photos taken on our 2011 tour click here
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