French Alps Grand Tour
drive europes highest roads
Guide price around £1800 per car
based on 2 persons sharing rooms - 3/4 star accommodation, eurotunnel and our fee included in price.
Duration
7 Days / 6 Nights
Region
France
Distance
1700 - 2000 Miles
Availability
June - Sept
Guide Price
£1800 per car
French Alps
Driving Adventure
Europe's highest roads, astounding scenery and challenging terrain.
Drive the famous Route des Grandes Alpes, Col de Turini & 20 other Alpine mountain passes.
This 7 day adventure has it all!
the mighty roads
Each road is unique in its own way, a technical challenge or scenic overload - all of them are mighty!
Road trip in the French Alps.
Looking for a perfect road trip that combines altitude, scenery and a good mix of technical roads?Then look no further than the French Alps.
This fully planned 7-day/6-night trip incorporates a large part of the Route Des Grande Alpes, a 600 mile collection of mountain passes that link up along the spine of the French Alps. Starting just outside Geneva and running the length of the Eastern French Alps to Monaco on the South coast. This historic route includes over 20 breathtaking mountain passes.
Encounter the famous Col De La Bonette standing at 2807m, the highest road in Europe. This formidable yet rewarding route with its narrowing roads and impressive climbing passages is a bucket list experience for the true driver who embraces a challenge.
Travel one of the most famous balcony roads in the country. Carved into the side of sheer cliffs, the Col de Turini is part of The Monte Carlo Rally route. Situated in the southeast, close to the Italian border, the Turini is undoubtedly one of the most exhilarating driving roads in Europe. The route to the summit features 34 tight hairpins to challenge the driver. With its jaw-dropping scenery and technical demands this engineering masterpiece truly deserves its place as one of the world’s greatest roads.
On your return journey stopover on the beautiful French south coast, with options to experience the famous Three Corniches each with their own unique driving challenges and breathtaking views of Monaco. Built by Napoleon The Grande Corniche is by far the most exhilerating. This rustic road, where the Mediterranean meets the sky, rises to 550m above sea level. Drive the legendary Alpe d'Huez with its wide roads and 21 hairpin turns.
For drivers wanting to expand their experience, optional additional routes and excursions are available including The Monaco Grand Prix circuit, and for those with a head for heights, the D22 balcony road.
The guide to your bespoke, expertly designed, route is delivered via sat nav system including full offline maps.
plan your trip...
Alpe d'Huez
INCLUDED IN THE TRIP PRICE
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Tailored driving route
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High Power Radio hire
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On Tour support.
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Flexibale itenery
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Additional cars + %10
What to expect?
Like all mighty road trips this is a driving focused holiday. Designed to maximise the enjoyment of driving a sports car on the type of roads it was made for. It is not a race and there is no time limit for each day.
Although we have meticulously designed each days activities and itinerary you can of course take it at your own pace spending more time at a location.
Unless arranged, all our driving trips begin and end at the Euro tunnel terminal in Folkestone. The first day is focused on getting across mainland Europe to reach the more exciting roads, but we include some more exciting roads along the way to help break up the motorway miles.
Once in Europe the itinerary for each day begins after breakfast with a 3-4 hour chunk of driving that will include frequent stops for breaks at interesting or scenic locations before stopping for lunch. For the early risers some locations have optional sunrise driving excursions that will get in a pre breakfast drive.
After lunch the second half of the driving day will take you to your booked accommodation for the night aiming to arrive between 4-7pm giving you a full evening to enjoy the surrounding area and a meal. Again there are some additional evening routes for those who still have not had enough!
The next morning the roller-coaster starts again unless of course its time to return home. Our driving trips are guaranteed to deliver and amazing European driving adventure for all those who take part. We hope you will too.
This trip includes the following roads and passes.
Paris
Nantes
Lyon
Toulouse
Geneva
Monaco
Folkstone
UK
France
Route des Grandes Alpes
Col des Gets
Col de la Colombiere
Cormet de Roselend
Col des Aravis
Col de l'Iseran
Col du Télégraphe
Col du Galibier
Col du Lautaret
Col d'Izoard
Col de Vars
Col de la Bonette
Col Saint Martin
Col de Turini
Col de Castillon
Col de la Cayolle
Alpe d'Huez
Col du Glandon
Col de la Madeleine
Col de la Faucille
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