Our family decided to purchase a car in Europe this year. We are arriving in Munich, picking up the car and driving to Milan.. This will happen within a week. It will be tiresome, but I%26#39;m sure fun. Can anyome recommend weather to visit Austria or Switzerland on our way to Milan ? And where to visit ? It%26#39;s approx 5-6 hr drive and I know I will be looking to stretch my legs.
Thank you. We%26#39;re researching places to visit and need to limit it of course.
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%26gt; We are arriving in Munich, picking up the car and driving to Milan..
I guess a BMW. Please note that most rental companies won%26#39;t let you drive with one of their BMWs to Italy.
%26gt; Can anyome recommend weather to visit Austria or Switzerland on our way to Milan ?
You have to cross Austria anyway on the route from Munich to Milan.
Innsbruck is directly on the route and worth a visit.
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To drive on the freeways in Austria and Switzerland you need to purchase a sticker. The ones for Austria are available at filling stations just before the border.
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Thank you both so much. We are purchasing the car so I don%26#39;t know about the problems driving through Austria. My husband did find out he might need to amend his driving license. I wonder if that%26#39;s true ? I%26#39;ll make a note about the sticker...Thanks.
I did see Innsbrook on the map, thank you. I don%26#39;t know much about the area and will check the Frommers/Fodors books for that!!! We didn%26#39;t know if it would be on our way.
We went to Rome and Munich on our honeymoon and swore we%26#39;d go back. I really enjoyed Munich then. We took a train though, so the drive will be new.
Is it possible or should we swing thru Switzerland on our way back to Munich from Milan?
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The sticker that ‘marcopolko’ is referring to is an Autobahn Vignette and there are large fines if you do not have one on the windshield. Info about these is at http://www.german-way.com/autobahn2.html
In both Switzerland and Austria, seat belt use is mandatory for all passengers. In Austria, it is also compulsory that the headlights be on throughout the day all year round.
There are also rules about having warning triangles that you have to set out if the car breaks down or is in an accident. Fluorescent vests are not required in Austria or Switzerland, but they are required in Italy. Make sure the BMW factory gives you this hazard equipment and explains how to use it, plus any extra driving rules.
If your plans are to round-trip between Munich and Milan, I would go via Garmisch, Mittenwald, Innsbruck, the Brenner Pass and Verona. You could return via Brig, the Lötschberg Tunnel on a car train, Bern, Zürich and Füssen.
Use the Michelin website to get an idea of roads to use, driving times, tolls and petrol cost. viamichelin.com/viamichelin/gbr/dyn/controll…
A 10-day Austria Vignette cost 7.60 €. The auto toll for the Innsbruck-Brenner Pass is 23.50 €. A Swiss Vignette costs 40 CHF. The Lötschberg Tunnel car train cost 20 CHF.
Here are a few other websites to help with the drive:
www.driving-abroad.info/driving-in-austria
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobahns_of_Austria
driving-abroad.info/driving-in-switzerland
…wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobahns_of_Switzerland
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Seat belts use is mandatory in Germany and Italy. A First Aid kit is also required in Germany and Austria.
www.driving-abroad.info/driving-in-germany
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobahns_of_Germany
www.driving-abroad.info/driving-in-italy
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Bless your soul.....I will forward this to hubby and we will keep it with us for the trip.
I forgot how helpful this site can be. I will be researching some other posts too. Thank you.
Regards,
Leslie
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Definitely hit Innsbruck.
As far as Switzerland, you can come back that way if you want, though it%26#39;s further. Head from Milan up to Como then cross over the border to Lugano, a very nice lakeside resort town. After that you could swing up through Liechtenstein and back across that way.
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If you want to put your new car through its paces, take the freeway north from Milan towards Zurich. It would be nice to stop in Como and take the ferry on Lake Como to Bellagio as passengers. Then just short of the Gotthard Tunnel, by Airolo, get off the freeway and drive over St. Gotthard Pass (2108m) and on the other side by Hospental go west for the three pass area of the Berner Oberland. After the Furkapass (2431m) turn right at Gletsch for the Grimselpass (2164m). At Innertkirchen turn right for the lasr pass Sustenpass (2224m) and rejoin the freeway just after Wassen. From there you could proceed via Luzern or Zurich or cut across country from the freeways to head for Liechtenstein and then decide whether to return via Austria and Innsbruck or the Bodensee (Lake Constance) and through Germany (possibly Neuschwanstein).
Whether you can do this pass route may depend on the weather and when you are traveling.
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Hi,
I could suggest so many places to stop on your way from Munich to Italy but I%26#39;ll limit it to our favorites. First would be Mittenwald, a very pretty, very old Bavarian village with a cable car (Tegelbergbahn) overlooking the alps with an indoor/outdoor restaurant at the top .I%26#39;m not a big fan of Innsbruck, yet 6 miles east is Hall in Tirol, our favorite old town in Tirol, maybe Austria. The old town pedestrian zone is wonderful. One of the first towns in Italy is Vipitino/Sterzing. Small, but very charming and picturesque. Right outside of Sterzing/Vipitino is Castle Reifenstein/Tasso. To tour it you must have a group 4 people. Rick Steves%26#39; (www.ricksteves.com) has info and tour days/times. Next would be Brixen/Bressanone. This is a gorgeous old town with a very large and intereseting old center (pedestrian zone) and our favorite so far in the Dolomites area! In Bolzano/Bozen the Museum of Archaeology houses the Oetzei the Ice Man. A very interesting exhibit of a very well preserved 5,000 plus year old man found in the Alps!
www.mittenwald.de
www.regionhall.at
www.sterzing.net
www.brixen.org
www.bolzano-bozen.it
Make sure to buy a %26quot;vignette%26quot; toll sticker before entering Austria. They are sold at gas stations by the border. Italy does not require a sticker as they have toll roads like the U.S.A. I always stop by AAA to get an International Drivers Permit (about $12 incl. photo) before driving in Europe. You may not need it, but for $12 I%26#39;d rather play it safe. Hope this helps.
Paul
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Thank you very much Marco, Paul and Insduch....I need to research using this info. There is too much in the books and I hope to narrow our places down. The kids are 8%26amp;11 so the ice man will thriill them. Any lakes are worth a stop for me so we%26#39;ll check those out too.
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