Roadtrip to Tuscany in July - Looking for recommendations for stopovers

[richpainter]

Hi All,
looking for advice. We're going for a week in Italy at the end of July. The week is in a villa so no need for camping but rather than fly out we thought we would take the new van and have a road trip there and back. We have 2 kids who will be 1 & 4 so looking for ideas and places to stay, we want to make the van trip enjoyable rather than boot it there and back.
Looking for recommendations from people that have done this sort of thing before, it will be our first trip outside of UK I think so need a few pointers on what is reasonable for amount of days to get down there and what would be the highlights of the trip.
Any ideas welcome, were starting to look at the viamichelin website but recommendations are much better that a road map!

 

[clarinetbcn]

Hi All,
looking for advice. We're going for a week in Italy at the end of July. The week is in a villa so no need for camping but rather than fly out we thought we would take the new van and have a road trip there and back. We have 2 kids who will be 1 & 4 so looking for ideas and places to stay, we want to make the van trip enjoyable rather than boot it there and back.
Looking for recommendations from people that have done this sort of thing before, it will be our first trip outside of UK I think so need a few pointers on what is reasonable for amount of days to get down there and what would be the highlights of the trip.
Any ideas welcome, were starting to look at the viamichelin website but recommendations are much better that a road map!

How long do you actually have? Barcelona to Calais is two days for us...looks like you have a three day trip each way, without stopping much along the way.

Italy in July...I know I have fully adopted the local culture in Barcelona, where Catalans flee to the mountains in summer and leave the beaches (lower case b!) to the Germans and the Brits, but...have you considered just stopping in Lauterbrunnen?

https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/search/75788/?q=Lauterbrunnen&o=relevance

lauterbrunnen - Google Search

 

[sapto]

Nice to hear you guys all like Switzerland
We sure got some nice places here beside Lauterbrunnen.
Check out Vitznau:

Camping Vitznau
Altdorfstrasse 34, 6354 Vitznau
041 397 12 80

Camping Vitznau

★★★★★ · Campingplatz · Altdorfstrasse 34

goo.gl

I can recommend Kirchzarten next to Freiburg im Breisgau:

Camping Kirchzarten im Schwarzwald - Sitemap

Hier finden Sie eine Übersicht über die Inhalte der Website des Campingplatzes Kirchzarten im Schwarzwald.

www.camping-kirchzarten.de

We visited Volterra and here you could stay (no bathrooms): Parcheggio "Docciola"
Piazzale di Docciola, 56048 Volterra PI, Italien

Parcheggio "Docciola"

Parkplatz · Piazzale di Docciola

goo.gl

Happy planning!

 

[Borris]

Hello Rich,
We did this a couple of years ago. You might find this helpful.

First trip abroad in a Camper van.

Next month we are booked on a very early morning ferry to Dunkirk. Our eldest daughter and son in law have left their jobs and are spending the next six months touring Europe and Scotland in Helga, their ancient Mercedes campervan. Whilst in Italy, next month, they have rented a villa in Tuscany...

vwcaliforniaclub.com

Good luck.