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If you are following my sort of route to Lake Garda and then on the north of Italy to Venice and beyond, then I would fill up as follows
1) Arrive Calais and add enough fuel to what you have already to get you as far as Luxembourg - 250 ish miles. Do not fill the tank at Calais - only enough to get to Luxembourg.
2) Luxembourg - two large service areas - same price as off the motorway - have tried to fill up away from the motorway before and it is the same price. Absolutely neck it in Luxembourg
3) Fill to the brim again in France before entering Switzerland
4) Italy - cheaper off the motorways than on - usually but all motorway prices are advertised a great distance in advance. www.autostrade.it shows some prices. If for example you come off the motorway at "Brescia Est" and take the SS11 towards Lake Garda, there are loads of easy access fuel stations on that road. Fill up and save upto 15 cents per litre compared to motorway. RE join the motorway at Desezano del Garda - all sign posted.
Calais - Dunkerque - Lille - Tournai - Mons - Charleroi - Arlon - Luxembourg - Metz (all toll free) - Strasbourg (tolls) - Colmar - Mulhouse (toll free). Enter Switzerland - Basle - Lucerne - St Gotthard Tunnel - Chiasso - enter Italy - Milan - Venice - Trieste etc etc
Or are you going via Germany etc
Russell
______________________________________________________________ Our long trip around Europe - blog now online at www.swift-kontiki.co.uk
There are a few good fill up points in Luxembourg but
I go via Germany as you leave Luxemburg take the Autoroute to Saarland (splits off the Metz one just south of Luxemburg city and just before you cross the border you go through a big tunnel, get in the right hand lane and turn off immediately on exit (signpost Remich) on the Lux side of the river and you will see them, Im sure its gone up a little but it was slightly less than 1 euro/liter last year.
I then carry on that autoroute for Kaiserslautern and cut acroos to Karlsruhe.
Don t know if Russels route is better as I havent tried it.
The Poles are a bit of an independent lot - like the Brits, so have stuck to the Zloty. The 'l' in Zloty has a line through it which is a different letter in the dictionary and is pronounced near to our 'w'. I only found out when I moved here.
Doubt if they would take Euro except in tourist rip-off places.
My best advice re good exchange rates is to bring pounds (or Euros) and go to Bureaux in main towns (Katowice, which is not really a tourist destination, except Auschwitz is close) has several.
Yesterday their rate to change Pounds to Zloty without commission was ZL 4.45 to the Pound.
I said the fuel price was volatile - since my post this a.m. Shell opposite have dropped to 4.98 per litre i.e. 2%. That price is not the cheapest but fairly typical around here. Avoid M/way service stations of course.
What are your plans in Poland? and elsewhere?
Any furhter info please PM me rather than go off-topic - as I have done a little.
We also are planning to see a bit of Poland in about 10 days time, can i ask would it not be easier to use ATM's to get the local currency? We hope to visit Auschwitz and Katowice, probably avoid Warsaw and maybe visit there on a city break type holiday at another time. Thanks for the information by the way. Chas.
Thanks Geoff I'll buy some at the Post Office before I go.
The son of my Wifes friend is getting married in Krakow on the 3rd or 4th of Aug. I'll tootle round and have a look at the sights but, as usual, I have no plans.
I might go Colditz on the way back as a Polish friend of mine's Grandfather was a prisoner there. Apparently he wrote a book about his experiences there in Polish. (no connection with the wedding)
We are going a bit off-topic with the Polish bit, but as I have a bit of further advice I will open another topic under 'Polish Touring 2011' to save boring the other MHF Members.
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