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We are at present having a few days R&R at the municipal camp site at Alexandroupoli in northern Greece before crossing into Turkey on Wednesday after a very good trip across Europe. We used the tunnel for the first time and were very impressed with the service.
I’ve put together a few notes that some might find useful as I believe there are a few heading this way in the New Year.
ROUTE.
Calais, Lille, Namur, Luxembourg (cheap fuel), Strasbourg, Basel, St Gothard Tunnel, Milan, Bologna, Ancona and Bari Port.
NIGHT STOPS.
Fort Philippe Aire N51.00622 E2.11417 Large tarmac car park with toilets.
Chalampe. N47.81386 E7.54086 Rhine side parking on outskirts of village. Intermarche for fuel and shopping.
Somaglia Service area N45.14258 E9.63356 on A1 20 miles south of Milan. Autogrill restaurant, toilets and showers available.
Vomano Service area N42.67194 E13.93961 on A14 north of Pescara, Autogrill restaurant, toilet and showers available.
Vergina Aire N40.48514 E22.31957 170 miles east of Igoumenitsa. Tarmac car park, owner very helpful. €4 per night, electricity available if required.
Alexandroupoli municipal site N40.84686 E25.85617. €17.50 per night. Free wifi in 30 minute sessions. Good site before crossing into Turkey. Easy walk into town from site.
FUEL DEISE PRICESL.
French Supermarkets €1.42 per litre
French Autoroute €1.55 per litre
Luxembourg €1.22 per litre
Italian Autostrada €1.66 per litre. Many people now using the self service option which can be up to 8 cents cheaper than the attendant service. LPG available on many service areas.
Greece €1.52 per litre this is just an average.
TOLLS.
France. A4 Strasbourg €19.10
Switzerland SF40 for vignette for vehicles up to 3500kgs, we paid €35 for vignette at a service station just north of Basel on the A5.
Italy. Swiss border to Milan €4.60. Milan south to Bari north €56.60 this included 2 night stops on Autostrada.
Greece. A2 Igoumenitsa to Alexandroupoli €30.20 this is a 400 mile trip across northern Greece.
FERRY. We used the Ventouris ferries overnight crossing from Bari to Igoumenitsa. Depart 19.00hrs arr at 0730hrs. They will allow you to use the van overnight. Just a tip when you board the ferry wait until the mad rush by the cars to get on board is over before you board. Make sure that you are on to top (open deck) and look out for the refrigerated trucks that also park there. We have used this service a few times and the loading crew have always been very helpful. This is mainly a truck ferry, food is basic but cheap. Book a deck passage and campervan 6 metres €146. Try to avoid a Saturday crossing in either directions as they get very busy with trucks, any other day is a lot quieter.
OBSERVATIONS.
We have got to the stage in life were we do things for comfort/convenience rather than economy. The route is tried and tested over the years, we have only used it in December/January and have never had any security problems where ever we have night stopped. The lowest temperature we had this year is +4C so no problem with freezing water pipes/tanks.
We plan to cross into Turkey tomorrow 14/12/2011 hoping that the Greek border is open, Greek customs are staging some industrial action this week we hope we won’t get held up too long at the border.
Yeah, keep enjoying!! Thanks for that valuable information ....now we have changed our motorhome, this is something we would like to do as we just adore Greece!
Have a truly wonderful Christmas and New Year, Ana and Paul x
good to see the report, Don. Have a relaxing winter!
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