Western Italy to France - via Mont Cenis ? Alternatives ? (1 Viewer)

[coopc]

Hi
We are on our way home from Pisa western Italy area
Looking for routes to go into France via alps. Want to avoid Switzerland
Whilst okish to pay tunnels €70 seems excessive for the mont blanc
7.4m x 2.4m and 3.5t - 2.3 - 140 Fiat Ducato
Mont cenis appears to be a ok route ?!
Or what alternative that does not add too many hours
Would it be worth the hassle of the hills or should I just bite the bullit and pay the fee ?
Any tips or guidance please
Thanks

 

[Two on Tour]

Hi
We are on our way home from Pisa western Italy area
Looking for routes to go into France via alps. Want to avoid Switzerland
Whilst okish to pay tunnels €70 seems excessive for the mont blanc
7.4m x 2.4m and 3.5t - 2.3 - 140 Fiat Ducato
Mont cenis appears to be a ok route ?!
Or what alternative that does not add too many hours
Would it be worth the hassle of the hills or should I just bite the bullit and pay the fee ?
Any tips or guidance please
Thanks

We went via Mont Cenis to and from Italy this year a month or so ago and overnighted at Lake Cenis which is about the halfway point over the Alps.

 

[jongood]

Hi
We are on our way home from Pisa western Italy area
Looking for routes to go into France via alps. Want to avoid Switzerland
Whilst okish to pay tunnels €70 seems excessive for the mont blanc
7.4m x 2.4m and 3.5t - 2.3 - 140 Fiat Ducato
Mont cenis appears to be a ok route ?!
Or what alternative that does not add too many hours
Would it be worth the hassle of the hills or should I just bite the bullit and pay the fee ?
Any tips or guidance please
Thanks

If your decision is cost based its probably cheaper and faster to pay the £35 vignette and go back via Luxembourg than pay all the French tolls.

 

[Riverbankannie]

Hi
We are on our way home from Pisa western Italy area
Looking for routes to go into France via alps. Want to avoid Switzerland
Whilst okish to pay tunnels €70 seems excessive for the mont blanc
7.4m x 2.4m and 3.5t - 2.3 - 140 Fiat Ducato
Mont cenis appears to be a ok route ?!
Or what alternative that does not add too many hours
Would it be worth the hassle of the hills or should I just bite the bullit and pay the fee ?
Any tips or guidance please
Thanks

Mont Blanc tunnel will be closed from 4 September for 15 weeks which might affect your plans if not returning soon.

 

[coopc]

It’s more reallly a feasible issue going over the pass in motorhome rather than cost. I guess I was supprised how much it was when I looked earlier
Came via Austria on the bremmner pass
We are going via french tolls on the way home anyway
It was just I’ve never done a high pass and did not want to strain the van or the wife
Leaving from Pisa in an hr or 2

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[chaser]

It’s more reallly a feasible issue going over the pass in motorhome rather than cost. I guess I was supprised how much it was when I looked earlier
Came via Austria on the bremmner pass
We are going via french tolls on the way home anyway
It was just I’ve never done a high pass and did not want to strain the van or the wife
Leaving from Pisa in an hr or 2

Have you got to go over the Alps for some reason, if not why not just come back through ventimiglia and Menton , and try the south of France. Always our route now.

 

[coopc]

No all options really. Frejus tunnel Mont Blanc. Or round. Just read about the mont cenis route and sounds nice. But maybe not do much fun in the camper van

 

[coopc]

Update. Went via Mont Blanc tunnel. Never done before and a little delayed before in payment queue. Trip through ok and lovely views coming down into Chamonix