It
was my next trip to the Italy (Dolomites) and the France (Cote d’Azur). We travelled by car.
Some
numbers and information:
- we travelled 4300 km ([G] Warsaw – [F] Gliwice- [C] Moena – [D] Port Grimaud – [E] Graz – [F] Gliwice – [G] Warsaw) + trips around Moena and
Grimaud.
- first
stage of our trip was Warsaw-Gliwice (one stop) – Moena (Italy)
- second
stage was Moena – Port Grimaud (France)
- third
stage was Port Grimaud – Graz (one stop) – Gliwice (one stop)- Warsaw
- costs
of fuel (diesel) abroad:
o Czech Republic – 41.6 CZK
o Austria – 1.579 Euro (near
highway)
o Italy – 1.736 Euro (near
highway)
o France – 1.414 Euro (far from
highway)
Other
costs:
o Brenner Pass – 8.50 Euro
o Cost of highway from Bolzano
to Ventimiglia (France border) – 46 Euro
o Cost of highway from
Ventimiglia to exit to Port Grimound – 12 Euro
o Cost of highway from
Ventigmilia to Travisio (Austria border) – 62 Euro
- travel
time from Gliwice to Moena – 11 hours
- travel
time from Moena to Port Grimaud – 10 hours (mainly to due traffic jam in front
of Ventigmilia toll)
- travel
time from Port Grimaud to Graz – 11 hours
- travel
time from Graz to Gliwice – 6 hours
I
booked the hotels and mobile-home before trip, so we travelled from point to
point without necessity of looking for places to stay.
ITALY.
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| First view of Dolomites after we left highway |
Our
first place of stay was very nice hotel - Hotel ai Zirmes - in Moena:
I
fully recommend this pleasant hotel. Very nice and useful staff, cleanliness ,
good food, very good location and beautiful view around. Only 5-minute
walk from Moena centre.
Moena
is located in Val di Fassa (eng. Fassa Valley) – the region very popular in
winter, but in my opinion very attractive in summer, too. Especially for people
who are interested in walking in the mountains or biking. There are a lot of beautiful routes with
different level of difficulty, not only for very experienced mountaineer.
We
spent 4 days there – every day walking in the mountains.
FRANCE.
Our second place was Port Grimaud. It is located seven
kilometers west of Saint-Tropez
and seven kilometers south-east of Sainte Maxime. This
seaside town was created by architect François Spoerry
in the 1960s based around the marshes of the river Giscle on the bay of Saint
Tropez. Built with channels in a Venetian manner, but with
French "Fishermans" style houses resembling those in Saint Tropez.
I booked nice mobile-home on Camping
Les Prairies de la mer:
We spent one week living in comfortable mobile-home.
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| Lavender fields in Provance |
RETURN TRIP.
From Port Grimaud to Gliwice is about 1700km,
so we decided to make one spot during return trip. I booked rooms in Graz, in
hotel JUFA Graz-City:
Hotel JUFA on Booking.com
It is popular hotel, but nothing special. Sometimes could be
useful.
INTERESTING FACTS.
Fiorentina
During our stay in Moena we had an opportunity to see Fiorentina
football team. The Dolomites are very popular place for summer trainings among
football teams, and this year Fiorentina was in Moena (Roma Football Club was
in Brunico, Bayern Munich had training camp in Riva del Garda)
ACF Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from
Florence, Tuscany.
70.Tour de Pologne
It was surprise, when I saw in Italy posters with information
about Tour de Pologne. It proved two first stages will be in Italy, one will
end on Passo Pordoi where we will be. Unfortunately we were in this place ne
week before Tour de Pologne.
Films.
As always I tried to connect visited places with films. With St
Tropez I have no problem – the most famous is “Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez” (eng.
The Policeman from Saint-Tropez):
Second, I think famous, too – “Et Dieu... créa la femme” (eng. And God Created Woman) with Brigitte Bardot.
Useful guides and webpages.
Provence & the Cote d'Azur travel guide (Lonely Planet):
Prowansja i Lazurowe Wybrzeże. Przewodnik National Geografic:
Moje Dolomity!:
We bought special pass that allowed us to use all lifts in Fassa Valley. It is little bit
the same like ski pass in the winter. It proved very useful for us and cheaper
than buying separate tickets.
