GOLF IN 5 COUNTRIES

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14 Days Golf, taking on European Teams.

One, Two or Four players enjoying the experience of playing on the Greens of Europe and friendly rivalry with similar capped players in each of the visited countries. Build an international network of like minded golfers for reciprocal games in the future. EuropeDriving Holidays arranges your entire golfing holiday experience from your arrival to your departure. London to Switzerland returning to Paris, France via Belgium, Germany and France. Crossing borders and through the countries to golden golf courses,  Better golf score cards, scenic views and history of old Europe.

We visit vineyards, small villages, towns and great Chateaux. This memorable trip will take you to first class golf courses. We offer free time in cities of interest. Our travels will see diversity in culture and scenery as we take country roads through England, France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland, stopping for local refreshments and meeting people that have lived in the districts for many years.

This trip experiences visits to Leeds Castle where golf is played.  We travel through forests where wars have been fought in the past, visit wide rivers where a leisurely canoe can be enjoyed or hot air balloon flight can be taken for relaxation before or after the game of golf. Then enjoy a cool drink on the patio over looking the still waters of the mountain backed Swiss lake while recalling the earlier golf game.

Driving along country roads we find natural sightseeing locations yet stopping at preferred locations for lunch. We travel through the Ardennes, around the Alps, along the Rhine and through Champagne France making this a memorable luxury golf holiday never to be forgotten.

YOUR TRIP INCLUDES –

* Centrally located Luxury Golf hotels each night.

* Twin share accommodation (single rooms available).

* Meals including 9 X breakfasts.

* Premium personal (Optional – sports) car travel (group travel in suitable vehicle) with good luggage capability, reliable driver/guide, all fuel, tolls and parking fees.

PRICES EXCLUDE: Airfares; passport fees; main meals; beverages; laundry; gratuities; green fees; buggy and or trolley hire; telephone calls; souvenirs and items of a personal nature.

From – London, Hilton Hotel Heathrow Airport T4 – CDG Paris Airport

2023 COSTINGS –

TRAVELERS TRIP;     A$13,858.00 Single Person Tour.

Reduced rates for couples or more, request a quote.

ITALIAN COLOUR

ROME TO PARIS HOLIDAY

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Rome to Paris by Car.

We collect you from Rome airport and drive you on a 14 day magical holiday, taking you from your Mediterranean arrival point, Rome to Paris airport for your return flight to Australia.

This fully escorted ‘We Drive You’ holiday starting with three days in Rome where you can indulge in antiquities, fashion yet taking in the sights of this remarkable city. We will take you north through and up the spine of Italy visiting Sienna and onto Florence, where we stay for a day visiting the markets, bridges and cathedrals of this famous city. Leaving Florence we take you via Pisa and onto the walled city of Lucca spending time to explore this fascinating city, after a Tuscan night we drive you onto the Cinque Terre coast and its magical beauty.

We spend a day exploring, taking a boat trip between hilltop fishing villages. From Cinque Terre onto Milan then Lake Como staying in Menaggio on the Lake side. We catch a classic boat trip across Lake Como to Bellagio and Lenno both full of history while we enjoy local cuisine on the lake side.

This magical holiday trip then takes you across to and over Lake Maggiore via Lugano, Switzerland and onto Verbania. Driving you over the snow covered Alps through the Simplon pass to Lake Geneva where we spend time with its majestic lake views, flowers and the worlds best paddle steamers. From Lake Geneva we drive you via Poligny and the market town of Dole into the regional capital ‘Dijon’ renowned for its mustard. After spending time visiting Dijon we head north via the charming city of Auxerre and onto Paris to meet your connecting flight.

Considered one of the best road trips through Europe, EuropeDriving Holidays are able to take single travelers or small groups of up to 6 travelers on this real country holiday crossing France, Switzerland and Italy.

 

YOUR TRIP INCLUDES –

* Centrally located Luxury hotels each night.

* Twin share accommodation (single rooms available).

* Meals – 13 X Breakfasts.

* Premium single or group travel in suitable vehicle, with good luggage capability.

* Driver/guide, all fuel, tolls and parking fees.

PRICES EXCLUDE: Airfares; passport fees; main meals, beverages; laundry; telephone calls; souvenirs and items of a personal nature.

From – Rome – CDG Paris

2023 COSTINGS –

TRAVELERS TRIP;     FROM A$ 11,858.00 Single Person Tour.

Reduced rates for couples or more, request a quote.

Lowlands of Scotland

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10 DAYS EXPLORING THE HIDDEN BEAUTY OF THE LOWLANDS OF SCOTLAND

Meeting at the famous central railway station in this historic industrial city of Glasgow, our trip takes a south west direction crossing typical Scottish country side as we make our way to the city of Aye on the Irish Sea. Aye, known for its horse-race and golf courses plus its stretches of sandy beaches, close to Alloway on the River Doon we visit the Robert Burns Cottage and enjoy the cosy comforts of the near by Brig o’ Doon hotel. Keeping in a southerly direction we drive through Galloway with its rolling hills, forests and small villages to the Artist Town of Kirkcudbright, with our trip continuing along the Solway Firth to Crown & Anchor Tearoom, Sweethearts Abbey and Davy Jones locker before returning to the Galloway hills where we visit the reminders of the film ’39 Steps’ plus the quaint local towns including Gatehouse of Fleet with its distinctive Cally Palace and golf course. Our next destination is Loch Lomond where we spend three nights while exploring this beautiful region of Scotland by foot, vehicle or by float plane if desired. We take the paddle steamer across Loch Katherine and visit Tartan shops filled with colour and ancestry tartans. Leaving Loch Lomond we visit Inchmahome Priory at Port Menteith with its ‘don’t pay the ferry man until you get to the other side’ ferry and their famous Trout fishing club. That evening we are in Edinburgh for two nights exploring the famous castle , monuments, museums and city center. Following our exploration of Edinburgh its time to turn West and drive to Glasgow and the tours end via Falkirk with its canal wheel and boat lift, Stirling Castle and the Wallace memorial, making a memorable Lowlands tour.

YOUR TRIP INCLUDES –

* Centrally located Luxury hotels each night.

* Twin share accommodation (single rooms available).

* Meals including 10 X breakfasts.

* Premium group travel vehicle with good luggage capability, driver/guide all fuel, tolls and parking fees.

PRICES EXCLUDE: Airfares; passport fees; main meals; beverages; laundry; gratuities; telephone calls; souvenirs, entry fees and items of a personal nature.

From – Glasgow Central Railway or International Airport, Scotland.

2023 COSTINGS –

TRAVELERS TRIP;   FROM A$8,470.00 Single Person Tour

Reduced rates for couples or more, request a quote.

 

TVR Holiday

Sports Car Tour – Lake Como

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Sports Car via the Alps to Lake Como.

Group Road trip with your prestige sports car, as a group from London to Italy return. Driving through Belgium, Switzerland, Italy and France visiting Lake Maggiore, Lake Como in Italy. Lake Lucerne and Lake Geneva in Switzerland. Medieval towns of beauty with their cheeses, flowers, inland waterways, golf clubs, wineries and picnic spots along the way. Small villages, café’s, mountainous Passes, countryside with vineyards, market towns and the Regional Capital of Switzerland and Italy – Geneva and Como with its fine shopping and lake locations.

Driving to Folkestone to board the Eurotunnel shuttle for the twenty minute sports car trip under the English Tunnel. Traveling across France into Belgium, we travel through the Ardennes forest where many Americans died holding up the last Axis advance on the Western front in WW2, visit Bouillon Castle and enjoy the scenic river.

To and from Menaggio we visit Bellagio, Verbania, Como in Italy; St Moritz, Alps Passes, Lugano in Switzerland. Returning via the medieval towns of Auxerre and Yvoire on the banks of Lake Geneva, visiting the cake city of Lille in France, Semois River in the Ardennes, Belgium. Free day opportunities include kayaking, hot air ballooning, horse riding and other activities alternatively a leisurely walks or read on the hotel patio on arrival each day. The scenery looking across the lakes and the changing sky as dusk falls is a wonder of the lakes in Italy making a memorable Italian luxury sports car holiday never to be forgotten.

Your trip includes –

* Centrally located Luxury hotels each night.

* Twin share accommodation (single rooms available).

* Meals including 13 X breakfasts.

* Your well maintained sports car.

* Package includes £500.00 fuel per car, Euroshuttle and parking fees included.

From – Folkestone – Lake Como Return

2023 COSTINGS –

FOR SINGLE CAR, SINGLE PERSON TRIP;     FROM A$11,858.00 

This is a Group Sports Car tour designed for 8 or more vehicles with two persons per vehicle. Covering approximately up to 4000 kilometers, designed to give scenic variation, driving enjoyment, interesting visits, meeting of like-minded travelers, luxury accommodation with some meals to suit.

 

 

Italian Cruise Extension from Venice

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Venice to Paris

We collect you and drive you on a 11 day holiday extension taking you from your Adriatic Sea cruise, Venice to Paris airport for your return flight to Australia. See the real country before returning home, make the most of your return airfare!

This extension holiday will take you north through the Alps of Italy visiting Cortina d’Ampezzo and onto Innsbruck, where we stay for a day visiting the markets, bridges and cathedrals of this famous city. Leaving Innsbruck we take you via one of the smallest landlocked countries of Liechtenstein prior to driving you to the Freienberg region on the banks of Lake Zurichsee and its magical beauty.

We spend a day exploring, you can take a boat trip to Zurich the capital of Switzerland, visiting the city sights and shopping centre. From Zurichsee onto Lake Zugersee and Lake Lucerne  where we spent two days on a hideaway location on the Lake side. You can visit Lucerne and its attractions or relax on the Lake or just sip your favourite glass of wine and local cuisine on the lake side.

This magical extension trip then takes you across to Lake thunersee where we stop at Interlaken and explore the Lakeside city. We then drive around the lakes and Bern to Lake Neuchatel north shore where we spend time with its majestic lake views, flowers views of the Alps. From Lake Neuchatel we drive you via Besancon and the market town of Dole into the regional capital ‘Dijon’ renowned for its mustard. After spending time visiting Dijon we head north via the charming city of Auxerre and onto Paris to meet your connecting flight.

Considered one of the best road trips through Switzerland, EuropeDriving Holidays are able to take single travellers or small groups of up to 8 travellers on this real country Extension trip taking in France, Switzerland and Italy.

Other cruise Extension Trips from:-

Barcelona; Marseilles; Monaco; Genoa; Rome; Southampton; Dublin; Belfast and Amsterdam.

YOUR TRIP INCLUDES –

* Centrally located Luxury hotels each night.

* Twin share accommodation (single rooms available).

* Meals including 10 X Breakfasts only.

* Premium single or group travel in suitable vehicle, with good luggage capability.

* Driver/guide, all fuel, tolls and parking fees.

PRICES EXCLUDE: Airfares; passport fees; meals other than breakfast; beverages; laundry; gratuities; telephone calls; souvenirs and items of a personal nature.

From – Venice Port – CDG Paris

2023 COSTINGS –

SINGLE TRAVELLER TRIP;     A$ 9,317.00 Single Person Tour

Reduced rates for couples or more, request a quote.

 

WW2 Sun Light

Amsterdam – Black Forest tour.

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Dutch, German discovery tour.

This is not a group, bus or river tour, your holiday is a personalized road trip covering areas that others cannot, stopping and exploring the real country as well as the main towns en-route, enjoy the freedom and attention that others dream of.

Expect to see flowers in baskets in the streets of medieval timber and stone as we travel the villages, towns across canals and through forests on this European trip. We meet you at the Amsterdam Schiphol airport or city location, where we then drive onto our first destination in Ghent, Belgium (see Tour itinerary) enabling you to explore this delightful City.

We spend time visiting and exploring the region inclusive of Delft, Bruges and narrow streeted medieval town of Lille. Our tour continues across the Scheldt Canal,  and a visit to Chalons Champagne in France.

After sampling the Champagne, so famous from the region, our tour travels via Bouillon Castle on the Semois River in the Ardennes, through Sedan to include the Alsace food and wine region dating back to Roman times. Marvel at the castles located strategical through the many valley passes we enter, visit the fairytale towns through the region. Visit the Moselle River, the water city of Strasbourg then onto the Black Forest, sharing its wood crafts and fine views. We take in Riquewihr, Heidelberg, Bad Wildbad, Speyer, River Nahe and Barden Barden before traveling alongside the River Rhine to Koblenz, crossing the ‘Bridge to Far’ before the final stop being our return to the canal city of Amsterdam.

We find the house’s of Cuckoo Clocks, apple strudel, Black Forest cake, Belgium chocolates and sample the region’s wines. You relax as we travel along on this exciting holiday tour covering 4 countries, enabling you to mix with locals, see UNESCO sites and have your own personal driver/guide – unequaled by any other tour company.

OUR TRIP INCLUDES –

* Country and Centrally located Luxury hotels each night.

* Twin share accommodation (single rooms available).

* Meals including  18 X Breakfasts,  0 X Lunches and  0 X Dinners.

* Premium single or group travel in suitable vehicle, with good luggage capability.

* Driver/guide, all fuel, tolls and parking fees.

PRICES EXCLUDE: Airfares; passport fees; main meals and beverages; laundry; telephone calls; souvenirs and items of a personal nature.

From – Amsterdam Schiphol Airport – Black Forest and Return.

2023 COSTINGS –

FOUR TRAVELER TRIP;     FROM A$16,940.00 Single person Tour

Reduced rates for couples or more, request a quote.

 

Amsterdam to Vienna

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Middle Europe discovery tour.

We meet you at the Amsterdam Schiphol airport where we then drive to our hotel (see Tour itinerary) enabling you to rest or refresh after a long flight.

We spend time visiting and exploring the city of Amsterdam and drive out to see the Leiden and Kop van Noord where the fields of tulips and other bulb flowers are annually grown. Our tour takes us across and through the Ardennes forest in Belgium where we stay in a delightful country hotel and enjoy a leisurely kayak down river mixing with nature. Belgium to Germany and a pleasant stay in Heidelberg renowned for its quaint style before driving onto the Black Forest visiting woodturners, clock manufactures and walking trails. We turn north and drive via country routes to the next stop being on the lake side of Horw. From Switzerland we then drive over the Alps to Lake Como and stay 3 nights in Menaggio giving us time to visit Belaggio and Lenno and enjoy the majestic vista of the Lake.

Our next stop leaving Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Austria, is Lindau in Germany before moving further east to Regensburg as a stop over on the way to Prague where we stay for three nights exploring the city and region before the final drive across to Vienna in Austria where two days are spent admiring this magical city and history.

OUR TRIP INCLUDES –

* Country and Centrally located Luxury hotels each night.

* Twin share accommodation (single rooms available).

* Meals including  20 X Breakfasts only.

* Premium single or group travel in suitable vehicle, with good luggage capability.

* Driver/guide, all fuel, tolls and parking fees.

PRICES EXCLUDE: Airfares; passport fees; some meals; beverages; laundry; telephone calls; souvenirs and items of a personal nature.

From – Amsterdam Schiphol Airport – Vienna International Airport

2023 COSTINGS –

FOUR TRAVELER TRIP;     FROM A$17,787.00 Single person.

Reduced rates for couples or more, request a quote.

 

 

Italian Cruise Extension from Civitavecchia

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Cruise – Civitavecchia to Paris

We collect you from your Cruise and drive you on a 11 day holiday extension, taking you from your Mediterranean cruise, Rome to Paris airport for your return flight to Australia.

This cruise extension holiday will take you north through the spine of Italy visiting Siena and onto Florence, where we stay for a day visiting the markets, bridges and cathedrals of this famous city. Leaving Florence we take you via the walled city of Lucca spending time to explore this fascinating city prior to driving you onto the Cinque Terre coast and its magical beauty.

We spend a day exploring, taking a boat trip between hilltop towns. From Cinque Terre onto Milan then Lake Como staying in Menaggio on the Lake side. We catch a classic boat trip across Lake Como to Bellagio and Lenno both full of history while we enjoy local cuisine on the lake side.

This magical extension trip then takes you across to and over Lake Maggiore via Lugano, Switzerland and onto Verbania. We then drive you over the snow covered Alps through the Simplon pass to Lake Geneva where we spend time with its majestic lake views, flowers and paddle steamers. From Lake Geneva we drive you via Poligny and the market town of Dole into the regional capital ‘Dijon’ renowned for its mustard. After spending time visiting Dijon we head north via the charming city of Auxerre and onto Paris to meet your connecting flight.

Considered one of the best road trips through Europe, EuropeDriving Holidays are able to take single travelers or small groups of up to 8 travelers on this real country Extension trip taking in France, Switzerland and Italy.

Other cruise Extension Trips from:-

Barcelona; Marseilles; Monaco; Genoa; Rome; Venice; Southampton; Dublin; Belfast and Amsterdam.

YOUR TRIP INCLUDES –

* Centrally located Luxury hotels each night.

* Twin share accommodation (single rooms available).

* Meals including 10 X Breakfasts.

* Premium single or group travel in suitable vehicle, with good luggage capability.

* Driver/guide, all fuel, tolls and parking fees.

PRICES EXCLUDE: Airfares; passport fees; main meals, beverages; laundry; lunch; gratuities; telephone calls; sovereigns and items of a personal nature.

From – Civitavecchia Port – CDG Paris Airport

2023 COSTINGS –

TRAVELERS TRIP;     FROM A$9,317.00 Single person Tour

Reduced rates for couples or more, request a quote.

 

WW2 action in Europe

WW2 Nostalgic Small Group Tour

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WW2 action packed 14 day UK & Europe Tour.

July 2023/24

As our fore fathers were all in some way involved in this titanic global struggle known as WW2. This event is close to each and every one of us in some small part. The increase in Remembrance or Poppy day’s in most countries around the globe along with untold stories that still surface has called Europe Driving Holidays toi take you on a WW2 tour of discovery across three countries including under the English Channel by Eurotunnel and returning across the channel via Sea Ferry.

Our WW2 Tour starts in London with visits to the British War Museum, Changing of the Guards then driving to Cambridge and the nearby Duxford Aerodrome where we see WW2 aircraft flying across the sky, hopefully we will experience the nostalgia of hearing and seeing both a Spitfire and Messerschmitt 109 buzz the drome. In addition there is a good display of original aircraft and military vehicles of WW2 making this a must stop for anyone interested military nostalgia.

We not only look but you have the option of actually spending one day driving tanks across the fields of England, offering a greater feel for being in action during WW2. Heading south we stay in Leeds Castle, using the Castle as a base camp for three nights while visiting Dover Castle with its WW2 communications base and history of the Battle of Britain, we stay for two days at the epic War and Peace displays near Folkestone where you will see just about every type of WW2 vehicle or piece of equipment that was used during WW2. The display is the world’s best nostalgic WW2 military vehicle display all set in real life scenery, while interaction, battle skirmishes and vehicle performances keep your eyes busy. Optional hot air ballooning, segway or golf for those wishing to enjoy.

Leaving England we drive to Lille in France and enjoy a night in this cobbled street city near the Belgium border where the architecture and cafe’s make an interesting stop. Following Lille we head south on our WW2 tour to the Ardennes region staying two nights to explore the area, visiting pillboxes and bunkers as well as the mountainous range. There is an optional morning’s kayak trip down river and a trip to Bouillon Medieval Castle while in the area. From Belgium we track across France to Normandy visiting the WW2 1944 landing beaches, cemeteries, Arromanche museums, from here we drive to Cherbourg on the French peninsula being a major supply port in WW2. After Cherbourg is St Malo then the ferry across the channel past Jersey and Guernsey into Portsmouth where we visit the Tank museum at Salisbury Plains. From Salisbury we drive back to London LHR being the final day of this memorable WW2 tour.

YOUR TRIP INCLUDES –

* Centrally located Luxury hotels each night.

* Twin share accommodation (single rooms available).

* Meals including 13 X breakfasts.

* Premium group travel vehicle with good luggage capability, driver/guide all fuel, tolls and parking fees.

PRICES EXCLUDE: Airfares; passport fees; main meals; beverages; laundry; gratuities; telephone calls; souvenirs, entry fees and items of a personal nature.

From – London, Hilton Hotel Heathrow Airport T4 return – London

2023 COSTINGS –

TRAVELERS TRIP;  A$ 11,858.00 Single Person Trip.

Reduced rates for couples or more, request a quote.

 

Ukraine movie set

Ukraine and the Hidden Countries

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12 Days Traveling through the Ukraine & Hidden gems.

Up market solo sight seeing road trip in prestige car from Vienna in Austria and taking in the countries of- Czech; Poland; Ukraine; Hungary and Slovakia, this is an opportunity to open your world by seeing the real hidden countries.

History shows that this part of Europe from Germany to Ukraine has a checker’d past with inter country squabbling and lack of serious  civil traction, however there are magnificent locations and sights to experience in style and comfort of Europe Driving Holidays as this region moves forward.

Including stops in the great city’s of Vienna, Budapest, Krakow, Prague, Bratislava and Lviv in the Ukraine all showing great architecture, art and beauty with sights not seen elsewhere as we journey through this Ex Iron Curtain country side. We stop and take in the country air, visit farmland villages through to forest regions making this trip both dynamic and interesting while staying and travelling in style.

Visiting Lviv a destination in Ukraine with interest in bygone times, with squares, theaters, shops, cafés, holy places, unspoiled landscapes… in short, places with charm which revere tradition, a taste for the home-made and home-grown, and the natural passage of time. A night in the gilt opera house with its red carpeting and seat prices tiered so persons of any persuasion can attend and appreciate the performances.

YOUR TRIP INCLUDES –

* Centrally located Luxury hotels each night.

* Twin share accommodation (single rooms available).

* Meals including 11 X breakfasts.

*  Premium personal car travel (group travel in suitable vehicle) with good luggage capability, driver/guide all fuel, tolls and parking fees.

PRICES EXCLUDE: Airfares; passport and visa fees; main meals, beverages; laundry; telephone calls; entry fees, souvenirs and items of a personal nature.

From – Vienna Airport to Vienna Airport, Austria

2023 COSTINGS –

TRAVELERS TRIP;  A$ 10,164.00 Single Person Tour

Reduced rates for couples or more, request a quote.