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Where are you looking?  It may be easier to fly -drive especially next month. Good luck in your quest! Ciao Billy

I'm driving via the gothard tunnel on Sunday (UK to Le Marche), I'll come back and post here early next week. Driving t'other way two weeks ago, it was all clear and no probs whatsoever. The weather in Le Marche at the mo is fantastic for the time of year....................but it could all change ! S

I make the trip frequently and just arrived yesterday. I came via Belgium, Luxembourg (diesel at €1.11), Nancy, Basel, Gotthard. Really easy trip - as usual - and absolutely zero in tolls. The Swiss vignette costs the same as one way through Mont Blanc but lasts for over a year. Terry

Bunterboy is right - fly drive is surely the best option [assuming there are airports near where you want to go to/from]. Otherwise you'll spend a significant part of your time travelling down [or 'blast down' in the car and be too 'knackered' to make any sensible decisions].  If driving - I'd recommend Sir TK's route, [and if petrol car, fill up in Luxembourg and Switzerland] Swiss motorway vignette - approx £30 from      http://rail.stc.co.uk/userdata_vignette.php?passid=5&frame=1&system=GB&affiliateid=45

Yep if it's just for a week fly

Along with others, you really want to make it a fly drive for just a week..... Anyway, if you DO choose to drive, here's an ongoing european fuel pricing site for info.... http://www.drive-alive.co.uk/fuel_prices_europe.html S

Many thanks for the feedback. We may do flydrive. Depends on prices. Sometimes just as cheap to drive depending on price of flights and car hire as the nearer to holiday we book the more expensive the flights but Eurotunnel prices seem to be more constant. We would fly probably from Gatwick either to Pisa or Rome. We're looking in Umbria but have also seen a couple of places in Le Marche. We have seem some places north of Lucca but have never explored that area. Looking for something fairly modest (in price) that we can holiday in at first and then retire to in a couple of years. So somewhere with 2 bedrooms but perhaps with a couple of rooms that we can restore in the future also want some outside space. 

Many thanks for the feedback. We may do flydrive. Depends on prices. Sometimes just as cheap to drive depending on price of flights and car hire as the nearer to holiday we book the more expensive the flights but Eurotunnel prices seem to be more constant. We would fly probably from Gatwick either to Pisa or Rome. We're looking in Umbria but have also seen a couple of places in Le Marche. We have seem some places north of Lucca but have never explored that area. Looking for something fairly modest (in price) that we can holiday in at first and then retire to in a couple of years. So somewhere with 2 bedrooms but perhaps with a couple of rooms that we can restore in the future also want some outside space. 

Hi Helen, we have our place in le Marche up for sale if it is of interest. It is a detched one-bedroom restored townhouse with a garden and a very beautiful 16th century annexe to be renovated (no structural work) also leading off the garden. The annexe would give a stunning 2 bedroom apartment with double height ceilings and tons of original features or can be joined to the detached house. Full details here: http://houses.sibillinicycling.com/ Thanks, Penny

"Eurotunnel prices seem to be more constant" Don't forget Norfolk Line - usually the cheapest crossing, although I recently got a P&O crossing for £60 return