Self-drive Itinerary #2 Start Point: Paris End Point

Self-drive Itinerary #2
Start Point: Paris
End Point: Nice
Total Distance: 2000km plus sightseeing mileage
POI: Points of Interest
Day 01
Paris – Le Hamel – Villers Bretonneaux – Poziers – Bapaume – Arras = 290kms
POI: Australia and other nations War memorial Cemeteries
Day 02
Arras – Vimy – Fromelles – Ypres (Belgium) = 73kms
POI: Canadian War Memorial at Vimy Ridge, Australian War Memorial at Fromelles
Day 03
Ypres – Passendale – Tyne Cot – Polygon Wood – Ypres = 50kms
POI: Menin Gate (ceremony at 20.00); Australian and Briitsh cemeteries at TyneCot/Passendale
Day 04
Ypres – Lille – Armentieres – Riems
POI: Armentiers: Le Touret Memorial (British), Riems: Champagne cellars, wineries
Day 05
Riems – Metz – Strassbourg = 350kms
POI: Metz: Centre Pompidou, Cathedral of St. Etienne, Saint Pierre aux Nonnains Basilica
Day 06
Strassbourg
POI: Cathédrale de Nôtre Dame, Musée Alsacien, Musée Archéologique, Old Town Quarter
Day 07
Strassbourg – Colmar – Mulhouse = 121kms
POI: Colmar: Old Town. Little Venice, Guard House, Custom House Mulhouse: Musée National de
l'Automobile
Day 08
Mulhouse – Bern - Lausanne – Geneva = 295kms
POI: Bern: Old Town, Bear Pit, Lausanne: Upper Town, Lower Town, Olympic Museum, Geneva: Old
Town, lakefront
Day 09:
Geneva – Annecy - Chamonix = 160kms
POI: Annecy: lakefront, Old Town, castle, museum
Day 10
Chamonix
POI: Chamonix: Cable car to Aiguille du Midi (3842m)
Day 11
Chamonix – Mont Blanc Tunnel – Aosta - Turin (Italy) = 180kms
POI: Aosta: Historical Old Town Centre
Day 12
Turin
POI: Museo dell' Automobile Turin, Museo Nazionale del Cinema,
Day 13
Turin – Savona – Ventimiglia – Monaco – Nice = 280kms
Day 14 Nice – Monaco – Nice = 45kms
POI: Monaco, Monte Carlo Old Town, beaches, Monte Carlo Casino, village of Eze
Day 15 Nice – Antibes – Juan Le Pins – Cannes – Nice = 69kms
POI: Antibes - old town/port, Chateau Grimaldi, Picasso Museum; Cannes - old town/port, Palais des
Festivals/Allées des Stars
Day 16 Nice
POI: Nice old town/Flower Market/port, Premenade des Anglais, Gallery Renoir, Matisse Museum
Day 17 Return rental car to Nice Airport or rail station, continue onward journey
The overnights stops are suggested and can be modified to suite your available time
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