20 famous European road trips, each coloured by whether a car towing a caravan may drive it: 10 the whole road, 7 with a bypass, 3 not at all (Stelvio, the Amalfi coast road, the Lake District’s Hardknott/Wrynose loop).

A few things that surprised me while reading the rules:

  • Amalfi coast road (SS163): campers and caravans are banned 06:30–24:00, while motorbikes are exempt from the odd/even number-plate days cars get in summer.
  • Grossglockner: a motorcycle’s day ticket is €36.50 against €46.50 for a car — and a car with a caravan pays the car rate.
  • Geiranger–Hellesylt ferry: about €76 for a car with its driver, €187 for a car + caravan (10–14 m), €61 for a motorbike.

Rules read on 5 Nov from the road authorities and operators (where only a secondary source says it, the page says so). Each road is priced for car, car + caravan, motorhome and motorcycle: https://copilot.travel/maps/famous-road-trips Corrections welcome.

  • Skua@kbin.earth
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    21 hours ago

    The North Coast 500 (the one in Scotland) is due to a pass called the Bealach na Bà. There’s a big sign warning about the danger of taking large vehicles along it, but it’s not strictly banned or impossible, and as such people absolutely do take caravans on it. They really shouldn’t, but they do

    • Heikki@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      1·
      21 hours ago

      Yes thats why its amber (“with a bypass”) rather than red on the map.

      The sign at the Tornapress end says the road isnt advised for learner drivers, very large vehicles or caravans after the first mile, and the official NC500 site tells anything bigger than a VW T5-size camper to take the low road via Shieldaig instead (same for the B869 Drumbeg road). Not banned, just a bad idea and the low road is lovely too.