Best Place to overwinter

[TishF650]

Basically the the roads are bad and we hadn't done our homework properly. In our heads Naples was in southern Italy, make no mistake it isn't.

When we looked at maps we would be on a motorway all the way from Nalple to Reggiano for the ferry to Sicily, and in theory it is. So no more than 3 hours then you would think. The reality is that we averaged 45 mph for 6 hours because the entire journey was in the worst roadworks you could imagine. Not the volume of traffic that you get in the UK, but they are rebuilding the entire motorway from top to bottom.

In Italy the main roads go through or over difficult terrain. Tunnels and bridges that in the UK you can't imagine, and when that involves roadworks the constant "cerchunk, cerchunk, cerchunk" takes its toll.

We are now considering getting a ferry from Sicily back to Naples area to go back down to the "heel" of Italy to do Puglia before heading off to Greece. Anything but the A3 again.

But on a positive side, Sicily is welcoming and I would wild camp here (if we didn't need ehu for my work). And it's 20 degrees and I'm in the sea in my kayak in shorts.

In short, wherever you go just go. It'll be what you make of it.

Tish

 

[biggirafe]

Thanks Tish
Sounds like the sort of organisation you would expect from the Italian's

20 degrees and in the sea, Feels like minus 20 here sat on the drive working from my motorhome brrrr. I know where I would rather be

 

[John H]

It all depends how much time you've got. We avoid motorways, aim to travel no more than 100 miles each time we move and take some pretty tortuous routes from A to B - that way you see a lot of interesting parts of countries that you otherwise might not consider. We never take less than 2 months to reach the Mediterranean from leaving home - the journey is a very large part of the adventure, so if you have the time, get off the beaten track (and especially the motorways) and explore.

On the other hand, if you are in a hurry, there are some pretty good ferries from, for example, Venice to Patras (Greece), from northern Italy to southern Italy or from southern France to north Africa. There is so much choice that you will never be bored whichever way you choose to go - and if you find somewhere you don't like then that is why we have wheels on our homes isn't it? Happy travels.