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If I was doing that trip I would go to Ancona and take the ferry to Patras. You can take the ferry to Igoumenitsa but this means driving thru one of the main junctions coming down from Macedonia. Last time I did that run ithe place was full of the dregs of humanity, Druggies, tarts you name it and it was there

The Patras run gives you a nice sea cruise down the Adriatic and you can generally sleep in your van; some of the ferrys even have electric hook-ups now.

Have a look on www.wildcamping.co.uk I believe that some of the people on there have doen that run recently

I was thinking about the drive to Brindisi, then ferry to Ingoumaitsa, is this an OK route?  Starting point would be Santander/Bilbao, the through southern France, and down/up each side of Italy.

FM

Hi,

We are planning to do Greece next summer by car - no ferries.

The reason? QUite exepnsive ferry with minibus and 5 kids.

So ANY suggestions on a fair route over land is valued.

As well as facts on the baddiestuff, not just stories, but links to actual sites/newclips/police etc that can quantify the warnings.

Any ideas on possible good routes, when travelling in slow car with kids?

Best regards

Jens Jakob

I would be wary of driving thru Bosnia and also Serbia. There is still a lot of semi-open hostility towards Brits there. You could drive down thru Romania/Bulgaria if you wanted to although I personally would not want to do that.

I have used Anek ferries to Patras before now and found the service to be very good