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Can anyone help - we are thinking about Italy for next year (Own tent/equipment) and we have heard you can get the ferry over mainland Europe then put car + ourselves on a train to save the long drive? Anyone done this?

Also any site recommendations - 2 children (5&7) - would prefer smaller with pool etc (not big operators on site) etc

Thanks in advance!

Sir Antony - thanks for all your advise - as oppossed to driving have you ever put the car on a train?

If you share the driving you can do it in under 20 hours from London, we do it quite often with two children 6 and 3 get the big bit done over night so the kids are asleep. If you are aiming for the Northern part of Italy it's very easy. That includes stops for dinner etc.

Best of luck

I drove from La Londe (30Km from St Tropez) to Sunderland in 18 hours last August. I had planned to do it in 2 days but I was making such good time I just kept going (0600 - 2400).

Northern Italy would probably take a couple of hour more.

The train would probably take longer and costs about £600 to Nice on Motorail.

I was driving a Renault Scenic with 3 bikes on the back and a windsurfer on the roof!