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Self Drive 5 Night 5 Star Alpine Tour Luxury Package - Drive your car around some of the best roads in Europe
Explore the most stunning roads
Special group bookings available
 
     
 

Self Drive Luxury Package

5 Night 5 Star Alpine Tour

 

Tour Overview

The Ultimate Drives self drive tour is a 5 night, 6 day driving break that allows you to explore the most stunning roads, forests, lakes and Alpine passes anywhere in Europe.

 

By combining elements of our 3 most popular breaks, the Black Forest, St Mortiz/Stelvio and Austrian Vorarlberg, we have created a unique 5 night round trip that combines fast forest trails, dramatic mountain passes and some of the best drivers roads anywhere in Europe.

 

The break is for anyone that has always dreamed of driving their car on the roads they were designed for. Take a look at the detailed itinerary and package, you won’t be disappointed!

Highlights en Route

Forests - you will blaze a stunning 8 hour trail, worked out by the Ultimate Drives team, from Baden-Baden to Zurich that takes in the best and most deserted forest trails, stopping for lunch in the shadow of Mount Kendal, on the western extremes of the Forest.

 

Mountain passes - in total you will drive more than 10 mountain passes, all in excess of 2000M, including: Stelvio and San Bernadino (as featured in Top Gears best drivers roads in Europe) plus the Furka, Susten, Grimsel, Albula in Switzerland as well as the Silvretta Hochalpen Strasse and the Hahntennjoch in Austria.

 

Lakes - lakeside drives along the shores of Lake Zurich as well as several runs along river valleys in the Engadine Region.

 

Sights - Stelvio Pass, Rhine Gorge, Simme River Valley, Rhone Glacier, Lake Gelmer, Jungfrau, Eiger and Monach Massifs, Staubach Falls (highest in the Alps), as well as numerous villages, castles and cultural sights en route.

Self Drive Package Includes:

 

  • 5 nights bed and breakfast accommodation en route in 5 star superior hotels with secure underground car parking
  • Maps and detailed itinerary for the drive
  • Pre-programmed Garmin Navigation unit, which will be FedEx to you 1 week prior to departure
  • Recommended stops en route including restaurant suggestions and points of interest such as Glaciers and Gorges
  • Typical days driving around 300kms, with stops for morning coffee, lunch and afternoon drinks
  • Final evening in Zurich, with a complementary meal out at the stunning LaSalle restaurant, in the trendy West District of Zurich
  • Option for additional drivers to fly down and join the group in Zurich, where we can supply a performance car from our fleet.

 

 

For Group Bookings:

 

  • Walkie talkies (1 per car) to maintain in car banter
  • Meet, greet and gala meal at the Brenners Park Hotel at Baden-Baden for a personal walkthrough of the 5 days driving itinerary
  • Option for lead driver/guide, though this service is normally reserved for groups greater than 6 cars
  • Breakdown support/recovery options can also be arranged via ACS, the Swiss Automobile Club.

 

Featured Hotels...

5 Star Brenners Park Hotel, Baden Baden - Click for more details...
5 Star Widder Hotel, Zurich - Click for more details...
5 Star Kulm Hotel, St. Moritz - Click for more details...
Prefer a package including a car? Click here to view our range of short breaks that can be combined with car hire...

Route Map

 

Day 1: Home to Baden-Baden

Day 2: Baden-Baden to Zurich through
the Black Forest

Day 3: Zurich to St Moritz through the Swiss Alps

Day 4: Stelvio Round Trip via Parco di Stelvio and Swiss National Park

Day 5: Return to Zurich via Austrian Voralberg Passes

Day 6: Drive home.

 

Total distance of the drive is approx 1400km/870 miles, excluding drive to/from the region.

 

We will provide a state of the art Garmin navigation unit with routes, sights, restaurants and hotels in advance. The unit will also provide the most direct Route to the tour start point (Baden-Baden).

Stelvio Pass, Italy: Click here for more details...
Susten Pass, Switzerland: Click here for more details...

Basic Price Per Person:

from €1375

Based on two persons travelling, sharing a twin or double room.

 

Boutique package also available

Click here for more info. Alternatively call us for details and price.

 

 

If you are interesting in more details about our self drive getaway,
or other driving experiences in the Alps please contact us:

+41 (0) 43 542 08 67

info@ultimatedrives.net

 

 

 

Group Bookings

Please call us for prices and special arrangements for groups with more than 8 persons/4 cars travelling as a single party.

 

4 Night Option

For persons interested in a 4 night break; the final of leg driving, the Vorarlberg region of Austria, can be skipped, you would then return directly from St Moritz via Zurich.

   
 
   
     
 
 
     
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