Allan to get to the Luberon we will stay 2 nights en route, we cross using Eurotunnel, en route staying in a hotel about 50 mins from the Eurotunnel on the French side, great going out but can’t use that hotel on the way back as closed Sunday nights. Staying in a hotel in Montrachet the next night, can’t stay there on the way back as full.

We know L’isle sur le sorgue very well we will be going to the Sunday Market on both Sundays we are there, we are staying near Apt. Will also be visiting markets in Lourmarin, Forqualguier, and Sault, know the area very well.

Hate staying in towns hence hotels where we need a restaurant for evening meals. It seems that since covid French hotels have got worse.

With regard to long days, the journey to the Southern Tyrol will only involve 2 long days those being day 2 going to the Southern Tyrol, the journey will be about 7 hours with short stops that is going from just outside of Calais to Alsace, return journey Alsace to just near the Eurotunnel. Once in Alsace the journey to Klosters will take about 3.5 hours excluding lunch, then Klosters to the Southern Tyrol not to bad, last time we were there the passes were still closed so had to put the car on the train and go through the tunnel. We will return to the UK via Lake Constance, German part, then Alsace etc.

When we first started doing these drives we were much younger consequently we were able to get to Lake Garda in 2 days, that is driving up hill and down dale through Switzerland, that drive is something we most certainly could not do now, anyway being retired it is not something we need to consider, hence we now take 3 nights to get to the Tyrol, I guess we could use the Brenner but much prefer the scenic routes.

Maria, we haven’t stayed in Lake Geneva but have certainly driven past it, lovely scenery.