Euro Road Trip 2025 complete

[RedwayNetworks_Michael]

So i finally decided to take 2 weeks off annual leave.

Ive not taken two weeks off at once for years before now.

 

My partner needed to go see some family over in Romania and asked if i would go this year. So i said yes but lets drive.

 

For those that don't know me already I'm a big car enthusiast and love driving or anything car related. (Even sim racing and RC cars are hobbies of mine)

Anyhow my girlfriend is not so much a car enthusiast but much to my surprise she said yes to the idea of driving to Romania. 

 

I told her id take care of everything so she had nothing to worry about.

 

I jumped onto google maps and put directions from Milton Keynes to Turnu Maguella, South Romania. 

I picked out some spots along the route that i thought we would be able to drive to within the day and also spend some time at each place, i also pre booked hotels so end of each day my partner at least knew she had a nice bed to sleep in.

 

Anyhow long story short i made the plan and ive just returned last week from executing that plan.

 

We spent 13 nights, travelled 3922miles with an average of 44MPG (BMW 640D) 

We passed via France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy and Switzerland. 

We even managed to squeeze in some places such as the Transfagarasan Highway (Romania) Lake Baloton (Hungary) and Lake Garda (Italy) 

We also visited cities such as Venice, Milan and Vienna. 

 

Longest day driving was 17hrs

 

Despite the hours driving it went by so fast, we had no aches or pains after been in the car for many hours at a time and my Mrs is already up for another road adventure next year.

 

Our favourite place we visited - Opatija, Croatia

Most disappointing - Venice and Italy in general

Most surprising - Slovenia - We will be going back to Slovenia and spending more time its beautiful, North Romania also very impressive. 

Worst drivers - Italy

 

I also documented the trip and sharing on my youtube (im not an expert so apologies in advance)

 

Below some pictures for anyone interested

 

 

Has anyone done a big Road trip before or plans on any in future

 

 

 

 

[Jaan]

Awesome! we're (me and the brother) thinking of driving to Munich to visit autoworld: https://motorworld.de/en/muenchen/

 

I have 3 options. Option 1, audi a4 b5 soon to be BTCC replica 1.8t petrol......(fits in very well with autoworld). Option 2. Tesla Model Y, or option 3 easy jet! lol

 

I haven't had time to look at the youtube vid yet.... so that might answer my questions..... what did it cost? mainly in fuel i guess. How many flats or breakdowns and how did you deal with them..... if any!

 

17hrs driving in one go! i assume plenty of redbull!

 

Trip looks awesome from the pics, its defo on my list to drive into central Europe. 

[RedwayNetworks_Michael]

2 minutes ago, Jaan said:

Awesome! we're (me and the brother) thinking of driving to Munich to visit autoworld: https://motorworld.de/en/muenchen/

 

I have 3 options. Option 1, audi a4 b5 soon to be BTCC replica 1.8t petrol......(fits in very well with autoworld). Option 2. Tesla Model Y, or option 3 easy jet! lol

 

I haven't had time to look at the youtube vid yet.... so that might answer my questions..... what did it cost? mainly in fuel i guess. How many flats or breakdowns and how did you deal with them..... if any!

 

17hrs driving in one go! i assume plenty of redbull!

 

Trip looks awesome from the pics, its defo on my list to drive into central Europe. 

 

Option 1 for you hehe

 

In regards to the car i luckily had no problems with tyres etc, i was a little concerned with Hungary as had been told by people they had punctures there but i had nothing, i can confirm they have some bumpy roads though. 

 

In regards to costs for fuel I'm still working that out properly but id say £500 likely covers it.

We stayed at my partners parents for 3 nights which saved some money and i tried to budget £100 a night on hotels. 

I had a couple just under £100 and i upgraded most and paid up to £150 a night but that was for superior suites etc, if i was doing with friends not the Mrs i would have used budget hotels.

The drive sounds long but honestly the 4-5hrs of driving goes by fast, not sure if its due to been somewhere new all the time. 

 

The 17hrs did include the ferry and also breakfast with a sim racing friend in Belgium. I also had dinner with a friend in Switzerland on way home. 

 

I purchased Vignettes for each country required and i avoided any additional Toll roads. 

I did prep the car before leaving too with 4 brand new tyres, Full Service and a fresh MOT too (was due when going away) overall super happy with the car. We topped up once with oil (1Ltr) this was after the mountains of Romania and it never came on again. 

 

Absolutely loved it, trip of a lifetime and memories forever.