2 weeks ago – me, my wife, my sister in law and a nephew went for a roadtrip. My wife not really keen on going because she is not well and it is a long 2480km journey crossing 4 countries and 10 cities. But, promised have been made to our guest months earlier – and its must be kept.
So the journey begins – with caution!
Day 1 – 23rd May (Frankfurt – München – Salzburg) 560km
It tooks me a while to wrote this and it is gonna be long. So please bear with me.
We begin our journey at 9.00 am. Cruising the highway hoping to enjoy a beautiful scenery – but the thick cloud and gloom weather make it impossible.
1. MUNICH, Germany
Arrived München (Munich) passed lunch time. Stop at the Allianz Arena (Bayern München Stadium), Hard Rock Cafe to buy some shirts and stroll around town.
That is it. Nothing much we do in Munich, it is totally a passed by city.
The journey continues to Salzburg. Another one hour and half driving.
2. SALZBURG, Austria
Reached Salzburg at almost 4.00pm – checked in the hotel and quickly went out to the old town. My sister in law wanna have a quick tour on the famous The Sound of Music film location.
Luckily it is summer time. The sun still shines (even covered by the thick cloud) until 9.00pm. So we have ample time to stroll around. Since this our second time here..for the same purposes, me and wife just laid back and enjoy the sunset. Read and see photos of our first trip to Salzburg here.
We had dinner at almost 9.00pm at a chinese restaurant. There is no choice for us since all shops and restaurant already closed by 8.00.
We retired the night at almost 12 and I got a long day tomorrow. A good sleep is all I hope.
Day 2 – 24th May (Salzburg – Venice – Treviso) 620km
Checked-out from the hotel at 8.00am and drive to Mirrabel’s Garden – One of the The Sounds of Music film location appear in Do RE MI songs that we’re not able to visit yesterday. Spend about an hour there and then continue to Hellbruns Palace for another site of the film’s location- the famous gazebo for the Sixteen Going on Seventeen song.
Once done – I am all set to have a long 5 hours drive from Salzburg to Venice. A scenic drive through tunnels and regions of mountains keep everyone happy. We stopped a few times to enjoy the scenery and of course to refresh. Lucky enough for my two guest – while passing the mountain’s highway, the car’s navigator shows snow warning – and somewhere 10 minutes later snows pouring on my windshield.
I stopped – giving a chance for my sis in law an nephew to have a real taste of snow. Indeed a very lucky day for them to experience snows in summer at the most beautiful place.
Journey continues and we crossing the Italian border at half past four.
3. TREVISO, Italy
Quite surprising, that the feeling of driving in Malaysia came into my sense. Been driving in Germany, Austria, Holland with a no-toll highway is become normal for me after 2 years here. Suddenly got into Italy with all-toll highway and the quality of road – uneven and potholes everywhere is shocking. The scenery in northern part of Italy is almost the same like Malaysia, the building architecture, the house, the “kampung” is surely familiar. Too bad i cant show you any pictures since I am driving.
Reached Treviso after almost 7 hours journey (including stop and detour). Treviso is a small city 40 minutes away from Venice and it is kinda expensive to overnite in the famous city, so Treviso is a good choice to spend a nite. So we checked in.
We continue to Venice 30 minutes later after everybody is freshen up.
4. VENICE, Italy
Like I said before, it took us about 40 minutes drive to reach beautiful Venice. It is indeed a beautiful city. Since there is no car can get in the city, we parked and walk.
Walk across the town to the San Marco Square is like navigating yourself through a maze. It is very confusing and indeed we lost a couple time. Finally reached San Marco Square at almost sunset. The water rises fast and the square is flooded in just 15 minutes.
When we finally reached San Marco (about an hour walked) everybody is tired, so I decided to take a ferry back to the car. It is not an option to walk back through the maze of Venice small streets and bridges and would spend another hour.
The ferry here is just like a train in other European city. The same concept, the same function, the same time table and schedule to keep and quite the same ticketing system. We board the ferry and after 13 station and 30 minutes later we arrived safely where we started.
It is a must in my opinion to have pasta and pizza in Italy – so we head to a restaurant and had our pizza, pasta and some seafood. When the bills comes up – we have to forked out a 100Euro plus tips(RM400) for 4 plates of meals and 4 glasses of drinks. It is indeed very expensive. We can have the same meals in Germany for half the price.
We retired the day when we reached hotel at 10.30pm.
Day 3 – 25th May (Treviso – Verona – Monza – Milan) 420km
The weather is still gloom when we left Treviso for Verona. It is an hour and half driving to the city of love – where Romeo and Juliet were told in Shakespeare’s classic.
5. VERONA, Italy
There is thousands of visitors flocking into this small town to have a glimpse at Verona’s house and the famous balcony. I bet some of you guys ever watch the movie called “Letters to Juliet” starring Amanda Seyfried. The location (the balcony) depicted in the movie is the same – but i bet the production has it constructed in the studio. Or else they have to close the place for the shooting and remove all signage, love padlocks, wall message and everything. But I think, it is much cheaper and practical to build a set in a studio.
We left Verona for Monza by noon – another 2 hours drive.
6. MONZA, Italy
Monza is a city 30 minutes away from Milan. Staying here is cheaper than in Milan itself. After all, being a Formula 1 fan, I would love to see the Monza iconic race circuit which is only 3km from the hotel.
Checked in at the hotel at almost 4pm and then straight to Milan.
7. MILAN, Italy
It was raining when we reached Milan. Strolled around Piazza del Duomo (Cathederal Square) or Squares of the Duomo and then let ourselves in to the believe to be one of the oldest shopping mall in the world – Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. It is a huge glass-roofed shopping arcade lined with expensive shops, bars, and restaurants. Built in 1867, it links the squares of the Duomo and La Scala.
The ladies took their time to do some shopping while me waiting at the front door watching people and enjoying ice-cream. Being a fashion capital of the world – I expect to see brilliantly dressed guys and gals around town – but to my dissapointment, it just like strolling around another European city – just the same. Nothing (for me) is different about Milan.
I would say that i love Harajuku (Tokyo) better. It is Japan’s best city for fashion. You can see varieties of fashion people wore on the streets that you never expect to see..and it is really fun and entertaining. Unlike Harajuku, Milan is only the city for big brands and designers to show-off. Thats what I think.
We then proceed back to Monza quickly because I need to reached the hotel before 8pm. The live football match between Bayern München and Borrusia Dortmund on tv is going to take place later and we have dinner in room.
The next morning – we left Italy for Switzerland. Closer to home.
Day 4 – 26th May (Milan – Como – Lucerne – Titisee) 460km
Luckily it was a bright shiny day when we left Milan for Lucerne. It is another long drive – but it is worth it. We gotta drive thorough mountain pass which reward us with a beautiful scenery.
It is abour one and half hour later when we passed Lake Como.
8. COMO, Italy
We just passed by and enjoy the beautiful scenery. How I wish I could live here in this very beautiful place near the lake and high up in the mountain.
Lake Como is the home of Superstar. Many Hollywood’s actor and actress live here or at least have a property here. So does the great and successful sportsmen – everybody wanna have a home here.
So am I.
Enough with Italy – we crossed Switzerland border some 15 minutes later. Gotta pay the toll of 40 Swiss Franc (about 38 Euro). You will get the toll sticker to put on your car’s windshield and can drive around Switzerland for a year for free.
Driving experience will totally change when entering Switzerland. Beautiful scenery, beautiful road surface and a good speed limit to maintain at 130 kmph. It took us 2 hours and 45 minutes after entering several tunnels, including one of the longest in the world (the third actually after Norway and China) at 17km long – the longest I ever drive through. I should try Norway’s and China’s next.
We reached Lucerne at lunch time.
9. LUCERNE, Switzerland
A very beautiful small city by the Lucerne Lake – we spent just about 2 hours in Lucerne – stroll around, took pictures and had kebab for lunch.
Done with Lucerne. We quickly left Lucerne for Zurich – A city border to Germany. It is only 55 km from Lucerne and took us about 1 hour to reach there.
10. ZURICH, Switzerland
It is almost 4pm when I am still trying to find a parking spot. Out of sudden, my wife wanted to have rice for dinner and she said there is one good Singaporean Restaurant there where we could have nasi goreng and stuff. So i drove there – and get whatever she wishes. Once done, I drove to the town centre, found a parking sport and then we walked to the Zurich Lake about 20 minutes walk from where we parked. As usual (from my several trips here before) we stroll around the canals and lake then stopped for a good cup of coffee. Thats it. After all, the weather is not good tho. Its gloom and rainy.
At 6 pm we proceed back to Germany and stopped in the Black Forest – the famous forest in the world and the home of Cuckoo Clock.
It is a 1 hour and 45 minutes drive from Zurich. Driving into the thick mountains range at 960 meter from the sea level and caught up with snows at the peak its kinda scary. Reached Titisee at almost 8pm. It is still bright tho, but we are too tired to go around town – just check in the hotel, had our nasi goreng tapau from Zurich and had a good nite sleep.
Day 5 – 27th May (Titisee Neustadt – Wertheim – Frankfurt) 420km
11. TITISEE NEUSTADT, Black Forest, Germany
Titisee or Lake Titi is one of a small town scattered around Schwarzwald (Black Forest). The main city is Freiburg, which I must detour if I wanted to go there. So I just sticked to Titisee, a small town in the Black Forest.
After breakfast at the hotel, went out to the town to see the lake and my sister bought some souvenirs – a cuckoo clock which she bought at Euro345.
We then proceed to Werthein Village – A Factory Outlet which is 300km from Titisee heading toward Frankfurt. My sister in law never really had a chance to go shopping so I promised to stop at Wertheim.
12. WERTHEIM, Germany
It is a small town which is popular for its Chic Factory Outlet chain of shop all over the world. So it is already noon when we reached there after a grueling 3 and half hour drive from Titisee.
I dont know what those ladies really bought – but one things for sure, it is handfull. The car’s boot is fulled.
We drove back to Frankfurt at 3.15pm and reached home at 4.30pm. Unload all stuff and I alone quickly drove the car back to the airport. It is a rented car, which i forgot to tell you, which we rented at Euro260 for 5 days. Its a brand new car which only clocked 480km on her mileage when i first took out from the parking lot. When i returned, it shows 2,960km on its odometer. We must have travel 2,480 kilometre for that 5 days. Wow!
So, After 5 days, 2,480 kilometre and 1,000Euro later – we reached home. Safe and sound.
Will you drive that far? ENTAHLAH, I Dont Know. But I do hope you will because it’s worthy.
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salam khairul,
eii you edit blk this entry yer..hehehe.. by the way congratulation to you both 🙂
panjangnye entry..nanti i datang balik baca..nak gi makan dulu..my mom masak..yummy :p
Haha..aah edit balik. I think its not a good time yet to tell the world :).
Thanks anyway.
Yeeeees, saya juga nampak di email.
Berita yang baik tu.
Congrats ye en KA. 🙂
Tengkiuuuu!
hmm panjang entry kali ni…
o yer saya nampak butik LV tu..haha
Yelah…2 hari gak ler nak menulis and upload gambar tu. Butik LV dimana2 kan.
ohh my..ohh my…rasa nak meloncat-loncat tgk ferrari berderet-deret..
Hahaha…banyak sungguh ferrari. Masa kat Italy lagi lah, siap ada Ferrari yg ada sticker bunga2 dan sebagainya :).
KA & Wife..tahniah…akhirnya dpt baby made in Germany..mesti comei nanti hehhehe..saya dulu 1 month kahwin terus pregnant..so our 1st baby was born 12 yrs ago..next topic hahha..story yg sgt best + nice photo..so sy travelling di alam maya je lah dulu..ada rezeki nt sampai la sana..bilakah..huhuhu
Eza,
Terima kasih.
Saya dulu pun travel kat alam maya jugak..sekarang baru dapat betul2 punya. Insha Allah satu hari nanti awak pun dapat jugak.
salam k.a, boleh komen trip 7 hari, plan depart dari heidelberg(26/7) dan arrive di frankfurt (2/8). heidelberg-strasbourg(o/n)- basel-belfort- vesoul- gray(o/n)- choumont- troyes- paris(o/n)- amiens- lille- gent(o/n)- brussels- essen- rotterdam- hague- amsterdam(o/n)- hilversum- arnhem- goch- krefeld- cologne(o/n)- neuwid- limburg- weisbaden- frankfurt(o/n)= 2,200km, semua laluan bukan tol, sewa vw polo eu420(all in. mungkin ada tempat2 menarik yg boleh dicadangkan oleh k.a, saya kebetulan ade short course (2weeks) d univ hosp heidelberg – 15jul-26jul. tq
Salam Wan Shila,
Sorry lambat balas sebab komen you masuk dalam spambox.
1. Soalan saya – kereta sewa tu ada restricted mileage tak? Sila pastikan yer takut2 ada had km yg dibenarkan.
2. Brussels – Essen : Kenapa tak lalu or singgah Antwerp? dah pass by tu so saya cadangkan singgah sekejap makan kat KL Restoran.
3. Yang lain2 tu saya rasa dah ok.
4. Pesanan saya – pandu berhati2 dan ikut speed limiter yer. Kalau kat dlm Germany, if speed limiter is off sila pecut. Kalau kat negara lain max speed is 130kmph.
5. Have fun!
Salam KA
Mmg berbaloi walaupun jarak yg jauh
Dulu tertanya2 juga kenapa dinamakan Black Forest, tapi bila dah tgk depan mata sendiri betapa rapatnya antara satu pokok dgn satu pokok tumbuh hingga takde ruang utk cahaya masuk, barulah tahu
Teringin nak tour europe lagi cover mana yg tak sempat nyinggah dulu, tapi tak tahu bila hehe
W’salam Rezeki,
Memang betul..itulah sebab dipanggil black forest.
Bila tabung gajah dah penuh..boleh round europe lagi :).
cantik nya gambar pemandangan
nak FM seketui boleh?hihi
Irfa,
Minta maaf yer Irfa…FM seketui pun saya tak beli untuk diri sendiri dan sesapa pun. Saya cuma amik gambar jer.
Jadi tiada FM utk semua 🙂
Cantiknya semua gambar-gambar
Terima kasih 🙂
Assallammualaikum Encik Khairul,
sumpah saya jealous! bertuahnya dapat melawat tempat2 ni semua, rezeki dari Allah 🙂
W’salam Pn Ayu,
Insha Allah satu hari nanti awak juga akan sampai. Hari tu kan dan sampai Amsterdam. So next trip should be Italy or Spain lah. Takpun datang Jerman 🙂
Encik Khairul, semoga masinlah mulut En Khairul, dapatlah saya merasa ke tempat2 tu satu hari nanti.. Insya-Allah.. Kalau ke German nanti, saya minta panduan dari En Khairul yek 😉
Ameennn. Kalau dtg Jerman boleh singgah rumah saya 🙂
Kecil tapak tangan, nyiru saya tadahkan! Insya-Allah, En Khairul orang pertama saya cari kalau melawat German nanti!
Subhanallah… indahnya bumi ciptaan-Mu.
Pernah suatu ketika dahulu, saya berangan kononnya one day nak honeymoon di Venice dan naik gondola. Hahaha… serius, angan2 tinggal angan2.
Tapi setiap kali melihat gambar2 cantik seperti di atas, saya masih menyelitkan sedikit ruang untuk bermimpi, kot2 ada orang kaya mana ntah ajak saya pergi mengembara ke sana. Hahahaha….
Su,
Insha Allah, semoga satu hari nanti impian Su akan tercapai. Ameennn.
Ya Allah..nice view..nk pengsan…
Ehhhh..jangan pengsannn..bahayaaaa.
Ya Allah bestnyaaaaaaa..
Jazakallah khair
salam en khairul boleh saya taw berapa agaknya total expenses utk ke sana ya?mcm nak try pergilah
Fardyha,
Kos sebanyak RM4,800 seorang untuk 4 orang.
really..en khairul boleh email saya dapatkan email saudara tak?nak tanya lebeh detail ttg sewa kereta dan homestay.saya tgh plan nak kesana thn hadapan
Sudahkah anda membaca tulisan saya menegenai tips mengembara ke eropah? Terdapat maklumat terperinci di situ mengenai kereta sewa dan homestay.
Untuk menghubungi saya melalui email sila gunakan ruangan contact di menu di atas.
Subhanallah..rs seronok sgt bc entry yg en tulis..terutama skali tips mengembara ke eropah tu..mmg terbaik la..tima ksh byk ats info yg diberi.xsbr nk bc entry smbgn utk tips mengembara ke eropah tu..
Nurul,
Terima kasih kerana membaca dan teruskan mengikuti blog ini utk tips selanjutnya.
Salam bang, ada tips tak on what to do in Zurich in 6-8 hours and budget dalam 50-70 pound macam tu..I will be going to London (first time,tolong la doakan yang baik2 HAHA) and time balik tu saya transit kat Zurich for 8 hours, nak tahu tiket train dari airport and tempat2 menarik kat bandar Zurich if possible 🙂 thank youuu
Aidil,
DAri airport Zurich boleh ambik train sekitar 11minit dengan tambang CHF3.30 (Swiss Franc). Pound tidak diterimapakai di Switzerland kecuali Euro dan Swiss Franc sahaja. Tiada yg istimewa boleh dibuat di Zurich melainkan berjalan2 di bandarnya (berjalan kaki sahaja) dan lepak sambil minum kopi di depan tasik Zurich.
Atau awak boleh ke Lucerne sekitar 1 jam menaiki keretapi dari Zurich. Lebih cantik dan menarik tempatnya berbanding Zurich.
thank you for your info
nak tanya lagi, ada spesific website tak untuk cek train ticket kat swiss ni? and perhaps untuk UK as well..and by the way ada suggestion tak kalau nak tengok view yg cantik kat southern england ? im staying at Canterbury for a week there and the only suggestion yg kawan saya bagi is Dover since dia pun baru kat sana 🙂
Aidil,
1. Website utk beli tiket keretapi switzerland – http://www.sbb.ch
2. Kalau Uk nak ke europe ni tgk kat http://www.eurostar.com atau between uk boleh tgk kat http://www.nationalrail.co.uk
3. Memandangkan awak tinggal di Canterbury, best view yang paling dekat adalah Dover yg dikenali sebagai “White Cliff State”. Dover adalah pintu masuk dari Europe ke UK melalui feri ataupun keretapi.
Salam, saya nak berkenaan kereta sewa di europe.. Perlu ke kita ambil additional cover contohnya Super Loss Damage Waiver, Stand Liable dan Personal Accident Insurance ni??
Lagi satu, sepanjang tuan drive travel europe ni, local police akan kacau tak bila dia tengok foreigner macam kita ni drive?
Fazley,
Perlu atau tidak tambahan insurans tersebut adalah pilihan anda. Sekiranya anda yakin yang semuanya berjalan lancar maka tak perlu ambil. Kalau anda ragu-ragu dan takut kenderaan tersebut tercalar, dilanggar, dicuri dan sebagainya maka ambillah insurans penuh. Saya tidak pernah mengambil insurans penuh kerana harganya yang mahal, oleh itu saya sentiasa berhati-hati apabila memandu. Selain itu sentiasa parking di tempat yang selamat.
Kebarangkalian anda untuk ditahan polis adalah 1 per 1000. Saya pernah hanya sekali ditahan polis ketika melintasi sempadan Republik Chezh utk masuk ke Jerman. Pernah melalui roadblock polis namun tidak pernah ditahan untuk disoal dan sebagainya. Polis dilatih untuk melihat cara pemanduan dan juga airmuka pemandu – jadi sekiranya anda memandu sembrono dan tidak mengikut peraturan maka kebarangkalian untuk ditahan adalah lebih tinggi.
Salam abg khairul. Kalau sewa kereta dkt europe.kata la sewa dr amsterdam.lepas tu boleh ke pulangkan dkt paris?or kene patah balik ke amsterdam
Boleh, sekiranya syarikat tersebut ada cawangan di negara lain. Antara syarikat besar seperti Europcar, Sixt, Avis, Hertz dll mempunyai cawangan di seluruh dunia. Namun utk ambil dan hantar kereta di negara lain kos akan menjadi lebih mahal.
Good day Khairul,
Can we actually drive from venice up to salzburg then pass by black forest to munich?
Hello Janzty,
You cannot pass by Blackforest because its a long way round. Black Forest, Germany is in the west and Salzburg is in the east. The easiest is to drive to Salzburg first then drive to Munich and then to Freiburg or Titisee of Blackforest from there.
Or else, you can drive like I do – from Venice to Milan to Zurich then to Blackforest. After that then you go to Salzburg.
Thanks Khairul for your prompt replied. I would like to find out about venice since you written there’s no car allow to enter to venice, so where do you actually park your car at? Is it costly if I would park our car overnight in venice?
Dear Janzty,
No problems :).
Venice is an island which divided by canal and thats make hundred of island in an island. So i would call it a group of island which only one big island is allowed for land vehicle.
From the mainland you will be driving on a long bridge to go the island and when you arrived theres will be many buildings like shopping complexes, shops etc and also public parking. So you can choose to park anywhere you want. If you plan to overnite, then better park in any indoor parking space. The charge would be around €35-€40 for 24 hours.
Then from the parking lot you have to walk to get in the old venice.
salam bro khairul
is it possible if nak tour rome-swiss-paris-london by driving? macam mana pula kalau sewa kereta left side dekat rome, tapi masuk uk driver on right side? bro ada cadangan tak? thank you if you could help me 🙂
W’salam Haziq,
It is very far and yes it is possible. You can drive on a different side of the road in UK or in Europe without a problem. It is legal and just a bit confusion at first..then you’ll be fine. Tiada cadangan dari saya..just drive.
Salam, its a great adventure and that's really encouraging me for my next trip to Euro in next June. But plan to rent a car from Paris and then to Brussels next to Frankfurt and (start follow your route) and come back from Switzerland to Paris.
Just to know, is that enough for 6 days. And one more, if possible, can you suggest which car rental company that you prefer to?
Thank you in advance for your support.
Salam.
KA masih menetap di germany?
Tu je..
seronoknya….
Salam..
I Nak Tanya.. I kena attend conference in Paris then I beli tiket KL-Paris and balik from Amsterdam.. From the way Paris to Amsterdam, country mana yg I boleh lawat.. I hanya berdua shj. What is the best transport I can use…I Ada 3 hari extra day sebelum balik ke KL… please advice .. Tq
W’salam, sudahkah anda membaca artikel saya mengenai tips mengembara ke eropah?
Salam,…. Khairul boleh saya bertanye tentang pemanduan di eropah…. Boleh saya what app…. 0126250319
W’salam Nor,
Saya tidak selesa untuk berhubung melalu cara tersebut. Untuk berhubung terus atau chat dengan saya boleh like FB page saya dan gunakan ruangan mesej di situ.
TQ.
Khairul… Saya Akan ke Europe pada 1/10-25/10/2015 ber2 bersama husband….. Sampai London balik Dari Paris….. Kalau saya Dari Amsterdam tour Europe drive until Paris perjalanan tu susah x…. 01/10-04/10 = 4D3N London
04/10-05/10 = 2D1N Man U – LP
05/10-08/10 = 4D3N Amsterdam
08/10-09/10 = 2D1N Brussels
09/10-10/10 = 2D1N Frankfurt
10/10-11/10 = 2D1N Munich
11/10-13/10 = 3D2N Prague
13/10-14/10 = 2D1N Vienna
14/10-16/10 = 3D2N Venice
16/10-17/10 = 2D1N Milan
17/10-19/10 = 3D2N Zurich
19/10-19/10 = Otw Berne
19/10-20/10 = 2D1N Lausanne
20/10-22/10 = 3D2N Geneva
22/10-25/10 = 4D3N Paris
Apa pendapat u Klu sy drive terus ke paris
Puan Nor,
Anda boleh memandu terus dari Amsterdam ke semua destinasi anda dan berakhir di Paris tanpa sebarang masalah namun jarak pemanduan tersebut sangat jauh iaitu menghampiri 4,000km. Pastikan memandu tidak lebih dari 500km sehari dan elok bergilir-gilir bagi mengelakkan keletihan melampau.
Boleh saya dapat kan fb add
Tengok di sidebar sebelah kanan atas.
Seronok sgt baca….sy dan kawan2 rancang nak ke frankurt cuti bulan jun thn ddepan….
Semoga dipermudahkan perancangan anda dan rakan2. Good luck and all the best.
Salam tuan. Saya memohon untuk mendapatkan nasihat tuan kerana saya merancang untuk merentas Munich – Salzburg – Venice – Interlaken – Lucerne – Zurich – Munich pada musim luruh 2016 dengan memandu kereta.
Kami ingin travel seramai 4 orang dengan bajet rm 3000 saja seorang tidak termasuk tiket flight. Destinasi kami ialah:
1. Munich – Allianz Arena, Marienplatz & Glockenspiel, Viktualienmarkt
2. Salzburg – Salzburg Old Town, Mirrabel Garden
3. Venice – San Marco Square
4. Interlaken – Jungfraujoch, Einstein House, Lake Brienz
5. Lucerne – Mt Titlis, Lake Lucerne
6. Zurich – Old Town, Uetliberg, Zurich Lake
Boleh ke tuan dengan itinerary kami ini masih dalam lingkungan bajet rm3000 tidak termasuk flight? Dan apakah tips2 lain yang saya perlukan seperti route trip, bandar yg dituju sesuai untuk bermalam berdasarkan itinerary, dan juga berapa hari diperlukan untuk menghabiskan trip tersebut dalam bajet kecil ini?
Nasihat dan bantuan tuan amat kami harapkan. Terima kasih..
Sudahkah baca tulisan saya berjudul tips lengkap mengembara ke eropah??
sudah tuan..sorry tuan. dari maklumat2 yg ada dalam artikel tuan tu sepatutnya saya dah boleh buat research sendiri. tq2.
Benar sekali, kalau tuan baca sampai habis termasuk komen2 yang saya dah balas maka tuan akan boleh buat perkiraan sendiri dan tahu samada bajet tersebut cukup atau tidak. Maafkan saya juga kerana tidak dapat menjawab soalan tuan dengan jelas. Saya boleh ambik pendekatan mudah dengan menjawab ya atau tidak sahaja namun ianya pasti tidak memuaskan hati tuan. Untuk melihat plan tuan, membuat perkiraan dan costing dsb pula saya tidak mempunyai masa. Dan setiap hari ramai menghubungi saya dan meminta saya buat benda yang sama untuk mereka. To be fair saya tidak dapat menjawab jenis soalan yang sedemikian. Harap maklum. Terima kasih.
salam tuan..nak tanya. bpe sume kos fuel n toll utk trip tuan tu jerman, austria, italy n swiss?
Waalaikumsalam,
1. Secara jujurnya saya tidak ingat berapa telah saya habiskan untuk tol dan minyak. Trip tu dah lama dan selepas tu saya ada 5-6 trip seumpamanya yang membuatkan saya confused utk mengira dan ingat kembali kos tersebut.
2. Kos minyak adalah berbeza bagi setiap jenis kereta. Saya sewa kereta diesel gear manual, minyak lebih jimat. Kalau sewa kereta petrol gear auto minyaknya lebih mahal. Jenis atau brand kereta pun ada beza juga kadar penggunaan minyaknya. Jadi jika saya bagi satu figure atau jumlah pastinya ia tidak akan sama dengan kereta yg anda akan sewa.
3. Anggaran kos atau bajet utk kos petrol dan tol sebenarnya boleh dikira dengan mudah, cuma kena rajin sikit lah. Pertama pilih jenis dan brand kereta yang anda nak sewa.
4. Contohnya anda nak sewa VW Golf. Jadi Google berapa kadar penggunaan miyak utk kereta tersebut. Anda pasti akan jumpa beberapa website yg bagitau tentang kadar penggunaan petrol atau diesel kereta tersebut contohnya 17km/l yakni 17km bagi setiap liter. Oleh itu kalau 10 liter minyak maka boleh pergi 170km.
5. Kemudian tengok laluan perjalanan anda kat google maps. Berapa total km dari mula sampai habis. Contohnya bagi perjalanan saya yg 5 hari tu sejauh 2500km. Jadi bahagikan dengan 17km/l tadi dapat 147liter. Jumlah tersebut adalah yg diperlukan utk bergerak sejauh 2500km. Jadi buatlah lebih sikit to be save dan anggarkan sekitar 160-170liter.
6. Google tgk berapa harga petrol atau diesel kat europe sekarang. Katakanlah €1,20 utk setiap liter maka 160X€1.20 = €192. Jadi buatlah budget utk petrol sekitar €250 utk selamat. Senang kan?
7. Pasal tol pulak, kat Germany takde tol. Yang ada cuma kat Austria, Swiss dan Italy. Kat Austria beli pass/sticker sekitar €12 utk 3 hari kalau tak silap, dan tampal kat cermin depan. Takde toll booth cuma ada camera yg detect sticker tu. Utk Swiss pun sama, kena beli Vignette atau sticker juga dan tampal kat cermin depan. Sticker tu berharga €40 dan boleh digunakan diseluruh Swiss. Boleh beli di stesen minyak berhampiran border atau di border. Dan Italy pula sama macam Malaysia. Ada tol masuk dan tol keluar..sebijik macam malaysia. Kos bergantung kepada laluan anda. Boleh google dgn keyword toll in europe utk tgk kadar dan laluan mana yg kena tol.
Good luck and all the best.
Salaam. Thanks for the info.
My husband n I plan to tour Europe n UK in midMarch-midMay 2016, 2 months.
We initially planned to drive then considered taking the rail global pass 2 months continuos. Tapi masih planning stage ni.
But after reading your article, I think I will opt for driving with certain legs by train.
Most welcome your advise on this! , to help us plan better, budget pun taklah tinggi sangat.
Thanks, wassallaam.
W’salam,
Yeps, should try both train and self driving because it have a very different feeling and very different view.
Saya doakan semoga semua perancangan puan dipermudahkan olehNya. Aminn.
Salam Tuan Khairul, jika saya ikut laluan yang sama pada bulan 12. adakah saya akan berdepan masalah dengan salji ke? saya bercadang nak ikut laluan yang sama pada bulan 12/2016 nanti. Tq
Waalaikumsalam, sudah pasti tuan akan berhadapan dengan salji di kawasan pergunungan Alps terutamanya ketika perjalanan dari Salzburg ke Venice.
Salam Tuan, saya dengan 3 orang rakan bercadang untuk memandu sepanjang percutian di Eropah selama 14 hari pada bulan March, 2017 bermula dari Paris. Berikut adalah perjalanan yang kami usulkan.
Paris-Brussel-Calais-Dover-Canterbury-London-Cambridge-Warwick Castle-Bicester Village-Stonehenge-Bath-Portsmouth-Brussel-Amsterdam-Cologne-Mainz-Freiburg-Fussen-Munich-Venice-Milan-Geneva-Paris.
Berdasarkan apa yang saya baca dari penulisan dan komen Tuan, tiada tol akan dikenakan kecuali Italy & Switzerland, adakah negara lain selain 2 negara tersebut tidak mengenakan tol ataupun ia bergantung kepada penggunaan jalan? Manakala di Switzerland, saya tidak perlu bayar sebarang tol dan hanya perlu bayar sekali untuk Swiss Vignette betul?
Bagaimana pula dengan kemudahan meletak kenderaan di sepanjang perjalanan di atas, adakah ia mahal dan terhad?
Adakah selamat untuk memandu pada bulan March dan kebiasaannya hari akan gelap sekitar pukul berapa?
Saya telah membaca kebanyakan penulisan Tuan termasuk buku I’m A Backpacker : Europe dan mendapat banyak info. Cuma masih ragu-ragu mengenai beberapa perkara di atas.
Soalan saya ini diakhiri dengan jutaan terima kasih 🙂
Waalaikumsalam,
1. Berdasarkan laluan anda, tol ada di France, Itlay dan Swiss sahaja. Kecuali jika anda memandu di M6 di UK juga ada toll di sekitar Birmingham tak silap saya.
2. Yer, di swiss perlu bayar sekali sahaja utk sticker yg ditampal di cermin hadapan kereta yg dipanggil vignette dgn harga sekitar €38 (kalau masih tak berubah harganya). Toll di France dan Italy adalah sama seperti di Msia.
3. Kemudahan parking juga adalah sama seperti di KL. Parking tepi jalan sukar nak dapat dan cuba cari parking dalam bangunan. Guna unit gps anda utk cari parking.
4. Memandu pada bulan biasa pun selamat sekiranya memandu dengan berhati-hati. Cumanya ketika winter perlu memandu dengan lebih berhati2. Bulan Mac baru habis winter, namun di sesetengah jalan di kawasan pergunungan salji masih turun. Jadi Jika memandu di selatan Jerman, Italy dan Swiss pada bulan Mac berkemungkinan untuk memandu dalam salji dalah tinggi. Elakkan pemanduan lewat malam.
5. Bulan Mac, gelap biasanya jam 6 petang.
Semoga membantu.
W'salam. Yes it is possible. As for the car rental company, choose any company which offer you the best price and unlimited mileage.
salam, nak tanya sikit,
100euro tu expenses utk ape ye? toll, minyak and makan ke? ada takd etailed cost yg bleh share?
your route is very interesting. u started in germany right?
Salam. Satu entri yang menarik dan informatif. saya bercadang nak buat trip keluarga (6 orang ) ke Europe bulan Mac 2017. Cadangan laluan ialah London ( + Liverpool ) – Brussel- Luxemberg- Strasbourge- Lauterbrunnen- Stutgart- Frankfurt – Amsterdam – London, selama 2 minggu. Backpacking. Prefer homestay. Self driving. Mohon nasihat dan cadangan. Terima kasih.
Assalamualaikum Khairul,
Kalau saya bercadang untuk menyewa kereta. Adakah isu untuk mencari parkir kereta dan kadar caj parkir (mahal) akan dikenakan bagi setiap lokasi yang saya tuju?
Bagaimanapun, saya kagum dengan penulisan anda yang merangkumi pelbagai aspek untuk melancong ke Eropah! Sangat membantu.
Terima kasih.
Waalaikumsalam Tuan Hafif,
PArking secarea amnya adalah sama seperti di Malaysia. Cuba bayangkan caj caj parking yang tuan kena di sekitar KL atau lembah Klang dan ianya juga sama di sebelah Eropah cumanya matawang berbeza.
Parking tepi jalan contohnya RM1 untuk 1 jam, di Eropah juga €1 utk 1 jam. Parking dalam bangunan contohnya RM3 sejam maka di sana €3 sejam.
Masalah susah atau senan cari parking juga sama seperti di Malaysia. Nak mudah parking dalam bangunan yang lebih mahal, nak murah parking tepi jalan tapi susah dapat dan kalau dapat dia ada time limit sekitar 1-2 jam sahaja.
Terima kasih juga kerana membaca penulisan saya.
Salam..boleh ke sye pergi ke scotland together with negara eropah yg lain?how long is the driving?
W’salam, yer boleh. Dari Scotland drive ke Dover untuk seberang selat inggeris untuk masuk Europe sudah mengambil masa sekitar 8-9 jam kalau memandu terus. Dari Dover perlu seberang selat inggeris mengambil masa sejam lebih dengan feri dan 30 minit dengan keretapi. Seterusnya sampailah ke Calais France.Dari situ drive lah ke mana2 negara Eropah yang lain. Sila google untuk jarak dan masa pemanduan.