Considering a European tour, September/October

[kitty kat]

It has probably been done to death, but I have used the search facility and not come up with that much.

I am considering a trip lasting 15 days, travelling through Belgium, Germany, Austria, top part of Italy, through France and home.

I would be travelling solo with tent, can anyone suggest some routes that would be feasible for a lone female to do on a 600 fazer? I intend camping every night, no hotels or hostels.
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[Phoenix]

There's loads of roads that are worth doing around there, when you say suitable for a lone female what do you mean? A lot of the mountain passes are isolated and you can be riding for a while without seeing anyone if that's what you mean, so unless you stick to the really main routes then you won't always be around people.

Switzerland is definately one of the better areas for riding IMO, if you can avoid the motorways that's good as it costs you about £35 to buy a vignette to use them and you're only likely to use a very small section.

My old writeup has details of most of the roads I did that time, I'm currently working on my recent trip writeup (very slowly) but can offer more specific info if you want.

[kitty kat]

looking forward to your write up Phoenix, then hopefully I can put a bit of several trips together to make my own.
I am not bothered about being on my own, I have done quite a few trips in the UK solo, just don't want to put myself in any obvious danger.
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[G]

I'm planning on doing similar in early October most probably. Thinking going in at Northern Europe, then heading through to Spain - heading towards the south probably.
I'll be on a 600(ish) but expecting my route (which I haven't researched at all yet) to be a little more off the beaten track.
Well, probably on the beated tracks mostly, but little more than that .

[kitty kat]

does this route look do-able or will it be too much, or can anyone suggest a better route? I am getting a Michelin road map this week sometime so I can plan some rough directions to travel and roads to use. I will have 16 nights to play around with.
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[G]

A quick calculation suggests just over 163 miles a day if you split it out evenly, which should be pretty 'doable', accounting for some longer and shorter days etc too - even considering using plenty of slower roads.

I would plan to have a few 'rest' days, to give you some chance to go exploring, or stop somewhere you like, etc.

[kitty kat]

I was thinking that, hence my stops are 14 in total, allowing 2 extra days to stop an extra night somewhere. Of course when i get over there I will probably end up changing the route, but I like to have a basic plan in mind for my holidays.
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[kitty kat]

They are not necessarily stops, just shows places I might like to pass through and possibly spend the night.
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[D O G]

Only thing that I would say is to be careful on your timing going over the Alps.

Ideally you want to go over one of the passes for the full effect. These are only 'guarenteed' to be open from late June to early September.

You may have bother if you get there late September to October - they might be shut.

Would be worth, IMO, having a couple of different passes in mind in case one is shut.

www.alpineroads.com has info on the lot.

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