OVERVIEW

A couple of years ago Leashia and I decided that we should drive to the Peloponnese from our home in Worthing [England]. This was partly inspired by Majory McGinn’s books and I thought if she can drive there from England with a bonkers dog we should do it too [minus the dog]. The main difference being that we wanted to take our time to get to our final destination stopping off in Italy and Greece on the way down. We also wanted to return slowly to take in more sights. The planning has been complicatified and I have a page dedicated to the Planning and Practicalities of this road trip in case anyone else wants to follow in our footsteps and perhaps learn from our mistakes as well as our successes. I will of course also document on my website and my Gruntie’s Travels Facebook page any places of interest that we visited with info, tips and photos.

If you want to read about the actual journey to the Peloponnese, Click HERE.

If you want to read about our return journey from the Peloponnese to England, click HERE.

The Planned Route

Stage 1: Newhaven to the North Peloponnese.

Stage 1 was to get the ferry from Newhaven to Dieppe and bomb through France fairly quickly, taking it slowly through Italy and heading down the western coast [this would take around two weeks]. We would then turn east to catch the ferry from Bari to Patras in the Peloponnese, Greece.

Stage 2: From Patras to Stoupa – The Peloponnese bit

Our intention was to spend a few days exploring the North Peloponnese before relaxing for a month in Stoupa.

Stage 3: From Stoupa to Igoumenitsa – our return journey

For the homeward journey we would head north via Delphi and Meteora in Greece and get the ferry from Igoumenitsa to Brindisi on the east coast of Italy.

Stage 4: From Lecce up the east coast of Italy, through the Black Forest and home

Driving up the eastern side of Italy we would ‘clip’ Switzerland and drive through the Black Forest in Germany before hacking it through France to get the ferry Dunkirk to Dover. Phew!

For more info about the planning involved click on the Planning and Practicalities link just below.

For a day by day diary of the actual journey to Greece and back click on The Way Down or The Way Back links below.

Quick Links:

Planning and Practicalities [for the road trip]

The Way Down [From England to Greece]

The Way Back [From Greece to England]