How much of europe can I see in a fortnight by car?

Question

I want to drive around europe in January of the new year. Milage wise, i have no idea how much time on the road this will involve. What regions I could probably manage/experience or where the best place to start would be. Do hire cars companies let you drop of in other countries so I don't have to make the return journey? etc

Has anyone got any tips, or warnings. I'm plan to flyout from London to Country A and return from country Z.

Answer 1

You can expect to drive 60 km or 40 mile per hour effectively unless you stay on the motorway, in which case you will not see a lot of the country. If you do the driving alone, expect about 6 hours of driving at most, you can go up higher when you can share the driving, but I would not want to do that for a longer period.

I am not sure you can drop of your car in a different country, it will depend on which company you rent from. The company my brother has worked for did accept cars from their other country colleagues, but cheaper companies might not be so accepting.

You can plan a round trip, using the same pick-up and drop-of point, by going south-east-north-west or whatever direction you prefer to start with.
Even in countries like Italy you can go a different route south and north.

If you travel in January, check weather averages and forecasts. I think that unless you love snow you will be better of to stay in the south, with the western coastal area of France, Belgium and the Netherlands as utmost options, not likely to have snow but it does happen.

I know that the countries in the north-east of Europe (Poland, Czech republic, Slovakia, Estonia, .....) often have heavy snow that time of year. I do not know how far south this weather extends.