road. How much of this word: movement, desire ... life. New and old, cracked and smooth as glass, twisted the long, serpentine and string, they embrace the mountains, repeating the surf, run into the skyline. On hot days, they were swaying in a light haze, driven under the wheels of hot asphalt, lured by the proximity of the sea: three hundred kilometers to the coast, for nearly a century, has already seen the sails and deck! They circle the head wind of freedom, intoxicating aroma of speed, tart taste of happiness.
Journey to rent a car - this is the highest degree of freedom. This freedom to choose the route and at any moment turn from him, the freedom to stay in huts or in castles, in cities or tiny villages. And yet this freedom of choice of lifestyle. You can take the "Opel Corso, completely replacing the backpack, and can set off on a Porsche, Bentley, Jaguar" or "La mborgini».
Start walking, for example, in Milan. Traverse the protected estuary of the river Po, dine in Genoa, looking at the ships in port, and is aimed at Riviera. The road on the slopes of the Alps along the Italian Riviera Ligure, and the French Riviera - probably the most beautiful road in the world. Her every turn open up these types that want to stay.
But why would not stay? A Day at the alleys of San Remo, a couple of nights in Monte Carlo. A front is a magic loose lights poured Nice and Via Augusta, cut through once the Roman emperor, is in Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, a Cannes to Saint-Tropez. Great names, great names, magical light of Provence, lavender fields and sunflower seeds, the tiny cove in the red rocks of Esterel, fragrant wine Corbier.
Yes, and a trip to Chateau Corbier - why not? The road under the canopy of old plane trees, flashes of light and shadow, shreds of blue sky through the leaves, the distant Pyrenees, the soft hills with vineyards, old church in the village square, a basket of bread and cheese. This is not a movie, it's not romance, it's just a journey by car!

How to do it

in Europe can take the car hire people over 21 years of driving experience with at least one year. Necessarily need a credit or debit card, the Russian international law must be filled in Latin alphabet. In Spain, the car only give a credit card in France, the term of the card should be no less than a month from the date of termination of lease.
To take the car of high class, requiring two cards and are at least twenty-five years. A Porsche or a Lamborghini will be able to book only a very respected travel company through its highly respected international partners.
Can take the car in one airport, and handed over to the other, in another city or another country. One condition: it must be a solid company, like the "Avis" or "Eurocar". It is best to book a car directly from Moscow. If desired, it will be available at the airport and the journey will begin immediately after arrival. It is a system Fly & drive - «arrived - and rudders. Booking travel agency will carry out, in which you order journey. At the travel agency can shift all the dull cares about the journey. Will help you make a trip, book your hotel for overnight stays.
Car trip can be done with a guide-driver, booking a car for any number of passengers. For example, order a minivan and hit the road with a group of friends. Car with a driver will need if you want to drive, "Dear whiskey" in Scotland, expensive wines in Italy, "Dear brandy in France.




Other options autotravel

1. In Scotland there is a route "Path of single malt whiskey." This trip to sightseeing and tastings, with stops in the ancient Scottish castle, where guests sit by the fireplace and sipping whiskey between hunting and a round of golf.


2. Route "Classical Italy" pass through Venice, Padua, Florence, Rome. You can choose to stay in the villas XV-XVIII centuries.


3. In France, the route of the roads Napoleon begins on the Cote d'Azur, passes through the Alps and ends in Paris.


4. Car trip to Karelia - it is almost an extreme. Robbers on the road there, but asphalt does not occur everywhere. We recommend you carry a jerry can with gasoline and fill it at every opportunity: filling stations in Karelia is much smaller than lakes. However, the beauty of the landscapes redeems traffic inconvenience.


5. One of the most beautiful destinations of Russia: Valdai - the Great Novgorod and surroundings - Pskov - Izborsk - Pechersk Lavra - Pushkinogore. Calculate travel to, so that night in Pushkinogore not occurred on the weekend to arrive in Moscow not scheduled for Sunday evening, and departure from the capital - on Saturday morning.


6. In Germany, the interest is two things: you can slowly drive along the Rhine on the "Road of fairy tales, castles, and admiring the views, but for speed you can drive on the autobahns.


7. In Portugal, the optimal route from Lisbon to the north, with stops in small towns on the Atlantic coast, in the old hotel-pousadah.


8. "Walk on the Lakes" provides such a route: Frankfurt - Lake Constance - Zurich - Bern - Lausanne - Geneva - Swiss Riviera - Liechtenstein - Nuremberg - Munich.

Alex Celestial