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OPPOSITE PAGE (FAR LEFT CLOCKWISE): Monaco Harbour; a taste of the menu on
Tour; Entrants dine alfresco; the beautiful Tuscan scenery; relax at the Grand Hotel Villa
Medici, Florence ABOVE LEFT TO RIGHT: Fine dining; The enchanting city of Florence;
Trevi Fountain, Rome
This is travel in the real sense of the Old Grand Tours, which exposed the
voyager to Glamour, sophistication and cultural diversity
The distance covered each day is limited to with the original concept of the Grand Tour. around every ascending bend. Returning to wonderful food. Overnight accommodation is
a maximum of 150 miles, so that our drivers 2008 Supercar Grand Tour begins on the coast of the Italian Riviera we arrive at our at Hotel Brufani Palace, Perugia.
can really drink in the beauty of the scenery Sunday 14th September 2008 and finishes on divine hotel destination for the night: one of A sumptuous breakfast starts the day on
and stop to admire views of the fantastic Friday 19th September 2008. We invite early the most spectacularly located hotels we Thursday 18th September, following which we
countryside. Lunch-time stops are arranged in arrival at Monte Carlo, our starting point, to know, the Splendido, overlooking the beautiful travel through dense, lush forests towards the
unforgettable bistros and restaurants, give you a chance to explore this fabulous harbour of Portofino. incredible village of the home of St. Francis,
while interesting and historical sites can be place. Elegant shopping provides inevitable Leaving the Splendido on Tuesday 16th Assisi. Home of some of Italy’s most
visited as an integral part of the daily temptation, or you might just while away your September, having breakfasted on its glorious celebrated sights, this area is left behind as we
recommended routes. An optional clue-based time over a delicious lunch and a swim off the terrace, we head into Tuscany with its rich artistic continue over the huge Monte Subasio,
competition, with stunning hand made famous beach. and cultural history, which to us embodies all through yet another medieval city, Spoleto,
awards, specially made for Supercars on Tour We set the standard of our tour with our that is best in travel: good food, wine, and into the foothills of the Sabine Mountains.
by Gaudio of Spain, is designed to take you to fabulous welcome party which, on this spectacularly beautiful countryside, stylish And thence to Rome, the ‘Eternal City.’ The
some of these sites which is a great way of occasion, takes place at the world famous shopping and where better to stay that night stuff of dreams and the culmination of what is
taking in the history and legend of some Hotel de Paris. Here we also spend a superbly than Florence, at the Grand Hotel Villa Medici. a fabulously romantic Grand Tour. The sights
stunning places. luxurious night setting the standard for the On Wednesday 17th September, we drive of Rome sweep you off your feet and we defy
In this way, drivers arrive at their hotels for other glorious hotels we have chosen for this south into Chianti Classico country and on anyone not to be moved, whether they have
the night properly refreshed and able to enjoy tour. The following morning, Monday 15th through the heartbreakingly beautiful visited Rome before or not. We celebrate of
the conviviality and superb dinners on offer. September, sees our departure on the first leg countryside into Umbria, which has all the course with champagne, and the grand party
Evenings begin with a champagne cocktail of the tour, lining up in Casino Square, Monte qualities of Tuscany and far fewer tourists in and prize giving which is the conclusion of the
before dinner which is an excellent Carlo, for the grand start; along the coast road summer. Medieval hilltop villages, misty tour for some while others continue on to
opportunity not just to unwind but begin to get to Menton where we cross into Italy. valleys, church bells ringing out across them Naples. Where better than Rome to exchange
to know your fellow drivers and exchange Along the Aurelian way to San Remo, a and little ancient towns stand alongside rivers memories of such a stunning experience?
accounts of the day’s driving. Various evening famously elegant resort, from where we head and canals and we spend the night in one of On Friday 19th September, some of our
entertainments are also arranged including inland through olive and orange groves to Umbria’s most glorious and ancient towns, guests will depart for home while others head
live classical music and a visit to the opera: pursue our route upward through mountain Perugia, known for its wonderful medieval towards Naples in the south and the Amalfi
cultural and pleasurable events entirely in tune roads with quite simply breathtaking scenery alleys and Gothic palaces, not to mention coast. Over the heights of Arcinazzo, through
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