driving tours

Take a Ferrari Tour of Central Switzerland

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Luxury Cars & Autos

On Sept. 9 – 12, Loeven Sportwagentouren, organizers of the Bugatti tour we wrote about last summer, is offering a driving tour of Central Switzerland 's scenic Rigi, Reuss and Rütli Oath regions in the new Ferrari 458 Italia. The tour offers three adrenaline-filled day trips from the luxurious base camp of the Bürgenstock Resort perched above Lake Lucerne. You'll power through famous mountain passes like the Grimsel, Gotthard, Furka, Nufenen and Ächerli – a steep, single-track lane with sharp ascents, hairpin turns and narrow bends. If classics are more your cup of tea, Loeven can arrange to get you a Ferrari Dino, or you can even bring your own car as long as it can keep up. The 458 Italia costs about $6,500 and the Dino about $3,200 on top of the $2,800 per person base price for the tour. Bookings are now open, but be quick about it – space is limited to about 10 cars.

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IndyCar Driver Dario Franchitti Gives You Directions Around Scotland

by Jonathon Ramsey (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Luxury Cars & Autos

Dario Franchitti – yes, the same one who just won the Indy 500 and is married to Ashley Judd – has put together a few driving itineraries of his native Scotland. With routes lasting from four to eight days and covering the entire country, these aren't skimpy directions, either; the three trips are all stocked with enough attractions to reward scenic Sunday drivers, Scottish history mavens, and racing enthusiasts alike. Each route offers so much to do, in fact, that any of them could be given twice the time allotted. It seems Franchitti didn't factor any whiskey recovery sessions into his drive plans, an oversight you'll want to correct. You might want to drive a little slower than Mr. Judd might, but if you do get pulled over you can always try, "But Dario said it was all right..."

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Tour the Swiss Alps in a Lamborghini

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Luxury Cars & Autos

A new supercar tour of Switzerland and Austria has just launched called First Class on the Road. On the two-day journey you can switch between a Lamborghini Gallardo, Aston Martin DB9, BMW M6 and a Weismann MF3, with stops at top luxury hotels, restaurants and spas along the way. The Swiss tour begins at the historic Palace Luzern on the lake in Lucerne, while the Austrian jaunt starts at Schloss Fuschl on Fuschlsee Lake, a stone castle built in 1450. Local guides lead you on six-hour drives through the "sweetest hairpin turns, the sharpest inclines and the most breathtaking picnic spots."

[via UrbanDaddy]

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