{"id":68,"date":"2017-10-22T11:07:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T11:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestoftuscany.com\/blog\/?p=68"},"modified":"2017-12-20T12:57:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T12:57:40","slug":"sankt-gotthard-gotthard-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestoftuscany.com\/blog\/sankt-gotthard-gotthard-tunnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Sankt Gotthard: the bottleneck between North Europe and Tuscany"},"content":{"rendered":"

The drive to reach Tuscany (and Italy) from the north European countries like Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, England, Scandinavia…has a recurrent problem when you reach Switzerland:<\/h3>\n

The Gotthard Highway Tunnel.<\/h2>\n

In fact during summer times there is a real\u00a0bottleneck that causes long queues and boring long waits. In both directions: when you start and you finish your Holidays!<\/p>\n

This small guide wish to be a short but effective help to solve this problem.<\/p>\n

The Tunnel was build to avoid to drive along the Gotthard Pass and have a quicker drive trough the Tunnel. But in case the waiting time is longer than 40\/60 minutes the use of the old Gotthard Passroad will be not only the better solution, but also an\u00a0opportunity to see a spectacular view.<\/p>\n

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This is the Map that shows the usual road if you choose to drive into the Tunnel:<\/p>\n

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This is the Map that shows the road driving on the old road:<\/p>\n

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As you can see the driving time and the distance have not a big difference.<\/p>\n

This driving alternative, during warm seasons (in winter the road is closed!), seems to be an ideal alternative to long queues.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Said this, in case you do not like normal mountain roads, we can suggest a second alternative.<\/p>\n

Below you can see the normal, standard way through Switzerland, passing from Sankt Gotthard:<\/p>\n

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Here there an alternative way passing through San Bernardino Tunnel:<\/p>\n

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Time difference is less than one hour. The road, in spite there is no a highway for about 50 km of this way, it is a very large, fast and comfortable way.<\/p>\n

A tip: when you reach the THUSIS exit (before taking the 4 lanes freeway), take it and drive into the center of this very small town.<\/p>\n

Take a rest at the GYGER<\/a> Patisserie: this is perfect example of\u00a0\u00a0Swiss pastry mastery…Bon Appetit!<\/p>\n

After Thusis simply follow signs to Chur-Zurich-Basel.<\/p>\n

In any case, to know the real Sankt Gotthard Tunnel situation (Life!), take a look to the official Touring Club site<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Have a nice and safe trip!<\/p>\n

Dot Holiday<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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