Automobile Tours International - Driving Tours of Europe, Germany, Italy, and South of France, Monaco, Nice, Cannes

This tour is specially designed for people who want to experience European driving, culture, and much more. Get ready, you will be treated to some of the the greatest scenery and stretches of road anywhere on the planet. You'll also enjoy the fastest legal speeds anywhere, no limits in many areas of the countryside.

Day 1 - Overnight flight to Frankfurt usually begins in the afternoon with your flight departing in the afternoon. Depending on your flight times, you'll arrive generally in the morning or not later than around noon. You can pick up your car at the airport, or an airport transfer limo will pick you up at the Airport and transport you to the Radisson SAS Hotel, just a few mintes down the Autobahn from the airpote, you can check in early to relax from your flight. Rental Cars can be delivered to the hotel in the morning*.

Your Automobile for the Tour is INCLUDED - UPGRADES AVAILABLE! (cars based on availabilty and country/market):

Around 6:00pm, we host a Welcome dinner and Tour presentation in the hotel's meeting room. You will receive Tour information presentation and an ATI Tour Pack, we'll talk about the tour and do some Q&A. For the rest of the evening, you'll have time for some nightlife and sightseeing in Frankfurt, ...or get more rest for the next day.

The Radisson SAS Hotel is brand new, state-of-the-art, completed in 2005. All rooms combine panoramic views of the city with eye-catching designs and excellent amenities, featuring free Broadband and W-LAN internet access and individual climate control.

The hotel's 500 sq metres, state-of-the-art fitness centre offers you panoramic views of Frankfurt, and includes an Infinity pool with jet stream, Sauna , Steam room, Solarium, Cardiovascular equipment and free weights, a Bar, and Massage center.


*Day 2* - Neurburgring - Cologne
Weather/Time permitting, drive your car around the 20.8-km-long Nordschleife course.	In the morning, we'll head north to Neurburgring. This Formula 1 track is said to be one of the longest in the world. We visit "Erlebnis-Welt am Nürburgring", located directly at the entrance of the racing course. This race attraction offers a journey into the past and future of motor sports in four buildings.

Hyatt Regency Cologne is a luxurious hotel ideally situated in the heart of Cologne (Köln), on the right bank of the Rhine River.

Arrive at the hotel at around 3pm. From the hotel you can enjoy spectacular views of the Rhine, the old town (Altstadt) and Cologne's landmark, the world-famous Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom).

Cologne - the cosmopolitan metropolis of North Rhine-Westphalia! Cologne cathedral - the 'Dom' - at the heart of the city, is the most visited monument in Germany. But there are many more sights worth seeing, from modern attractive shopping malls and shopping passages to long-established traditional shops, art galleries, micro-breweries, and many other places of interest all within a short walk. Cologne has it all.

Day 3 - In the afternoon, we meet at the RossoBianco Automuseum. This museum is one of the largest in Europe. It's about 2 hours south of Cologne near the town of Aschaffenburg.

- largest Alfa Romeo-Collection in the world apart the factory -museum
- largest Lancia-Collection in Europe
- largest Abarth-Collection in Germany
- largest Lotus-Collection in Europe
- largest Lola-Collection in the world
- largest McLaren-Collection in the world
- largest CanAm-Collection in the world
- huge Porsche-Collection
- important Zagato-Collection
- lots of Ferraris, Maseratis and Lamborghinis

After your visit to RossoBianco, it's a short 1 hour drive west to the Nassauer Hof Hotel in Wiesbaden.
The Hotel Nassauer Hof was founded in 1819 on the site of a thermal spring. It is a palatial hotel with an ornate white façade, located 200 meters from the casino and opera house.

Hotel Nassauer Hof in Wiesbaden, is a member of "The Leading Hotels of the World," it has a spa situated above the rooftops of Wiesbaden. The pool of the Nassauer Hof has Thermal Baths which are filled with thermalwater from the hotel’s own hot thermal spring.

The hotel is located at the Kaiser-Friedrich-Platz, in the middle of Wiesbaden’s sophisticated central district, right across from the Kurhaus Wiesbaden with its Casino and the Hesse State Theatre bordering the Kurpark.

Day 4 - Leave Wiesbaden/Mainz - we'll take a short drive south on the Autobahn to Speyer, where we'll check out the Speyer Aircraft and Technical Museum.

Speyer Technical Museum, one of the major tourist attractions in Germany, is situated on an area of over 16.000m² indoors, and in open air grounds comprising in excess of 150.000m². Speyer offers more than 3.000 exhibits. Among them 70 airplanes and helicopters, 50 vintage cars, 40 fire engines, 20 locomotives and more.

Later we drive on to Stuttgart in the afternoon, we'll check into the LeMeridien in Stuttgart.

Later, we take a short drive on the Autobahn to Sinnsheim, where we'll check out a unique Aircraft and Car Museum.

There are actually 2 Condors at this site...an Air France Condor and a Russian version. You can actually board the Condor, and other jets. Sinnsheim Museum has over 30.000m² indoors, and 50.000m² in out-door exhibits. These include 300 vintage cars, 200 motorbikes, 40 race- and sports cars, 27 locomotives, 50 airplanes, steam engines and trucks.

Total driving time for the day is under 3 hours...! You still have plenty of time to venture out on your own.

The Le Meridien Stuttgart is a contemporary hotel, situated directly opposite the Schlossgarten Park and offers views across Castle Square.

Day 5 - In the morning, we check out of the hotel, and take a drive through Stuttgart to Unterturkheim, where we'll visit the Mercedes Museum at the Mercedes Factory complex.

At Mercedes, you'll get a chance to see all of the Mercedes - Benz history. The museum is within the Factory compound.

We'll also take a trip over to the Porsche Factory Museum in Zuffhausen, on the northern outskirts of Stuttgart.		After visiting Mercedes and Porsche, we head south (about 2.5 hours drive) to Munich, You'll check-in at the LeMeridien-Munich. You'll be treated to an Executive Room, King Bed, garden or city view, spacious contemporary design PlasmaTV, HiSpeed Internet, an indoor pool, and Breakfast!

Day 6 - Today starts early, at 9am we'll visit the BMW Factory Tour and Museum.

For a BMW enthusiast, the BMW AG Museum in Munich is one of the highlights of a visit to Germany.

Located next to the 1972 Olympic village in Munich, the BMW Museum building is shaped like a mushroom and has a spiral ramp that winds its way up to the top.

Each area along the way is filled with race and prototype cars along with video presentations available in different languages to explain BMW's philosophies and technical accomplishments.

Explore downtown Munich in the afternoon You have the rest of the day and evening on your own to see the city.

The Le Meridien Munich is ideally located in the heart of the city. Many of the city's main attractions, including the Marienplatz Viktualienmarkt, the Bavarian State Opera and the Hofbrauhaus are within walking distance. Also, there is lots of NIGHTLIFE in Munich.


*Day 7* - We depart the hotel around 9am and take a drive about 1 hour north on the Autobahn A9 to Ingolstadt, where we'll tour the Audi Forum. The Audi Forum Ingolstadt is based on an urban concept: production, administration, services, showrooms, shops, cinema, restaurants and museum are connected with each other. We'll also experience a tour of the Audi Factory, and afterwards lunch at the museum cafeteria.
From Ingolstadt, we drive to Augsburg to take a look at one of the oldest Roman cities in Europe (founded in 15BC) before returning to the LeMeridien - Munich in the evening.

Day 8 - Today we head out to the southern Bavarian countryside. South from Munich, you'll drive into the Alps to Garmish-Partenkirchen. You'll finally get to see Kink Ludwig's Castles and enjoy one of the best hotel spa's in Germany.

		Steigenberger Hotel Der Sonnenhof is located in Bad Wörishofen
		This is in one of the best locations in Bavaria, offering a superb atmosphere in which to relax and regenerate in a quiet location, embedded and surrounded by its own sweeping park. The Wellness facility/spa at the Hotel is one of a kind and unique in the region, making it the most exclusive Wellness-Hotel in the area.

Day 9 - Depart the hotel in Bad Wörishofen for a scenic trip through some of the most beautiful countryside in southern Bavaria and to Return Drive to Frankfurt

The Drive back to Frankfurt takes you along Lake Constance (called Bodensee) This lake is on the Rhine between Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.

Then, heading north-west, drive through the Black Forest to Triberg. Visit the House of 1000 Clocks...

	Check in at the Radisson/SAS where we'll have a Tour Farewell Dinner.
After leaving the Black Forest, you'll be back on the Autobahn heading north past Strasbourg, through Karlsruhe, and on to Heidelberg, then Darmstadt, and arrive in Frankfurt in the evening.

*Day 10* - Today is the return-home part of the Tour, a short drive to Frankfurt International Airport and you'll be on your way.
*Flights depart Frankfurt International Airport.*