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Great car journey's - Greece to England - Stelios Hatzisavidis at the wheel.

In April 2001 Club Member Stelios Hatzisavidis drove his 1976 Austin Maxi 1750 HL from his home in Thessaloniki (Greece) to Gaydon in Warwickshire, England, for the club's Annual General Meeting. This was the third time that Stelios had driven the car from Greece to the UK. The other two occasssions were in 1989 and in 1976 when he bought the car from Stratstones of London and then drove it home to Greece. This article explores the route that Stelios (and his friend Nicos) took in 2001.
The route

The route taken across Western Europe using the Channel Tunnel and various ferry services in the Adriatic and North Sea. Click on the map to sample some of the sights and scenes of the countries that Stelios passed through as he made his way to the UK.

Outward from Greece
Sunday 22nd April to Thursday 26th April 2001:
Thessaloniki to Patcas (Greece): 487 kms.
Ferry to Venice (Italy).
Venice to Stuttgart (Germany) via Cortina D'Ampezzo and the Italian Dolomites: 733 Kms.
Stuttgart to Dusseldorf (Germany): 515 Kms.
Dusseldorf to Zeebrugge (Belgium): 375 Kms.
Ferry to Kingston Upon Hull (UK).

Inward to Greece
Wednesday 2nd May to Monday 7th May 2001:
London to Folkstone and then Calais (France) and Doburg (Holland) via Eurotunnel: 532 Kms.
Doburg to Urk (Holland) 365 Kms.
Urk to Freiburg (Germany): 789 Kms.
Freiburg to Bologna (Italy) via Basel, the San Bernandino Pass, Lugano and Milan:668 Kms.
Bologna to Ancona (Italy): 271 Kms.
Ferry to Igoumenista (Greece).
Igoumenista to Thessaloniki (Greece):490 Kms.

Total distance travelled
6277 Kms or 3804 miles (including travel within UK).
The car Want to know more?

Reynard Metallic Maxi 1750 HL. One owner from new (Stelios Hatzisavidis). Left hand drive. Mileage to date 242,000 miles (2002). Purchased new from Stratstone Ltd, London in 1976.

Principle towns visited

Venice
Stuttgart
Dusseldorf
Freiburg


Adriatic Ferry Services
Greek Ferries

Greece
National Tourist Bureau
Athens
Thessaloniki