Classic Car Wife

Our destination after Modena was Portofino so we decided to drive part of Sector16 of the Mille Miglia route (in the oppositie direction)...

We drove to Modena with a mission for F to see the Ferrari and Maserati museums. See separate blog posts under the Museums category if...

We visited these museums in August 2025 as part of a broader road trip of Northern Italy https://www.classiccarwife.com/post/cars-opera-c...

We visited this museum in August 2025 as part of our road trip of Northern Italy in MoneyPenny. https://www.paninimotormuseum.it It is a...

If you're thinking about including Venice on your next European road trip - do it! We pre-booked our parking online at Tronchetto and...

It was again just a short drive to Verona, our next destination, where we spent two nights at the Palazzo Monga Hotel...

After three glorious and restorative nights in Varenna on Lake Como, we set out for Brescia. It's a short distance to travel so we...

This is a museum dedicated to the early years of the famous Mille Miglia or 'Red Arrow' race between 1927 and 1957...

Driving into Varenna is both beautiful and stressful. The road winds down to the village yet the scenery is truly magnificent. I had...

This year's continental touring adventure in MoneyPenny focusses on Northern Italy. We're balancing a pilgrimage to classic car...

Leaving Seville we endured a very hot 40 degree drive to Madrid, stopping at Merida en route to see some amazing Roman ruins there. At...

Next we headed for the mountainous heart of Andalusia driving through the Grazalema National Park to Ronda. MoneyPenny did well on the...

We left Malaga and drove along the coast road of the Cost del Sol. There were miles and miles and miles of apartment developments across...

After leaving Granada, we drove through an impressive mountain range and down to the coast. Mr F had read a guide in our hotel and...

We started our real Andalusian Adventure in Granada - a beautiful town nestled in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada and home to one of...

After the roadside repairs, we made it to Valencia. The Hotel Palacio Santa Clara https://www.marriott.com/es/hotels/vlcak-palacio-santa...

We arrived in beautiful Girona after the long drive from Saint Tropez. We had visited Girona in 2019 BCCW (Before Classic Car Wife) and...

We are about to start an amazing road trip around Spain over the next few weeks. We've already been on the road for a few weeks. I've...

Sorry readers for the silence. While we were in Ireland, my mother-in-law took ill back in Australia and we had to cut short our journey...

After leaving Dublin, we took a very comfortable drive up the motorway to Belfast and spent the afternoon at the Titanic Quarter. This...