Classic Automobile Tour to Europe with Shane Jacobson

We depart Australia today on our flight to London.

On arrival into London this morning we are met by our coach and first visit the National Motor Museum of the United Kingdom at Beaulieu before we are transferred to the city of Southampton where we stay for the next three nights for the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Today Shane takes us to attend the amazing Goodwood Festival of Speed. The highlight of the tour, the Goodwood Festival of Speed is held in the beautiful parkland surrounding Goodwood House. It is motorsport's ultimate summer garden party, an intoxicating celebration of the world's most glamorous sport featuring modern and historic motor racing vehicles taking part in a hillclimb and other events.

Our second day of the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Soak up the atmosphere at this iconic event.

Today we will fly to Germany and then travel to Nurburg for one of the highlights of the tour! We will have the chance to drive the famous Nurburgring. The Nurburgring, nicknamed "The Green Hell" by Jackie Stewart, is widely considered one of the most demanding and difficult purpose-built racing circuits in the world. The home of the German Grand Prix until 1939 on the full circuit and until 1977 on the northern circuit, driving this amazing track will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We will visit the Nurburg museum that details the history of this extraordinary race track. We will also have an included dinner to celebrate our time at the Nurburgring at the Schmidt family restaurant.

Today Shane will lead us on a driving tour around the area on public roads in a collection of sports cars where we learn about the history of this iconic track. We will change cars frequently so that everyone has the chance to drive each of the various high performance vehicles including Porsches. This afternoon you will have the opportunity to drive the circuit or take a taxi lap with a professional driver.

This morning we travel south to Speyer and then to the Auto and Technik Museum at Sinsheim which contains over 300 classic cars as well as motorcycles, aircraft and military equipment and see their impressive collection. We then continue on to Stuttgart and our hotel.

This morning, Shane takes us to visit the Mercedes Museum. The museum details the development of the automobile, from its invention to the present day. One of the most impressive auto museums in the world it contains over 160 vehicles on display. In the afternoon we visit the Porsche Museum, which is located in a spectacular modern architectural building. We then visit the Porsche factory to see how these iconic sport cars are manufactured.

This morning we depart Stuttgart and travel to the city of Mulhouse in France. On arrival we visit National Automobile Museum of France. It houses the most important automobile collection in the world with more than 500 vehicles. This huge collection is due to the Schlumpf brothers who acquired many Bugatti and classic cars and stored them in a warehouse. It contains the largest Bugatti collection in the world including the legendary Bugatti Royale!

Today we depart France and fly to Milan and transfer to our hotel ready for the Monza Revival tomorrow.

In one of the highlights of the tour Shane today will take us to the Monza race track for the Monza Revival. See historic Formula One cars, endurance legends, GT machinery, and classic touring cars take on the Temple of Speed, delivering a programme packed with wheel-to-wheel battles and high adrenaline moments.

This morning we visit the famed Alfa Romeo museum. One of the great automotive museums in Italy it details the long history of this iconic brand. We then travel to the city of Turin and check into our hotel.

This morning Shane takes us to visit the National Automotive Museum of Italy. An impressive museums that details the history of cars in Italy. We then visit the nearby Fiat test track, on top of the old Fiat factory that is famous for its appearance in the Michael Caine film "The Italian Job". We then visit the FCA Heritage Hub which is devoted to the history of the Fiat, Lancia and Abarth marques. An impressive collection! Those wishing to dine together can meet in the lobby, where Shane will suggest some good-value restaurants for dinner.

Today we depart Turin and travel to Modena the home of Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini for a four night stay. On the way we visit the Dallara Academy Museum which details the Dallara company's association with motorsport over the years. On arrival into Modena we check into the hotel.

This morning Shane takes us to visit the home of Lamborghini in the town of Sant'Agata Bolognese, south of Bologna. We have a tour of the factory where these amazing supercars are manufactured. We will see the assembly line of the Lamborghini Temerario and follow step by-step, the making of a car: from the body shell to the interior and the mounting of Lamborghini's engine. We will then visit the acclaimed Lamborghini Museum, which has an example of almost every vehicle manufactured by the company. We then travel to the town of San Cesario sul Panaro, where the relatively new marque of Pagani is manufactured. We visit the factory and find out how these amazing vehicles are manufactured.

This morning we will visit the Enzo Ferrari Museum. Built around the home Enzo Ferrari grew up in, the museum details the great car manufacturer's life amongst a classic collection of some of the cars he created. We then travel to Maranello, where the Ferrari factory is located, visit the Ferrari museum and take a bus tour through the factory grounds. The ground floor of the museum is dedicated to Formula One; upstairs are the Ferrari road cars, where pride of place goes to The Enzo, the car dedicated to its founder. We have an included lunch today, at the Ristorante Cavallino, the famous restaurant across the road from the factory, where Enzo Ferrari used to dine. There will also be the opportunity to drive a Ferrari!

This morning we visit the Panini collection of Maserati cars. Founded by Umberto Panini, the collection is the finest in the world. We then visit the Stanguellini Museum that details the history of the oldest automotive manufacturer in Modena. We continue to the Museo Ferruccio Lamborghini which details the life of the founder of Lamborghini and his development of the famous sports cars. This evening Shane hosts a dinner to celebrate the last two and a half weeks on our amazing tour!

This morning we are transferred to Milan Malpensa Airport for our flights back to Australia or other connections.

The group arrives in Australia and tour arrangements conclude.