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I have always wanted to spectate on the Monte,and have decide to do it next year for the first time.At the early stages of planning trip but something crossed my mind,do you need winter studded tyres fitted to hire car with the likely hood of ice and snow on the roads? , and do the hire car companies put winter tyres on as standard during winter or do you need to request them and pay extra?
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I have always wanted to spectate on the Monte,and have decide to do it next year for the first time.At the early stages of planning trip but something crossed my mind,do you need winter studded tyres fitted to hire car with the likely hood of ice and snow on the roads? , and do the hire car companies put winter tyres on as standard during winter or do you need to request them and pay extra? ![]() |
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Buy winter tyres for your own car and drive down |
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Is there any tour companies doing the full Monte Carlo? Rallytravel isn't doing Shakedown or the first two days which is annoying since they have rooms at the famous Col de Turini hotel.
Looking at a few of us Aussies going up to experience the best rally in a long time with a huge entry list (combined WRC/IRC). Is it hard for first timers who can only speak English to get good spectating positions to get around the rally? Anyone got some experiences to help me? ![]() |
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It is only WRC, no IRC in 2012... But anyway it will be good rally for sure
![]() The biggest problem for newcomer is the lack of access roads in the mountains. There is only few of them and those could be full of spectator cars. In last three years it was ok except roads to Turini which I recommend to take very very soon not to remain stuck somewhere (I think the absence of WRC cars plus stages held in working days helped this issue). Stages being closed I think 2-3 hours before start depending on stage, maybe with WRC it will be more. Generally You can't choose much possibilities to access stages, so You have to either drive the stages before they are closed and choose a place You like. Or to drive any access road and than walk through the stage (usually no problem with that even quite short time before start). The good thing is that the route will be very similar to IRC years so it's possible to identify many places in videos. But there is still a lot of time... |
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No need for studded tires. |
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Hi guys! |
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In Valence you can find easily hotels on reasonable price, example's are B&B hotels, Campanille, Etap, Ibis etc... The only thing is that you have to book them in time. For the last night you can find a hotel in Menton, wich is not far from Monaco and same kind of price like in Valence. From there it isn't so far to stages like Turini. |
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