Franciacorta Wineries
24-26 June
Franciacorta Wineries 24-26 June Let Areadocks and Delightful Driving take you on a tour to the Bellavista winery in the Franciacorta region. This tour is a combination of driving the beautiful roads in the area and visit of the winery. At the Bellavista winery and we will be shown the premises and the wine making process. This weekend meeting begins on Friday evening at the…
Three Lakes Tour
13-15 May
Three Lakes Tour 13-15 May Let Areadocks and Delightful Driving take you out on a tour of the three famous lakes: Garda, Idro and Iseo. All three lakes are located in the rolling mountains north of Brescia. Springtime is the ideal time of the year to explore this region: Nature in full blossom, temperatures not too high, tourist season not yet in full swing. This…
Visiting Mont Ventoux with Fritz
It has been a long time that I meant to visit France, specifically the famous Mont Ventoux. The Mont Ventoux has been featured frequently in various publications recently. There is also a Harry’s Garage video out there featuring a trip to the Ventoux in a Ferrari 812 Superfast. Definitely worth watching. Additionally our friend Planète Piston, a.k.a. Nico B. lives nearby and he seems to…
Dolomites Autumn Drive 2021
One Dolomites Tour a year isn’t enough, so we did another one: the Dolomites Autumn Drive Friday This time Elisa didn’t her sun dance before, therefore we didn’t get any snow as opposed to the spring edition. If you haven’t read our last spring edition text you can find it here. We didn’t wait to let the Friday pass without action and offered a sunset…
Stelvio 2021: all different edition
Stelvio: Oh dear! Stelvio is over again. And like after the first time in 1999 withdrawal symptoms kick in immediately. Just in case you ever wondered “why Stelvio”? Well this has to do with one of the novelties of the Elise while it was still being developed. The Elise was the first car with MMC “Metal Matrix Composite” (basically aluminium) brake discs. These were tested…
Tour des Grandes Alpes
Living in the middle of the paradise of curves myself, right in the Dolomites, I have always underestimated the French Alps. However, the Route des Grandes Alpes was recommended by the community frequently. So last year Delightful Driving went out on a Discovery Tour to explore the famous French passes. If you haven’t yet, you can read the blog post about it here. It was on…
Dolomites Spring Tour 2021
For this years edition of our DD Dolomites Spring Tour we had chosen our favorite roads, and some nice places to socialize eat and rest. Dolomites Spring Tour 2021: This edition of the Tour was not as packed as the last one. We listened to your feedback, so this time we aimed to offer some more “unscheduled” time for the drivers to do whatever they…
Stelvio Lotus meeting 2020
Stelvio Lotus meeting – 25 years Elise Anniversary edition: For this year’s edition of the Stelvio Lotus Meeting, we were dedicated to doing something special. This year deserves to be remembered for more than the obvious topics only. 2020 marks the 25th Lotus Elise anniversary and also the 20th of the Lotus Exige. The presentation of the Elise at the Frankfurt Auto Show on September 12.…
Route des Grandes Alpes
Discovery Tour: Route des Grandes Alpes After our discovery tours last year both led us to the east (Czech Republic, Poland, Austria and Croatia plus Slovenia), we wanted to try out a new route, more to the west this year: The Route des Grandes Alpes. Four days of delightful driving in the french alps, covering more than 20 breathtaking passes and 870 km of pure…
Our 10 favourite passes in the Dolomites
The Dolomites are a paradise for winding roads and we went to discover the best dolomites passes. Here the list of our 10 favourite passes in the Dolomites: 1. Gardena 16 km 31 2.121 m The Gardena pass is the right mix of slope and curves. The route and the summits offer the finest alpine panoramas, including the Sassolungo, the Sella and the Pizes de…