I just did a similar trip in a car. Calais to Florence. We went a bit futher east towards nancy, which was beautiful and went into the mountains at basel and past lake como. We had a Garmin sat nav off a friend... i'm all for no maps and finding your own way, getting lost etc. But when you need to get somewhere by a certain time the sat nav was the best way... this particular one was amazing and would use it again... even the yoda voice our friend programmed into became a friend...
I just did a similar trip in a car. Calais to Florence. We went a bit futher east towards nancy, which was beautiful and went into the mountains at basel and past lake como. We had a Garmin sat nav off a friend... i'm all for no maps and finding your own way, getting lost etc. But when you need to get somewhere by a certain time the sat nav was the best way... this particular one was amazing and would use it again... even the yoda voice our friend programmed into became a friend...