Amsterdam to Monaco,
the whole way by road.
Fourteen hours of driving separate a canal house from Port Hercule. Taken over two days with a night in between, that distance turns into the most straightforward way to move a person and everything they are bringing to the Principality at once.
A long road for luggage that should not fly.
The line runs south through Liège and the Ardennes, along the Moselle into Luxembourg, past Metz and across Burgundy to Lyon. From there the Rhône takes over, and somewhere below Valence the roofs change colour. After Aix-en-Provence the A8 runs east past Fréjus, Cannes and Nice before dropping into Monaco, a sovereign city-state of some two square kilometres wedged between the mountains and the sea.
People who book this are not comparing it with a flight time. They are moving one way to an apartment in Monte-Carlo or Fontvieille, joining a boat in Port Hercule at the start of the season, or bringing down cases and equipment that belong in the same car as their owner. The chauffeur who lifts the first bag in Amsterdam carries it into the lift at the other end.
Belgium, Luxembourg and eastern France as far as Lyon, the Rhône valley to Provence, then the A8 above the sea to the border below La Turbie.
About 850 minutes at the wheel, which is far beyond anything one day can absorb. We plan it as two, and we say so before you book.
The complete car for the complete journey — chauffeur, fuel, road charges and taxes settled as one amount.
The chauffeur's own overnight is our cost, not a line on your quote. Returns, a week with the car at your disposal on the coast, or an onward leg into Italy are quoted in one piece — send the dates to dispatch on WhatsApp.
What the itinerary actually looks like.
The honest version of this trip has a hotel in the middle of it. Here is how the hours divide.
Collection at home, then south past Eindhoven and Maastricht, through Liège and up into the Ardennes towards the Luxembourg border.
Metz, the Lorraine plain and Burgundy. Long, empty motorway where calls connect and the hours pass quickly.
A night around Lyon or Valence, roughly two thirds of the way down. Your hotel is your own choice; the chauffeur arranges his separately.
Five hours of Provence and the Côte d'Azur, off the A8 above the Principality and down the corniche to your address before the afternoon is over.
One car, one price, both days included.
Every class covers the full itinerary. The difference is space in the back and room in the boot.
The Maybach never travels on a first-come booking: dispatch confirms the car and the price for your dates by message. Maybach chauffeur service in Europe explains how those journeys are put together.
Boats fill Port Hercule and Fontvieille as the weather turns, and owners, guests and crews arrive with far more than hand luggage. A car that left Amsterdam with all of it beats three trolleys in a terminal.
Apartments here are small and the move is usually made in stages. We load in the Netherlands, unload in Monte-Carlo or La Condamine, and the car drives north again the next morning.
The Principality stacks itself in layers: tunnels, ramps, one-way loops and underground car parks linked by public lifts. Being set down at the right level matters more here than anywhere else on the coast.
The street circuit is simply the public road network, so during the build-up and the clearing afterwards whole sections close and access changes by the day. Give us the address and dispatch works out the approach in advance.
The same road, stopping thirty kilometres short of the border.
South over the Alps instead of down the Rhône.
What a multi-day drive across Europe involves from our side.
The full list of point-to-point journeys, each on a fixed quote.
The route is 1400 kilometres and roughly 850 minutes of driving, or about 14h10 before a single stop. Realistically that is two days: a full first day as far as the Rhône, a night in a hotel, and an early-afternoon arrival on the coast.
It is not something we sell. Fourteen hours behind the wheel is unsafe for the chauffeur and miserable for the passenger, and the money saved on one hotel night is not worth either. Every quote for this route is built with an overnight stop in it.
Monaco is not an EU member state, but the border with France is open and there are no routine checks on the way in. Carry a passport or ID card all the same, since the euro zone and the French police both operate right up to the boundary.
Almost anywhere at street level, though the Principality is built in tiers and many buildings are entered through a car park rather than a front door. Give us the exact address when you book and the chauffeur arrives knowing which ramp or lift serves it.
It can. Once it has come this far, keeping the car and chauffeur for a few days in Monaco, Nice or along the Riviera is quoted as one multi-day arrangement rather than as separate rides. Message dispatch with the programme and you get a single figure.
One-way is the normal booking here and is priced as the full journey, because the car still has to return north empty. Nothing extra appears at the end, and a return leg booked at the same time is quoted in the same breath.