The ‘Traditional’ PCA Spring PORSCHE Treffen Stuttgart Driving Trip!

Sunday, April 23rd – Depart from your home for your overnight flight to Europe. If possible, we recommend that you arrive at least a day early (i.e., leave home on Saturday, April 22nd) to have more time to relax, adjust to the time change and enjoy the area. Call about our Early Arrival Program (hotel and dinner).

Monday, April 24th

• Arrive in Stuttgart; check in at Steigenberger Hotel Graf Zeppelin
• We will meet you and pick you up at the Stuttgart Airport (STR) upon arrival
• We’ll then enjoy lunch at the Graf Zeppelin Stüble Restaurant
• Mandatory Drivers’ Briefing – you’ll learn what NOT to do!
• Afternoon is FREE to relax and explore Stuttgart
• Welcome to Germany dinner and drinks at the Lautenschlager Restaurant

After you check in and freshen up, we will meet for lunch in one of the hotel’s restaurants the followed by the important Drivers’ Briefing where we will complete the trip related paperwork. This afternoon is free to relax or discover Stuttgart. This evening, we’ll walk to Wirtshaus Lautenschlager for a wonderful Welcome to Germany dinner.

Tuesday, April 25th

• PORSCHE Museum
• PORSCHE Factory
• Lunch in the PORSCHE Museum
• Evening at Stuttgart’s Frühlingsfest – THE best Oktoberfest in the Spring!
• Sing Happy Birthday for Peter’s “BIG” Birthday along with 12,000 drunk Germans!

Enjoy breakfast in the Steigenberger Hotel Graf Zeppelin before boarding our luxury motor coach to Porsche Platz 1 in Stuttgart. You’ll be thrilled by our privately guided tour through the PORSCHE Factory and PORSCHE Museum, and we’ll also visit some closed-to-the-public areas like the New Car Delivery, Goodie Store and Special Selection. Lunch will be at the PORSCHE Museum at the renowned Christophorus Restaurant.

Later in the afternoon, you will pick up the rental PORSCHE you selected from the PORSCHE Museum. We will drive our PORSCHES back to the Hotel Graf Zeppelin where they will be securely parked overnight.

This exciting day will end with a fun-filled evening at Stuttgart’s Frühlingsfest – it’s like Oktoberfest, but in the spring. You’ll enjoy a private seating area in one of the famous beer tents with an Oktoberfest Dinner. It’s an experience you’ll never forget!

Wednesday, April 26th

• Drive your PORSCHE with us from Stuttgart on the Autobahn to the Bavarian Alps
• Lunch at 5-star Chalet Schlossanger Alp
• Drive to Lindau on Lake Constance
• Secure underground parking is arranged
• Drinks and dinner at the 5-star Hotel Bayerischer Hof

Start your first driving day with a delightful breakfast at the Steigenberger Hotel Graf Zeppelin. After breakfast, we will line up our PORSCHES at the hotel for our departure. After leaving Stuttgart, we’ll drive the A8 and A7 Autobahns into the Bavarian Alps where we will stop for lunch at the charming and scenic Hotel Schlossanger Alp.

After a delicious lunch, we’ll continue our drive to Lake Constance and the lovely island of Lindau. We’ll check in to the Hotel Bayerischer Hof, a luxury hotel located on the banks of Lake Constance (called the Bodensee in German). Drinks and dinner tonight will be at this delightful hotel overlooking the harbor on Lake Constance.

Thursday, April 27th

• Breakfast at Grand Hotel Bayerischer Hof
• Drive on the awesome A-7 Autobahn North towards Stuttgart
• On the way back, you may have another opportunity to join or renew your membership in Fast Lane Travel’s 150 mph Club on the legendary no-speed-limit German Autobahn.
• Lunch at the Art Deco Autobahn Rest Stop Illertal.
• Drive to the Graf Zeppelin and offload your luggage and co-pilots
• We’ll drive to the PORSCHE Museum and return your rental PORSCHE
• Our Motorcoach is waiting to transfer you to the Graf Zeppelin Hotel
• We’ll have a fun Farewell Dinner at Carl’s Brauhaus

Friday, April 28th

• Enjoy breakfast at the Hotel Graf Zeppelin
• You’ll check out and we’ll transfer you to Stuttgart Airport (STR), or you’ll walk across the street to catch a train at the Hauptbahnhof, or you continue your journey in Europe.

If you are departing for North America, you will be transferred to the Stuttgart Airport (STR) for your return flight. If you are taking a train to FRA or elsewhere, the station is right across the street from the Hotel Graf Zeppelin.