Toscane UK

5th Mille et Une Nuits Classic
Tuscany
October 12th to 19th 2014
Mille et Une Nuits Classic drove us in Tunisia (2010), Catalonia (2011), Agentina/Chile (2012) and Andalusia (2013). This
time we will go to Tuscany.
Why Tuscany ?
Privileged by gods, Tuscany invented this sweet European way of living which perfectly matches with antic grand tourer cars.
Marrying Henry II, Catherine de' Medici brought her fork and her napkin along with tableware unknown to France at this time.
Etruscan introduced the wine there and later the famous Chianti of Tuscany was born, softly infatuating people. One whispers
it is not unrelated to the Tower of Pisa tilt.
Tuscany is nowadays the most extraordinary open sky museum, aligning churches, cathedrals, palaces, villas, monasteries, castles,
antic farmhouses, hamlets with squared pigeonholes, medieval villages, jumping from the Etruscan golden age to Romans one,
from gothic to Renaissance.
And there is nature. There is this verdant countryside in the woodiest region of Italy which goes through subtropical trees and
Alps conifers. And what a diversity !
The Apennine Mountains chain which crosses Italy in its center slowly descend over 250 km of Mediterranean coasts sprinkled
with vines and cypress, umbrella and maritime pines, corks, holm oaks, rank maquis, olives and with an exceptional
ornithological wildlife. At last, there are extraordinary roads winding along the Arno and its tributaries, on the mountainsides,
between hills on which wonderful mansions had been erected. This is a place of dreams to organize an antic cars rallye.
Where about in Tuscany ?
Our headquarters which will be the departure and the end of the rallye couldn’t be
anywhere else than Florence, heart of Tuscany ideally served by plane. Worldwide capital
of arts, the Medici city is a museum by itself, as well as a shrine for fashion, shopping,
goldsmithing, coffeehouses, restaurants and for this famous Tuscany cuisine allying
simplicity, sobriety and refinement.
In Florence we’ll be staying at Villa San Michele – the equivalent of Cipriani in Venice, a
jewel of the prestigious Orient Express chain – on Sunday October 12th (scrutineering)
and then on Friday 17th and Saturday 18th for the f inal ( http://
www.villasanmichele.com/web/ovil/villa_san_michele.jsp)
You can arrive there sooner if you wish, to breath peacefully and go down to the city with
a shuttle of the hotel, a cab or your car.
Associating with the Mille et Nuits Classic, the Villa San Michele, whose renovation will
be finished this spring, offered us privileged conditions. Erected in a wide and marvelous
monastery, surrounded by terrace-gardens, arbors, secret alcoves and gifted with rooms
steeped in history, our “villa” owns an incredible panoramic view over Florence situated 5
km below.
Our itinerary isn’t totally defined yet, but we can promise you the most beautiful of
Tuscany in a loop of approximately 1600 km with countryside, mountains, see and stages
ending sometimes in a city, sometimes in the middle of nature.
Our forecast itinerary (subjected to possible modifications which wouldn’t change the
spirit of the rallye)
Sunday October 12th – scrutineering in the gardens of Villa San Michele of Florence.
Welcome dinner and night at the hotel.
Monday October 13th – Firenze/Lucca (290 km) – first start at 10:00. Lunch at km
150. Arrival in the domain “La Villa Volpi”, privatized for the rallye, in the afternoon.
Touristic excursion in Lucca for those who are interested. Dinner and night at the hotel.
Tuesday October 14th – Lucca/Castiglione della Pescaia (300 km) – first start at 09:00.
Optional touristic stop at the Tower of Pisa. Dinner and night at the Andana, enchanting
resort and spa owned by Alain Ducasse. Its name comes from the long access alley
bordered with cypress and maritime pines in the middle of the very well preserved natural
Park.
Wednesday October 15th - Castiglione della Pescaia/Sienna (195 km) – half day free to tour
between land and see. Visit of the village of San Gimigniano, one of the most beautiful villages
of Tuscany. Dinner and night at hotel & spa Castel Monastero.
Thursday October 16th – Sienna/Perugia (290km) – Chianti road. Night at hotel Brufani.
Friday October 17th – Perugia/Firenze (280 km) – Stop in the famous village of Gubbio.
Open dinner in Florence. Night at Villa San Michele.
Saturday October 18th – Firenze/Firenze (160 km) – narrow sinuous roads. Half day free.
Gala candlelight dinner and awards ceremony at Villa San Michele.
Spirit of the Mille et Une Nuits Classic Tuscany 2014
Faithful to our concept, we strive to ideally mix motorsport, time for discoveries and pleasure to laugh and share moments with
friends. Our two to three daily regularity trials, each of them including three to eight timings, will be rigorous. Liaisons won’t
be hard and the ones leading to lunch or arrival of the stage won’t generate penalties. There will also be an optional hill
acceleration trial on 100 m which will be measured by a speed gun and which will be used to decide between ex æquo.
Organization of the Mille et Une Nuits Classic
Those who already participated will recognize our usual team: Blunik timing, race direction (Fenouil, Thierry Poujouly, René
Boubet and Sébastien Morellet), emergency medic (Petrick Dahlet), star mechanics who never sleep (Jérôme Gilet and Jean-Luc
Grasser) and the smile of Puce and Dominique taking care of relationships with participants and accommodation. There will
also be – of course – a van to transport your pieces of luggage, a sweeper car with
medical and mechanical assistance and a sweeper truck able to load and carry a car
until the end of the stage in case of a breakdown not
repairable on the spot.
How much ?
Price for two people and one car = 7.400,00 including
• Seven nights in double rooms with breakfast in premium hotels.
• Every meals except two lunches and one dinner which are opened.
• Medical security directed by Doctor Dahlet.
• Mechanical assistance (one car and one truck).
• Comfort insurance: (optional) transport of your pieces of luggage from one hotel to the other.
• Road book, maps, logbooks, speed tables, race number, rallye plate, timing, ranking, etc.
• Surveillance and security of the parking lots in which the cars are.
• Insurances adding to yours.
• Gifts, Awards ceremony, Trophies, etc.
Pre-entrusting = 2,500 (to be deducted from the final price)
Second payment = 2,500 , not later than April 15th 2014
Balance of your registration = not later than July 1st 2014
Payments by check or bank transfer, with order being “SABLES CHAUDS” or with the following details:
Code Banque : 20041 – Code Guichet : 00001 – N°de Cpte : 5304957N020 - Clé RIB : 91
Domiciliation : LA BANQUE POSTALE – PARIS
IBAN (International Bank Account Number) = FR44 2004 1000 0153 0495 7N02 091 BIC = PSSTFRPPPAR
You can also use our secured online payment system on www.sableschauds.com in the rubric Mille et Nuits Classic.
Cancellation conditions
Until April 15th – we keep 800 of administrative fee
Until June 15th – 30% of owed amount
Until July 15th – 50% of owed amount
Until August 15th – 80% of owed amount
Until August 20th – 100% of owed amount
Hotel rooms options
• Additional nights at Villa San Michele before the start of after the end of the rallye. Deluxe room and breakfast =
445 per night (official price with the same conditions = 755,10 )
• Suite all along the rallye = +1,875
• Single: please contact us.
Vehicle transportation option
From your place to Florence and return, by our specialized carrier. Our
mechanics come to pick your vehicle and deliver it to you, cleaned, on the
scrutineering place. They will bring it back to your place after the rallye.
From Paris, Lille, Grenoble, Lyon, Dijon, Rouen, Nice, Marseille, Bordeaux,
Anvers, Geneva or from other places. We will give you the price in the next
ten days.
Registration – don’t waste time !
Be careful, beautiful hotels fill very fast in Tuscany for next October. For
reasons of availability and quality, we won’t take more than forty teams. So if you wish to come and book your seat,
please don’t delay and send us your registration sheet and the pre-entrusting.
See you soon, hopefully for new adventures within the geniality of a fall in Tuscany
2 Chemin Creux 28260 Berchères sur Vesgre - France
Tel +33 (0)2 37 50 19 42 - +33 (0)6 89 66 62 85
www.sableschauds.com - [email protected]
Fenouil, Puce
& l’équipe de Sables Chauds