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5 Tage
Alfa Romeo
Vom Nordwesten bis zum Ätna: Sizilien Inselquerung
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Brescia, Italy (Multi-city route)
9 – 13 June 2026
1000 Miglia, Brecia Italy
The world’s most beautiful race - Historic road rally across Italy
Mille Miglia 2026
Your Gateway to Mille Miglia
With our exclusive tour packages for the Mille Miglia 2026, you secure the chance to drive side-by-side with the official participants – but without the complex and expensive registration procedure or blistering challenge. Find out all the relevant information about the 2026 edition of the 1000 Miglia, make it easy for yourself and experience the fascination and thrill of this legendary rally up-close in June.
Every year, the Mille Miglia attracts millions of classic car enthusiasts from all over the world. Most of them just watch. Others take part and drive. Perhaps this is also one of your most unique dreams too? However, apart from the immense costs, applying and being allowed to actually take part officially are two very different things.
And that’s what makes the tour with NOSTALGIC® so appealing: the guarantee of a ride. Among the official participants, you get behind the wheel of legendary classics from our fleet – Mercedes Benz SL or Alfa Romeo Spider – and experience the breathtaking places and landscapes and the fascinating flair of this rally just like everyone else. Curious? Then read on.
Event information
Mille Miglia 2026
When is Mille Miglia?
Mille Miglia 2026 will take place from 9 to 13 June – and so will some of our tours. With NOSTALGIC®, you have the opportunity to experience the race and event in one of four exclusive driving tours:
- Tuscany-Tour: Ride through rolling vineyards in an Alfa Romeo Spider
- Starting Line in Brescia: Attend the main launch event in a Mercedes-Benz SL or Alfa Romeo Spider.
Travelling the most beautiful roads in Italy during the Mille Miglia.
Where does the Mille Miglia take place?
Mille Miglia 2026 starts in Brescia and follows a figure-eight course through Tuscany, Lazio and Umbria to Rome before the drivers return north to Brescia. As the name suggests, the route of the race covers around 1,000 miles, or 1,600 kilometres. The route is slightly different every year – with new, breathtaking sections that keep the race fresh and unpredictable.
On our tours, we make sure that you are always at the best vantage points and most exciting sections of the route – be it at the wheel of our classic cars or at an exclusive check-point of the competitors that guarantees the best views.
You want more insight? You’ll find it in this video:
1000 Miglia itinerary 2026
Start in Brescia:
All the racing cars gather for technical scrutineering and the exciting pre-start phase. Those who are here will have the pleasure of marvelling at all the beautiful classic cars as the racers prepare themselves and their vehicles to take off.
First stage 09.06.2025:
On the first stage, the route leads from Brescia via Verona and Ferrara to San Lazzaro di Savena (Bologna).
Second stage 10.06.2026:
On the second stage, the route takes them from San Lazzaro di Savena via Prato and Siena on a long route to Rome.
Half-time in Rome:
During the big vehicle parade, this is the next ideal moment to marvel at all the participating racing cars up close and take photos.
Third stage 11.06.2026:
On the third stage, the route leads from Rome to Cervia – Milano Marittima. It passes through Orvieto, Arezzo and San Marino.
Fourth stage 12.06.2025:
On the fourth stage, the route leads from Cervia – Milano Marittima via Forli, the beautiful Piazza Il Campo, Livorno and Viareggio to Parma.
The Finish & award ceremony in Brescia 13.06.2026:
Only the best drivers and most reliable classic cars make it to the finish, once again in Brescia. This is where the Mille Miglia comes to a triumphant conclusion
A Maserati Vignale leaving the Piazza Il Campo.
How to attend Mille Miglia?
Registration for the Mille Miglia takes place via the 1000 Miglia Organiser’s website and normally must be submitted by Christmas of the previous year. But you know The 1000 Miglia is not just any rally: It’s about much more than simply enjoying the beautiful roads and towns along the route
It’s about seeing and being seen. Millionaires, superstars, great car collectors and motorsport legends take part. They sit in the Classics-of-classics – vintage cars from 1927 to 1957 that have a concrete Mille Miglia or motorsport history. This also means that if you want to take part as a private individual, you have to fulfil many criteria – and: you have to bring money with you.
The registration fee for the Mille Miglia starts at €15,000. Complete participation packages range up to €75,000 and more. The purchase or hire of a suitable car, if not available, can run into hundreds of thousands or even millions. There are also high travel and transport costs. And: the classic car needs to be prepared to cope with the enormous strain of a 1,600-kilometre route in just a few days. The teams usually even have a professional mechanic travelling with them during the rally, who knows the classic car inside out and can carry out minor repairs immediately.
But even if you put the money on the table and have a suitable classic car to show for it, that doesn’t mean you’re allowed to take part. This is because the committee decides. Just under 400 teams are admitted and if you deduct the fixed places for the sponsors’ racing teams, only around 200 free starting places remain. These are distributed among as wide a variety of historic vehicles and models as possible. So even if you have a suitable car and the necessary small change, it is possible that your vehicle type is already represented, and you will therefore be rejected.
Skip the registration hassle and experience the Mille Miglia for a fraction of the cost.
It’s much easier – and at a fraction of the price – with NOSTALGIC®. Our exclusive luxury tours during and along the Mille Miglia are available from just €2,650 per person. Take a look at the different options and book your special Mille Miglia experience. (It pays to be quick, as the number of participants on these exclusive tours is strictly limited).
Castelotti and Ascari in their Lancia at the Mille Miglia start.
Your advantages on the MM tours with NOSTALGIC®
You don’t need your own car:
You drive from a selection of over 60 exclusive classics from our top-rated classic car fleet. Accordingly, you also have no logistics and transport costs.
Guaranteed participation:
Simply get in and drive off and join in. Without the expensive registration costs and, above all, without the risk of rejection.
More flexible travel organisation:
The Mille Miglia itself is extremely demanding and tightly scheduled. With Nostalgic, you are right in the middle of it, but you can also take time out to simply watch and enjoy.
Luxury hotels included:
We also take care of your overnight stays.
The most worthwhile places on the itinerary:
With our years of experience, we know exactly where you should be and when to be there to keep up with the official racers, experience the major highlights of the 1000 Miglia, and mingle with collectors and legends.
Mille Miglia team on a pre-war Bugatti on the road in Umbria
Why is the Mille Miglia so famous?
he history of the Mille Miglia dates back to the 1920s and has its origins in a city rivalry between Milan and Brescia. When it was decided in 1925 to build Italy’s first Grand Prix circuit in Monza near Milan, which also hosted Formula 1, for example, resourceful businessmen from Brescia were motivated to come up with a completely different idea: instead of a classic race track where you drive in circles, they created an alternative race that covered the same distance as a full Grand Prix – but across the Italian countryside.
Over the years, the Mille Miglia has become an highlight mark among classic car events, practically the most important and famous event of the year. To this day, around 400 elite teams from over 40 countries compete against each other in the Mille Miglia. The participants drive legendary classic cars from Aston Martin, Ferrari, Maserati, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz or Alfa Romeo – making this race a unique automotive journey through time.
Other events – such as the Targa Florio, der Gran Premio Nuvolari and also the Goodwood Revival certainly have their appeal and are extremely popular among fans, but it is the Mille Miglia that clearly sets itself apart with its extraordinary charm, its special style and the fleets of participants. Oh yes: and the celebrities are also a theme:
Mille Miglia: a magnet for celebrities
It’s all about seeing and being seen. The Mille Miglia is a playground for Hollywood stars, racing icons and business moguls. Of course, lesser-known people also take part, but over the years numerous A-list celebrities have immortalised themselves in the history of the race. Examples?
- Jodie Kidd – Jaguar XK 120 OTS Roadster (1953)
- Daniel Day-Lewis – Jaguar XK 120 BJ (1953)
- Jay Leno – Jaguar XK 120 Sports „Ecurie Ecosse“ (1951)
- Brian Johnson (AC/DC) – Jaguar C-Type (1953)
- Jacky Ickx (Le-Mans-Legende) – Porsche Spyder RS (1956)
- David Coulthard (F1-Champion) – Mercedes 300 SL W 198
Fun Fact!
Since 2016, the organisers have no longer published VIP participant lists for security reasons. But if a name is missing from the official starter list, there is a good chance that a famous personality with an equally infamous vehicle is hiding behind it.
Participating without celebrity status?
We know how you can take part in the Mille Miglia without having to be a celebrity or break your bank account. Take a look at the exclusive Nostalgic tours through Tuscany, Umbria and Brescia during the Mille Miglia 2026. With us, you’ll get the full feel of the legendary cars and roaring engines – but without the tight pace of the rally and with clever shortcuts that take you to the best spots of the action. You will drive part of the MM Route 2026, enjoy first-class restaurants and hotels, marvel at the rally and, with a bit of luck, meet famous drivers who have made automotive history.
Travelling through Tuscany with Nostalgic during the Mille Miglia 2025
Mille Miglia, Tuscany Tour with an Alfa Romeo Spider
Alfa Romeo Spider – no other car has won the Mille Miglia more often than this one. And on this tour, you will spend four days behind the wheel of this legend from the 1950s. The route takes you over the hills of Tuscany, past the vineyards of the Chianti region, along the desert-like landscape of the Crete Senesi, along the old country road between Siena and Florence and past the imposing towers of San Gimignano.
- Day 1 – Arrival in Florence, wine tasting in Chianti at sunset
- Day 2 – Tour through Tuscany, dinner together
- Day 3 – Lunch in Pienza, drive along the breathtaking roads of the Crete Senesi
- Day 4 – Country Road trip past the towers of San Gimignano, departure from Florence
Mille Miglia, Start in Brescia with a Mercedes-Benz SL
Get behind the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz SL and discover the breathtaking coastal roads along Lake Garda. Cruise in style between water and rugged rock faces through the spectacular tunnels of the Gardesana and discover the alpine meadows of Monte Baldo. The grand finale? Brescia. There you will be right in the middle of the technical inspection of the classic cars and be there live at the big starting point for the legendary rally.
- Day 1 – Arrival at Verona airport, race feeling in the Lugana wine region
- Day 2 – Drive through the Gardesana tunnels on Lake Garda
- Day 3 – Drive across the alpine meadows of Monte Baldo
- Day 4 – Live at the start of the Mille Miglia, departure from Verona airport
Is there a "winner" of the Mille Miglia?
Unlike in the past, Mille Miglia is no longer a race in the classic sense. It is a rally. And the winner is not the team that crosses the finish line first, but the team that has demonstrated clear strategy, precision and consistency during the rally. The rules are set out in the official road book.
How does the road book work?
The roadbook contains the route of the approximately 1,600-kilometre tour. Directions, prominent points, and hazards are represented by Chinese navigation symbols. Red arrows along the route also serve as real-time navigation. The decisive factors are time controls and stamping stations, which must be reached just in time and by following traffic regulations to avoid penalties. Milliseconds really can be decisive here. If you arrive too early or too late, you will accumulate additional time relatively quickly. This means that it is not just speed that is important but keeping a constant rythm within the applicable traffic regulations.
The winner of the Mille Miglia will be the driver who reaches the finish line with the best time. In addition to your own driving skills, precision training beforehand and the study of previous winning strategies, the co-driver is also crucial. He masters the road book and helps with navigation and timekeeping. To have a chance of winning, both drivers must work together in perfect synchronization. And, of course, the classic car also must hold out – after all, the race car has to cover a whopping 1,600 kilometres in five days.
1,000 miles in just 10 hours?
The roadbook contains the route of the approximately 1,600-kilometre tour. Directions, prominent points, and hazards are represented by Chinese navigation symbols. Red arrows along the route also serve as real-time navigation. The decisive factors are time controls and stamping stations, which must be reached just in time and by following traffic regulations to avoid penalties. Milliseconds really can be decisive here. If you arrive too early or too late, you will accumulate additional time relatively quickly. This means that it is not just speed that is important but keeping a constant rythm within the applicable traffic regulations.
The winner of the Mille Miglia will be the driver who reaches the finish line with the best time. In addition to your own driving skills, precision training beforehand and the study of previous winning strategies, the co-driver is also crucial. He masters the road book and helps with navigation and timekeeping. To have a chance of winning, both drivers must work together in perfect synchronization. And, of course, the classic car also must hold out – after all, the race car has to cover a whopping 1,600 kilometres in five days.
The end of the Mille Miglia in classic style
Why is the Mille Miglia no longer a classic race today? It has to do with a tragic incident in 1957. The Mille Miglia had mesmerised drivers and spectators for 30 years – as a breathtaking high-speed race that pushed the participating vehicles in a plethora of ways. Just two years earlier, Stirling Moss had triumphed. And now a devastating accident brought the Mille Miglia to an abrupt end.
On 12 May 1957, just 50 kilometres before the finish line, Alfonso de Portago lost control of his Ferrari 335 S at more than 200 kilometres per hour. The racing car left the road, crashed into a telegraph pole and skidded into a crowd of spectators. The driver, his co-driver and several spectators, including three children, were killed in the accident. And this – understandably – sparked a nationwide debate. The Mille Miglia, once a symbol of motor sport glamour and adventure, was deemed too dangerous and discontinued
Mille Miglia: Regularity Rally Revival
On the one hand there was the danger of such high speeds and the difficult memories of 12 May 1957 – on the other hand, the unbroken fascination with the numerous historic cars on Italian roads. After the accident in 1957, it took 20 years before the Mille Miglia was revived. However, it celebrated its comeback in a different form: No longer as a race, but as a regularity rally. And that is the Mille Miglia as we know it today: Safer, less thrills, but more enjoyment, more impact and even more special flair. And regardless of whether you are a driver or a spectator with Nostalgic: it is a memory for life.
Mille Miglia 2026
FAQs
Why was the Mille Miglia stopped and restarted?
The original Mille Miglia was halted in 1957 due to a fatal accident. It returned in 1977 as a safer, non-competitive regularity rally.
If the Mille Miglia is not a race, how do you win?
Winners are chosen based on regularity—precision, not speed. Teams must maintain exact average times between checkpoints. At Nostalgic we focus on leisure but still keep it exciting and close to the race
What is the best airport to fly into for the Mille Miglia?
We recommend flying into Milan (MXP or LIN), Verona (VRN), or Florence (FLR), depending on your tour route.
What is the cost of joining the Mille Miglia tour?
Packages start at €2,650 per person and vary depending on the car, route, and duration of the tour.
Can two people share a car?
Yes. The driver and co-driver switch as needed. It’s a popular option for couples or friends traveling together.
Where does the Mille Miglia start and end?
The rally begins and ends in Brescia, northern Italy, completing a loop through Rome and the Tuscan countryside.
What happens at the end of the Mille Miglia?
The rally finishes in Brescia with a festive celebration and awards for official participants. Nostalgic guests enjoy a farewell dinner.
How strenuous is it to drive the classic cars?
We even have guests who are well over 80 joining our tours. However, the classics don’t have air conditioning or power steering and offer only limited comfort. Even so, after a net driving time of around four hours, you won’t feel worn out – despite the sun and the wind in your face.
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