Hi all, I need some fresh ideas for our summer '25 trip. My now 16 year-old son and I will be outside of Berlin in July for a sporting event that ends on July 20th. We will have from July 21st to August 4th (departure date) to travel with my husband and other son. I have promised my older son that we would visit the motor valley in Italy, so w... Read More

Debating Where To Go This Summer I recently got 2 weeks of vacation due to switching jobs and I have flexibility to either take it any 2 week timeframe between early ish June and mid July. So one example is leaving Saturday June 15th and coming back July 1st, which means 14 full days in Europe. I'm in my mid 20s and just looking to relax afte... Read More

Thanks to many of you for your excellent guidance/reports/posts on the areas of Spain we are visiting in July. A special thanks to [utag=169187]mikelg[/utag], [utag=171967]Maribel[/utag], [utag=170246]MFNYC[/utag], Maribel, [utag=523521]KarenWoo[/utag], [utag=168707]ekscrunchy[/utag] and [utag=215631]Micheal[/utag]. Your input really helped us shap... Read More

I haven't seen very many trip reports from travellers to the Azores so I am posting mine. We are a couple of Vancouverites in our late 60s and reasonably fit. We loved the Azores. We travelled in April and May, definitely shoulder season, knowing that we could expect all sorts of weather, and we got it! Sata Airlines, the airline of the Azores,... Read More

September 2025 is an age away, but I'm looking ahead to 2025 as I need to do a bit of juggling with work and a family reunion overseas. We'd like to try to do about three weeks in Spain and one week in Italy from early Sept to early October. This would be our third trip to Italy and our first to Spain. Mainly heading back to Italy for the food a... Read More

I went to US as a tourist and overstayed for years, never got caught, and came back on my own 26 yeras ago. Since then, I went to Cyprus twice and had no problem. Didn't overstay there. Now I want to go to England for a month or two, but I worry because it's one of the five eyes countires, and I don't want problems in the airport after landin... Read More

Our trip will start with a week of trekking in the Engadin region of Switzerland, then three weeks later, we meeting friends in Lisbon, Portugal. We thought maybe two weeks in Spain and then 5-6 days in Portugal before meeting our friends. Here is our dilemma… Northern Spain, Basque area, Atlantic costal route. Or Costa Brava. This would most li... Read More

Live from Madrid....it's Sunday morning live!! (sorry about that!!) I'm a very short time into my stay and am already SO happy! Yes, American Airlines has misplaced my suitcase, so was withering with cold in a long-sleeved t-shirt but all is great now that I am seated in the nearly empty Car One of the splashy new Scarlet IRYO train, bound for C... Read More

Hello everyone, we are planning a ~12 days trip in late September to Italy and would really like some advice and suggestions! Some quick facts: [list] [*]Never been to Europe [*]10-14 days, starting from mid/late September [*]Flying from US east coast (NC) [*]3 adults + 2 kids (ages 4 and 7) [*]Not a huge history/art buff [*]Don't speak I... Read More

Could I get help with my itinerary? Two weeks flying in and out of Tokyo in August with my wife and 19-year old daughter. [list] [*]Tokyo (4 nights) – Aug 8, 9, 10, 11 [list] [*]3 days Tokyo [*]1 day trip - Hokone [/list] [*]Kyoto (4 nights) – Aug 12, 13, 14, 15 [list] [*]2 days Kyoto [*]Day Trip - Nara [*]Day Trip - Osaka (Spend the da... Read More

Hi Folks - My wife and I will land at the Vienna airport (from Washington DC) and we want to head directly to Prague via train. I want to buy the Vienna to Prague train tickets - but I am struggling to figure out how much time I should allow to get to the train station from the airport. [list] [*]Our flight is schedule to arrive at 8:30am o... Read More

Still cannot decide on my summer plans. I've enjoyed northern visits the last few years (Iceland in 2022, Denmark and Sweden in 2023) and so I'd like to keep that trend going. Maybe Maine, then? If you did a road trip to Maine from DC, where would you stay overnight on that drive to break it up a bit? Doesn't have to be half and half but I'd like... Read More

I am not a big fan of the travel show (BBC TV Programme) as they usually present the obscure "Knitting scarves in Outer Mongolia" "Left handed ping pong in Hungary" (not real by the way - just to illustrate what I mean); but, the latest episode is both quite emotionally affecting and a nice depiction of what the UK can offer from the seat of a trai... Read More

Hello, Our family (2a,2c) is planning our first trip to Europe from mid September to early October. After some research I think this will be best for us: London - 4 nights paris - 5 nights agvinon - 2 nights nice - 2 nights Vienna -2 nights grindelwald - 3 nights lucern or Zurich - 2 nights (then fly out late back to Australia) I initially planned... Read More

Thoughts on this itinerary and best things to do? Ideally, would like to have time to do: London: Touristy things and also maybe a day trip somewhere. Paris: Museums, Eiffel, Cafes, day trip? Alps: Scenery and hiking Florence/Tuscany: Museums, food, explore tuscany Rome: Colosseum, Vatican, touristy stuff, food, day trip? Day 1 Arrive Lo... Read More

I consider flying in to Detroit, checking out Detroit, [url=https://www.fodors.com/community/united-states/mackinac-island-1707498/]Mackinac [/url]City, UP and returning the car at CLE. Is this plan too ambitious? Is it worth it to visit Mackinac and UP or I should stick with south side of MI. Four, five days are all the time I have. We like outdoo... Read More

This is a prior thread about the proposed trip, which we are now in the midst of: https://www.fodors.com/community/europe/a-week-in-galicia-may-1719969/ I will attempt to keep this short and willl be happy to elaborate if anyone wants more details. Background: I have been to Galicia for very short stays, twice before. Both were more than 1... Read More

My wife and I will be in the region for 8 days. Can we set up camp in Bologna and do day tours everyday or would you suggest adding another camp base? Thank you formally our comments in advance. Read More

HELP: I have no idea how to tag this post "UK" so it posted in Europe general and I can't delete it and try again. So very sorry! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In June I will fly to London,spend 5 nights there, and then begin a two-week wander through Wales.... Read More

Hello I'm leaving the US tomorrow and flying to Zurich where I'll be renting a car from Hertz. We'll be driving through France, Switzerland and Germany. After researching countries requiring International Drivers Permits I thought I wouldn't need one. Now I'm seeing various opinions about this. I know its probably a good idea if I have to deal wit... Read More

Hi everyone. We are very fortunate to have 15 full days in Spain in September and really need to get a wriggle on in finalising our plans which is proving slightly overwhelming! Going through our battle of wanting to do too many things but conscious that we need some relaxation and time to immerse ourselves in the places we are visiting. Only firm... Read More

Hi I have been to Barcelona previously. My husband bought plane tickets to Madrid roundtrip to plan for my 60th birthday. Since I love to plan, this is part of my gift! So far, I have night 1 in Madrid. We have an 8 hour coach flight and it is probably best to relax in a nice hotel for one night. I have 3 nights in Seville, 2 nights Granada, 1 n... Read More

Some of these questions are going to be so stupid, but I haven't been to France in a couple of decades. I posted before, but I'm hoping being a bit more specific will help, because I really need to book flights, etc. I'm doing a photo workshop in Normandy (Cabourg is the base) in mid-September for 6 nights. I arrive two nights before and have a hot... Read More

Hello, My husband and I will walk the Via Spluga Aug 24- Aug 29 from Thusis to Chiavenna. We have Aug 30-Sep 5 before we head back to Zurich to fly home on 9/7 morning. We want to stay on one of the lakes - Como, Lugano, Maggiore, or maybe two lakes but we don't want to be bouncing around every night or two. We like to sight see, hike, see vist... Read More

Hi everyone. Looking to decide whether my wife and I would use as our base Gijon or Oviedo? In either area, do you require a car to get around? Any suggestions for hotels and restaurants would be greatly appreciated. happy travels Read More