samejia

My daughter is studying in Copenhagen this semester and is beginning to plan her travel break. Right now, the plan is to fly to Munich and then go to Nice (possibly Cannes and Monaco) and then to Venice and Florence. From what we can tell, it makes sense to fly to Munich. The flights from Munich to Nice are extremely expensive so I'm assuming this would be a good train ride. Looks like the train is the way to go for the rest of the itinerary before she would fly home from either Venice or Florence. Has anyone gone this route? The kids wanted to go to Nice and mentioned going to vineyards. They will have a week for this itinerary. Her friends will continue from Florence or Venice down to Rome while my daughter heads back to Copenhagen to meet us.

kybourbon

Is she looking at the budget airlines?
www.whichbudget.com
www.skyscanner.net

Train between Nice and Venice will take about 10 hours.

annhig

I was about to post the normal questions: what time of year, what budget, when my eye caught the sentence " They will have a week for this itinerary."

so that's 3 countries and [a minimum of] 4 cities/areas in a week.

where to start - the first madness:

<<From what we can tell, it makes sense to fly to Munich.>>

how can it possibly make sense to fly to Munich just to get a train to Nice? especially when they want to end up in Rome. just barking. Remember - every time you move, you lose at least half a day, and it costs you money just to travel.

if they want to look at vineyards, the Rheinland area of Germany is a lot closer and is well endowed in that area. alternatively, if it's got to be Italy, [and why not] the chianti area of Tuscany or the vineyards of Lazio [the region of Italy just outside Rome] woudl fill the bill.

sorry to rain on their parade, but they need seriously to rethink this trip.

annhig

here's the link for flights from copenhagen to Rome -

http://www.skyscanner.net/flights/cp...openhagen.html

a return will be about €60.

annhig

here's the link for flights from copenhagen to Rome -

http://www.skyscanner.net/flights/cp...openhagen.html

a return will be about €60.

to fly straight to Nice would be a bit dearer but still a lot cheaper than flying to Munich and getting a train to Nice from there. and then a train to Venice. and then to Rome.

the trenitalia website or www.bahn.de will give you an idea of how long these journeys are.

primeranoche

I think Transavia flies a Pisa/Copenhagen regular route.

samejia

Thanks for your replies. I have passed this along to my daughter. I've been trying to talk her out of Nice since I did visit there and recall enjoying other Europeans cities more. I'm trying to get her to focus on trying Budapest, Vienna, Prague and Munich (no particular order) or change direction and head up towards Amsterdam and Brussles. Thanks again for your replies.

annhig

samejia - she's only got a WEEK.

you can't see much of Budapest, Vienna, Prague and Munich [in which ever order] in a week.

Amsterdam by itself with some day trips would be nice. [rather than Nice].

annhig

sam - saw your other thread.

apologies for "flaming" you.

I'd go for amsterdam, to answer the question you've asked there.

samejia

Annhig, no apologies necessary. I'm asking for advice and know it's frustrating for those who travel a lot to see the kids try to squeeze so much in so little time. I think I have succeeded in convincing her that Nice is not worth it. She may try to now do Munich with Venice and Florence in one week OR Prague, Vienna and Budapest.

Then there's the weekend decision between Brussels, Amsterdam and Berlin.....

Sue_xx_yy

As much as I enjoy looking at vineyards, I don't especially find them all that interesting in winter. Or perhaps I have misunderstood the timing of your daughter's travel break?

I think Annhig's idea of doing Amsterdam with some day trips is a splendid idea for a 1 week break, especially for someone based in Copenhagen. Alternatively, a flight to Frankfurt followed by a high speed rail to Berlin might work - I see they're advertising fares for &euro; 29 on bahn.de for the ICE from Frankfurt to Berlin.

samejia

Thanks for the additional replies. I did tell my daughter that March is not the time to visit a vineyard so I think I suceeded in convincing her of that. I didn't even think about Frankfurt! I'm hoping when the kids really get down to seeing how long it takes to get places, they will tone down their plans!