Need help planning trip after Paris
Jun 28th, 2017, 03:39 PM
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Need help planning trip after Paris
Hi,
My wife and I are traveling to Paris for our one year wedding anniversary.
So we booked the flight to Paris long time ago after finding a great deal! $425 RT from Texas.
When we booked, we made it a 10-day trip. Originally we were planning on doing 4 nights in Paris and 6 nights in Switzerland.
Then we changed our mind about doing Switzerland because we don't skii and decided that a 6 day countryside trip with endless mountains will get boring after a couple days. We are a young couple 27-28 looking for a more fun/romantic place to go next but now can't decide where to go instead of Switzerland. Reminder we only have 6 nights.
Any suggestions on where to go next?
My wife and I are traveling to Paris for our one year wedding anniversary.
So we booked the flight to Paris long time ago after finding a great deal! $425 RT from Texas.
When we booked, we made it a 10-day trip. Originally we were planning on doing 4 nights in Paris and 6 nights in Switzerland.
Then we changed our mind about doing Switzerland because we don't skii and decided that a 6 day countryside trip with endless mountains will get boring after a couple days. We are a young couple 27-28 looking for a more fun/romantic place to go next but now can't decide where to go instead of Switzerland. Reminder we only have 6 nights.
Any suggestions on where to go next?
Jun 28th, 2017, 05:21 PM
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Do your 10 days include travel days?
You might want to consider spending all of your time in / around Paris. It easily lends itself to a visit of AT LEAST 6 days (which means 7 nights), particularly if you are hoping for a romantic stay. You could add a day trip or two, or a few nights nearby -- and you have an enviable array of options for day trips or even stops of 2 or 3 nights outside of Paris.
Have you consulted any guidebooks? Going through some at your local library or bookstore might prove very helpful. And if you haven't been to these place before, then I would STRONGLY encourage you to get, or consult, at least one good guidebook -- you will learn things you never even knew to ask!
Happy Anniversary, and good luck with your trip planning?
You might want to consider spending all of your time in / around Paris. It easily lends itself to a visit of AT LEAST 6 days (which means 7 nights), particularly if you are hoping for a romantic stay. You could add a day trip or two, or a few nights nearby -- and you have an enviable array of options for day trips or even stops of 2 or 3 nights outside of Paris.
Have you consulted any guidebooks? Going through some at your local library or bookstore might prove very helpful. And if you haven't been to these place before, then I would STRONGLY encourage you to get, or consult, at least one good guidebook -- you will learn things you never even knew to ask!
Happy Anniversary, and good luck with your trip planning?
Jun 29th, 2017, 03:46 AM
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You could easily spend the 10 days in Paris and make several day trips from there. Take a look at the Paris Museum pass and all the opportunites it presents for châteaux near Paris. Many of these places are also with zone 5 of the ratp system and are covered on a weekly Navigo Decouverte pass.
Jun 29th, 2017, 05:03 AM
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What time of the year? That is
You could easily spend all 10 nights in Paris without ever running out of things to do. Alternatively, you could include day-trips - In February, I did day trips to Chartes and Rouen, and there are loads of others you can do (I was looking at about 6 - click on my name and you can read about the day-trips I was considering).
Are you prepared to drive? If so, for a first trip to France, I would consider the Dordogne. You could take a train to the region, rent a car and explore. It is really beautiful.
Again, it would depend on time of year. If in winter, then consider Provence (with a car) or Cote D'Azure (part of Provence, but on the coast). I have traveled there in Winter a few times and weather was wonderful most of the time
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You could easily spend all 10 nights in Paris without ever running out of things to do. Alternatively, you could include day-trips - In February, I did day trips to Chartes and Rouen, and there are loads of others you can do (I was looking at about 6 - click on my name and you can read about the day-trips I was considering).
Are you prepared to drive? If so, for a first trip to France, I would consider the Dordogne. You could take a train to the region, rent a car and explore. It is really beautiful.
Again, it would depend on time of year. If in winter, then consider Provence (with a car) or Cote D'Azure (part of Provence, but on the coast). I have traveled there in Winter a few times and weather was wonderful most of the time
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