What to do for 2 nights/3 days between Prague and Amsterdam
Apr 30th, 2012, 11:34 AM
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What to do for 2 nights/3 days between Prague and Amsterdam
Going to be in Prague for a week (school trip)...ending with 3n/4 days in Amsterdam....I have 2 nights/ 3 days free.
I was thinking about taking train to Dresden for a night and then on to Berlin...now thinking this is impossibly far and not enough time to enjoy either.
What should I do?
Train to Dresden for 2 nights on to Amsterdam?
Car trip through Dresden toward Amsterdam stopping at quaint towns along the way?
Any alternative ideas?
I was thinking about taking train to Dresden for a night and then on to Berlin...now thinking this is impossibly far and not enough time to enjoy either.
What should I do?
Train to Dresden for 2 nights on to Amsterdam?
Car trip through Dresden toward Amsterdam stopping at quaint towns along the way?
Any alternative ideas?
Apr 30th, 2012, 01:22 PM
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Check into taking a river cruise on the Rhine river. The river runs North into the sea at Amsterdam.
There are tons of companies selling river cruises. You could pick up part of a cruise and get to Amsterdame nice and relaxed.
There are tons of companies selling river cruises. You could pick up part of a cruise and get to Amsterdame nice and relaxed.
May 1st, 2012, 04:11 AM
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I agree with Travelforbeer.
You can't see Dresden and Berlin and Amsterdam in that time and really appreciate any of them.
If you were to drive you would need to get a car in Germany and leave it in Germany, and it you would spend most of your time in the car. If you are under 25 it will cost a lot to rent a car, and fuel is expensive too.
You can't see Dresden and Berlin and Amsterdam in that time and really appreciate any of them.
If you were to drive you would need to get a car in Germany and leave it in Germany, and it you would spend most of your time in the car. If you are under 25 it will cost a lot to rent a car, and fuel is expensive too.
May 1st, 2012, 04:59 AM
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"Car trip through Dresden toward Amsterdam stopping at quaint towns along the way?"
Possible but better and cheaper without the car. Most Prague-A'dam connections route you through Nuremberg and do this first leg via express bus in under 4 hours (there are also direct and one-change trains that take a bit longer.) The Franconian towns of Nuremberg, Bamberg, Würzburg, and Rothenburg would all be suitable targets for sightseeing - not all tiny towns but all worthwhile. Bamberg is exceptional. A quainter place like the wine town of Iphofen, on the rail line between Nuremberg and Würzburg, might suit you; it's an old-world place without the hypertourism of Rothenburg. See photos on the town's webpages:
http://www.iphofen.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten,273.html
From Nuremberg, all these places are accessible by train. All but Würzburg can be reached on a local daypass good for 2 adults called the VGN Tagesticket Plus, 16.20€, available at ticket machines.
http://www.vgn.de/tickets/?Edition=en&p=1
Use a "Bayern Ticket" (29€) for a daytrip to Würzburg - or see it on the way to A'dam. The Residenz is dazzling.
http://www.munich-touristinfo.de/Bavaria-Ticket.htm
Possible but better and cheaper without the car. Most Prague-A'dam connections route you through Nuremberg and do this first leg via express bus in under 4 hours (there are also direct and one-change trains that take a bit longer.) The Franconian towns of Nuremberg, Bamberg, Würzburg, and Rothenburg would all be suitable targets for sightseeing - not all tiny towns but all worthwhile. Bamberg is exceptional. A quainter place like the wine town of Iphofen, on the rail line between Nuremberg and Würzburg, might suit you; it's an old-world place without the hypertourism of Rothenburg. See photos on the town's webpages:
http://www.iphofen.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten,273.html
From Nuremberg, all these places are accessible by train. All but Würzburg can be reached on a local daypass good for 2 adults called the VGN Tagesticket Plus, 16.20€, available at ticket machines.
http://www.vgn.de/tickets/?Edition=en&p=1
Use a "Bayern Ticket" (29€) for a daytrip to Würzburg - or see it on the way to A'dam. The Residenz is dazzling.
http://www.munich-touristinfo.de/Bavaria-Ticket.htm
May 1st, 2012, 05:32 AM
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Thanks all. I am already staying in Amsterdam for 4 days...that is enough for this trip (and for specific company on this trip). But this is the 3rd week (after UK, Wales, Prague)...so we will be tired..just wondering what I can reasonably accomplish.
I don't care so much about getting an all -encompassing view of Berlin or Dresden..this is a teaser for a longer Germany trip (sans school) next year....and, I am WELL over 25 so car rental is no problem..even with $6/gal fuel.
I am more concerned with travel time...for a senior citizen and a teen. I want to expose the teenager to many places..we know we will go back. She is already VERY heavily traveled in the US, Caribbean, and Europe...just not Germany/Netherlands areas.
Russ...thank you for your links and ideas. I may skip Berlin entirely and go from Dresden more easterly to Amsterdam using your ideas.
I also like the river cruise ideas..these will give my mom a good break. She is in good shape, a real go-getter, but gets tired as she is 82.
Best,
MBAtripplan
I don't care so much about getting an all -encompassing view of Berlin or Dresden..this is a teaser for a longer Germany trip (sans school) next year....and, I am WELL over 25 so car rental is no problem..even with $6/gal fuel.
I am more concerned with travel time...for a senior citizen and a teen. I want to expose the teenager to many places..we know we will go back. She is already VERY heavily traveled in the US, Caribbean, and Europe...just not Germany/Netherlands areas.
Russ...thank you for your links and ideas. I may skip Berlin entirely and go from Dresden more easterly to Amsterdam using your ideas.
I also like the river cruise ideas..these will give my mom a good break. She is in good shape, a real go-getter, but gets tired as she is 82.
Best,
MBAtripplan
May 1st, 2012, 07:08 AM
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Dresden is a good idea, but if you think you're going to be tired after that much sightseeing (I agree) I would pick a place in the National Park Saxon Switzerland just south of Dresden, on the border to the Czech Republic. VERY beautiful region with lots of things to do - from easy to strenuous walks/hikes, visits of picturesque small towns/villages (Pirna, Wehlen, Rathen), castles (fortress Königstein) and paddle steamer trips on the river.
Bad Schandau is a small town with accommodation reaching from apartments/B&Bs to luxury hotels. Eurocity trains from Prague to Dresden (-Berlin) stop in Bad Schandau. Commuter trains run every 30 minutes between the town and Dresden, even until midnight.
Bad Schandau is a small town with accommodation reaching from apartments/B&Bs to luxury hotels. Eurocity trains from Prague to Dresden (-Berlin) stop in Bad Schandau. Commuter trains run every 30 minutes between the town and Dresden, even until midnight.
