Hello there
Lookinh for help on the following itinerary
Planning for 9 nights trip arriving at àmsterdam - Brussels - Paris back to àbu Dhabi

Please let me know the travel suggestions and attractions with 3 friends ...

Need assistance on chossing right mode of transport intercity and country trains

Thanks

Karthik

<i> Amsterdam Brussels Paris Travel Tip
Posted by: karthikeyan on Jan 30, 16 at 12:27am</i>

Train travel between Amsterdam, Brussels, and Paris is pretty simple because there is basically one choice, Thalys. See http://www.ns.nl/en for schedules and tickets.

For an illustrated introduction to European trains see http://www.enjoy-europe.com/hte/chap17/rail.htm.

What kind of attractions are you interested in?

I would suggest visiting only two places, not three, as you lose much of a day traveling from place to place and your time is limited. My personal preference would be to visit Amsterdam and Paris.

Then stay only in Bxl ;-)

Tips : eat mussels in Bxl

www.ns.nl is for domestic Dutch tickets.

For international tickets you need either www.nsinternational.nl or www.b-europe.com

The latter has no problem with US credit cards, the former sometimes struggles.

Between Amsterdam and Brussels you must choose between the hourly IC train for a fixed-price €42 which can be bought on the day, valid on any train that day, journey time 3h20, OR high-speed Thalys, journey time 1h55, fares vary from €25 in advance to €79 on the day, reservation on specific train always included.