Tanvi88

Hi, we're a group of friends, 3-4 couples, planning to go to Europe in the summers i.e. end June- starting July. It's the first Euro trip for most of us and we're super confused about which places to go to.
We have 10-12 nights max, that we can take out for this trip. Our objective is - see the city, culture- monuments(not into museums), good food, beaches & nightlife(all of us love to party).
The options that we could figure out till now are:-

1) Option1 (not in this order)
Madrid- Barcelona - Ibiza - any other spanish city like sevilla/marbella or some french island like corsica

2) Option 2
Paris - Nice/Monaco/some other place in south France - Ibiza - Barcelona

3) Option 3
We ditch Paris & Spain & do
Croatia & Prague?

Like I said, super confused! What would your recommendations be?
Our budget is around 2000-2300 euros per person.

Thanks!!

StCirq

Herding 6-8 people around Europe mid-summer is always going to be a challenge, but assuming that's what you want to do, I don't see how strangers on a travel board can help you out until you have all done a lot more research.

You haven't given any clues about how old you are, what your budget is, or how you plan to travel. All of those are crucial to making travel decisions.

There's no excuse for being "super-confused." Get out the guidebooks and maps and narrow the choices down, then make a decision. Once the decision is made, people here will be more than happy to help you refine your trip.

Or just go to San Sebastián and call it a day.

FuryFluffy

With 10-12 nights, I recommend you to do 2 cities, or at the maximum, 3 cities. With a group like yours, it takes time to move around and do anything. Trains/flights between cities are long too. So perhaps Madrid- Barcelona - Ibiza is okay for you. Paris - Nice - Ibiza is not recommended.

2000-2300 euros per person, does it include flight to Europe? If it does, then only you can tell how much your flight cost. Look for open-jaw flight (multi-destinations flights) that land in a city and depart from your last city.

Tanvi88

Hey StCirq

I mentioned that our budget is 2000 to 2300 Euros per person, including our flights from India to whichever the starting destination is. As per my research, flights are cheapest from Delhi, India to either Madrid or Paris.
We're all 25-28 years old and for our intercity travel we're open to both flights and trains. I don't know whether driving would be possible considering that driving there is on the opposite side of the road.

Hope this helps.

Tanvi88

@StCirq
Also, my reason for posting such a broad question was to get some personal advice on the cities.
For instance, if we want to party then is Ibiza the best choice or Croatia?
Also, would a combination of France and Ibiza make more sense or should we do only spain?

WoinParis

Ibiza is notorious for partying.
https://www.ibiza-spotlight.com/night/club_dates_i.htm
You'll note that the site is in 3 languages : english Spanish and... German. Lots of Germans go there or in Mallorca.

Barcelona is a fantastic city. Lively, with a beach, good food, lots of people and I suppose lots of parties.

Paris - Nice etc (french riviera) : beach, parties but less wild than in Ibiza. More normal thus.

Croatia : never been. However they used to party a lot when becoming independant in 1942...
They created a camp in Jasenovac. Even by nazi standard, it was hell.

Prague is quite nice and young.

StCirq

I asked about budget because you didn't say whether your 2,000-3,000 included flights or not. If it does include your flights, then you are going to have to be very budget-conscious, which probably means Ibiza is not a good choice. Are you aware of how much a cocktail costs in most of Europe? A small fortune, by my standards. I can have a good lunch for the price of a cocktail. Of course, beer and wine are cheaper.

I know nothing about the party scene in Croatia (but you can research that easily), but it will be cheaper than Ibiza.

And don't necessarily plan your trip around cheap airfares into Paris or Madrid, unless you plan to stay there. If you leave either city to go elsewhere it is going to cost extra, whether you drive, take trains, or fly. Figure all that into your budget and make comparisons.

Tanvi88

Hey
Thanks for all the suggestions! We've taken the advice and decided to stick to only Spain for 8-9 nights and skip Italy this time.
The plan now is
Delhi- Barcelona (no nights here)- Ibiza (3nights)
From Ibiza we fly to either Sevilla/Malaga/Granada/Córdoba
And from there we drive to or take the train to Barcelona and spend 2 nights there and then fly back to India
So now the question is, what route do we take after Ibiza? which of these places do we go to? Sevilla/Malaga/Granada/Córdoba or some other place or 2 of these? Or Majorca and 1 of these? We have 4-5 nights between Ibiza and Barcelona.
Also, is the drive worth it or do we take a train to Barcelona?