Hello

i am planing to travel Europe this april with a friend and will have 6 days for France. I have read some blogs and forums and have come to the listings of some places. I need help in finalizing it.I also want to know whats the best way to travel.

Places:
1. Paris(sight seeing)--> Normandy(st Mischael,world war places)->Brittanny->Giverny(garden)->Lyon(city)->Loire(chateu and winery)->Versallis->Alsace then to Brussels.

I am also interested in visiting Provence region. May not be that interested in Nice and Monaco(out of my budget and less number of days).i want to feel the cities rather than visiting meuseums. let me know if i have missed anything. Let me also know if i need to add anything. And suggest me some places for stay in the following route. I know this trip will be of lot of travelling, cant help i only have those many days. want to utilize it for the maximum.

i would also be travelling in belgium and amsterdam. My port of entry will be belgium. eurorail is the best bet?

-Prashanth

I am not really sure I understand your logisitics. If you only have 6 days I would stay in Paris and maybe do a day trip (Giverny would work if it is open in April...?).

Or you could do 4 days in Paris and 2 days in one other location.

There is no way to fit all that you have listed into 6 days.

Everytime you move you lose approx. 1/2 a day in transit, checking in and out of hotels, getting to/from the station, finding your hotel, actual train journey etc so the more you move the more time you lose and the more expense you incur.

Can you clarify what your whole trip looks like and whether you only have 6 days? Do the 6 days include transit?

eurocheapo.com/paris Parisvoice.com lots to see/do
In 6 days just stay around Paris Chartres perhaps
or other trip that will no tcost precious travel time.

what jamikins said. there is so much to do in Paris itself and should you want a change, any number of day trip - Giverny, Versailles, or WWII beaches - are just three possibilities.

you say you want to utilise your time to the maximum - in fact by staying put in one place you do exactly that as you are not wasting time, as Jamikins says, rushing from one place to another, never seeing or doing very much in any of them.

you can easily get a train to Brussels from Paris when your 6 days there are up.

Hmmm, 6 days to see all those places in France? If you plan accordingly you could see them all in one day:

http://www.franceminiature.fr/en

On your other thread you eventually cut down the list just a teensy bit. But still waaaaaay too much. You will see almost nothing of Paris and spend the rest of your time dashing around.

You could do Paris and Normandy, or Paris and the Loire. Something like that.