Hello, I have been looking at the posts here on this site and would love your ideas/suggestions. This is just a base plan, and I have some days to play with. Thanks<BR><BR>Fly into Munich 3 days<BR>Prague 3 days<BR>Vienna 2 days<BR>Budapest 3 days<BR>Venice 3 days<BR>Dubrovnik or area 5 days<BR>Naples (is it possible to take a boat from Croatia to Italy, then go to Naples?) 3 days<BR>Rome 2 days<BR>Florence 5 days<BR>Genoa/Cinque Terre 2 days<BR>Geneva or Interloken 2 days<BR>Brussells 2 days<BR>Amsterdam 2 days<BR>Plus days in between for travelling.

It really depends upon the purpose of your trip. If you want to see a lot of different places with minimal stays then you have succeeded. <BR><BR>We have done this type of traveling and it works but it means a lot of changing and packing and checking in etc.<BR><BR>We've grown to like one or two or three places at the most.<BR><BR>My suggestion would be to focus on three or four places that you really want to see and that are reasonably close to each other.<BR><BR>For example...Munich, Salzburg, Budapset and Vienna.<BR><BR>Or Munich, Vienna and Prague.<BR><BR>Just an alternative suggestion...good luck and enjoy!<BR><BR>US

Thanks for your suggestion, Would it be better if we spent two more days in each place? We have as much time as we need? Thanks

Any suggestions for places I should skip this time or ones that I should spend more time in? Thanks

Hi<BR>Given the wear and tear of all the moving around you are going to do, I'd<BR>reluctantly say skip Rome and Naples.<BR>They are your southern most points, and I just don't think that Rome for two days is worth it.<BR>Stick to all your more northerly destinations.<BR>Alternatively, if you feel strongly about Rome and Naples, perhaps save Brussells and A'dam for another time.<BR>You are literally all over the map.<BR><BR>I think, and I am not sure, I haven't done it, you can take a boat from Dubrovnik to Venice, and/or Brindisi.<BR>But then you still have to get over to Naples.<BR>

I agree that Rome for two days is not worth it. Not because the city is not worth your time, of course, but because that is not enough time to aclimatize yourself to the city and relax enough to enjoy it.. Cut out your Rome and Naples days and save for a separate trip; stay &quot;north&quot; as your previous poster suggests. <BR><BR>I would add more small town exploration into the mix, personally. You don't want to get what my husband calls &quot;city rot&quot; i.e. too much traffic-restaurant food-noise-Vespas-pollution-mandatory sites-to-see. <BR><BR>For example, use your 5 days in Florence(now extended to 7) to leisurely explore, by rental car, or local bus or train the small towns of Tuscany and even dip into Umbria. Visit Fiesole, San Gimigniano, Siena. <BR><BR>Extend your previously crammed Genoa/Cinque Terre schedule to include the wonderful walk between at least two of the towns to get the amazing views and clear yhour head of the dreaded &quot;city rot&quot;. <BR><BR>Those who are familiar with the other countries may wish to chime in with specifics.<BR><BR>Above all, have a wonderful trip.

I must agree w/uncle sam, it appears as though you are trying to see the whole of Europe in a month or less. I would pick an area &amp; go from there. Based on this list you would spend @ least a week in travel time not to mention the cost that would go w/it. If you are starting in Munich I would venture to say Munich - Prague - Vienna - Venice. You can work in some of the Rhine Valley (Melk or Linz), Cesky Krumlov &amp; some other stops in between. (I have actually done the first 3 I suggested in one trip myself. There is a lot of Italy as well, perhaps you should just do Italy.

What I see most in your original post is that you are changing cities/places over 12 times!! To my view, this is a lot of wear and tear on you as a traveler. I have no idea your preferences, but I would cut that list in half and double the days in each place.<BR><BR>For example, to me being in Switzerland for only 2 days squeezed in between Italy and Brussells is not even worth getting off the train/plane (don't get me wrong I LOVE the area along the lake outside Geneva *!* that's probably why that particular '2 days' jumped out at me).

Thank you all for your thoughts and ideas, my travel companion and I are going to be looking over our plans and deciding which places we will leave for next time.

Hello, thanks again for all of the info. Here is an update of what we are thinking about, please any suggestions for transportation and lodging, the cheaper the better. We will be travelling and staying as long as we like in one place, we really don't have a set amount of time. <BR><BR>Munich<BR>Prague<BR>Vienna (Maybe)<BR>Budapest<BR>Venice<BR>Dubrovnik and area<BR>Rome<BR>Florence<BR>Cinque Terre<BR> <BR>Please help, thanks, Felissa

Hi Felissa,<BR><BR> I suggest that you include Vienna. <BR><BR> You are flying into Munich. From where are you leaving?

That is much better but I would still leave Budapest out &amp; include Vienna. hopefully you have an open-jaw ticket &amp; are leaving from Italy ? Vienna is right on the way to Venice &amp; will help break up your trip a little more. The key is to not cut yourself short. I would certainly include Cesky Krumlov in there as well &amp; the river area in Austria as I previously mentioned. I would plan for 3 days minimum for any of the places you are thinking of going &amp; don't forget to go to the Hofbrauhaus ! Enjoy !

I will be flying into Munich and I can fly out of anywhere that United Airlines flies out of, so that hasn't really been decided yet. My travel companion and I are both employees so we travel standby. Thanks for the advice, why would you leave out budapest? We will be adding Vienna now, thanks, Felissa

Hi Felissa,<BR> No need to leave out Budapest. It's a short trip from Vienna. I think they do overnight tours down the Danube by boat and back by train (or vv).

Hi<BR>for hotels in Rome and Venice, you can browse in any of several places.<BR>www.venere.it has zillions of hotel listings. www.roughguides.com has good budget listings too. When you find a few that interest you, try searching on them here on this message board (top of your screen), or elsewhere on fodors.com under Hotel Rants &amp; Raves, or at other websites like lonelyplanet or slowtrav or frommers that have lots of budget suggestions.<BR><BR>Here are some budget hotels in Rome that pop up here often, read comments for more details<BR>Pensione Panda<BR>Hotel Navona<BR>Hotel Primavera<BR>Residenza San Pantaleo<BR>Hotel Parlamento<BR>Hotel Romae<BR>

Budapest is just a bit out of the way based on the rest of your trip. I'll be interested of what you think of Dubrovnik. Please give us the details upon your return.

Everyone I have talked to said that I have to go to Croatia, so I can't wait, from what I can see it is beautiful and priced great. Thanks for all of the help, Felissa

Does anyone have any ideas on getting from Venice to Dubrovnik? Train or Boat? Thanks, Felissa

Hi Felissa,<BR> This site might be helpful<BR>http://www.visit-croatia.co.uk/travellingaround/italy.htm<BR><BR> http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/ indicates that you can't get there by train.<BR><BR> Europe by Air (http://www.europebyair.com/)<BR> has a $99 farecard that will let you fly Venice-Rome-Dubrovnik-Split-Rome.<BR><BR> You can take the train to Bari and the night ferry to Dubrovnik. See<BR>http://www.fun.informare.it/ferry/asc/asc-bari-dubfr.asp<BR>

Thank you so much for those websites, they have really helped with the planning. For me transportation is the worst part. Felissa