PLEASE HELP MY HUSBAND AND I ARE GOING TO BE <BR>IN FRANCE FOR THREE WEEKS IN SEPTEMBER AND <BR>HAVE DECIDED TO LENGTHEN OUR VISIT BY ONE <BR>WEEK TO TAKE THE TRAIN OR AIR TO ITALY FROM <BR>PARIS. tHIS IS A VERY IMPROMPT TRIP AND WE <BR>KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT ITALY. CAN SOME OF <BR>YOU WONDERFUL EXPERIENCED TRAVELERS HELP US <BR>OUT. IT IS NECESSARY TO TRAVEL FROM PARIS <BR>TO ITALY BECAUSE OF FLIGHT CONNECTIONS. WE <BR>ARE ALSO CONSIDERING A SIDE TRIP TO AMSTERDAM. WE WILL HAVE ABOUT SEVEN DAYS. <BR>WE COULD ALSO FLY BACK TO THE STATES FROM <BR>AMSTERDAM RATHER THAN PARIS. <BR>THANKS SO MUCH.

Can you be a bit more specific? Do you want to get from Paris to Rome, or which other city? Do you want to spend time in Italy to sightsee? In which cities? I think Paris to Rome is a good idea, and by air. Is this what you want to know?

Sorry for the confusing request. We <BR>are flying to paris round trip from <BR>the states and on to Nice for a few <BR>days before visiting friends in the'Loire Valley for a week and back <BR>to Paris for Friday, Sat. & sun and <BR>orginally scheduled to fly back to the <BR>states on Monday, but have decided to] <BR>stay another week and would like to <BR>see both Italy and Amsterdam. Need to <BR>know if possible to see some of Italy <BR>and then Amsterdam to either fly from <BR>Amsterdam to states or back to Paris <BR>and then to the states. I really <BR>appreciate your help.''' <BR>Thanks

Yes

Sorry, I promise never to do that again... <BR>Anyway, try to do your research at trip.com...there are many options you can consider as to transportation, sightseeing etc. <BR>http://www.trip.com/

<BR>Hello - I'd say skip Amsterdam this trip. Italy is worthy of your 7 days. Or, since airfare in/out of Amsterdam is often cheaper and if cost is a consideration, perhaps you could skip Italy and concentrate on the Benelux area -also worthy of 7 days. I wouldn't waste the time getting all the way from France down to Italy back up to Amsterdam or possibly Paris again.

Take an overnight train from Paris to Venice, and then travel south to Rome, <BR>visiting Florence and San-Marino on the <BR>way, and you will never forget this trip. You may stay in Rimini if you like beaches on the way south from Venice. In fact that's what we did two years ago, and it was great. And then you can fly home from Rome...