Itinerary for May
We are going europe from April 28 to June 18
here is the probably itinerary, does this sound OK os too cumbersome ? any suggestions ? for this trip, anyone think I should take eurail global pass for 2 months ? Dates Country Destination 28-Apr-2011 Netherlands Amsterdam 29-Apr-2011 Netherlands Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Amsterdam 30-Apr-2011 Belgium Antwerp, Ghent 01-May-2011 UK London 02-May-2011 UK London 03-May-2011 France Strasbourg, Nancy, Dijon 04-May-2011 France Bordaeux / Toulouse 05-May-2011 Spain San Sebastian 06-May-2011 Spain Madrid 07-May-2011 Spain Valencia, Alacant / Ibiza 08-May-2011 Spain Ibiza / Barcelona 09-May-2011 Spain Barcelona 10-May-2011 France Cannes 11-May-2011 France Nice/Monaco 12-May-2011 France Lyon 13-May-2011 Switzerland Geneva 14-May-2011 Switzerland Lausanne / Bern 15-May-2011 Switzerland Jungfrau region/Zurich 16-May-2011 Switzerland Verzasca dam 17-May-2011 Switzerland Matterhorn 18-May-2011 Italy Milan 19-May-2011 Italy Venice 20-May-2011 Italy Venice 21-May-2011 Italy Florence 22-May-2011 Italy Pisa, Rome 23-May-2011 Italy Rome 24-May-2011 Italy Naples 25-May-2011 Italy Naples / Palermo 26-May-2011 Sicily Palermo / Catania / Agrigento 27-May-2011 Sicily Palermo / Catania / Agrigento 28-May-2011 Sicily Bari - 29-May-2011 Greece Corfu / Patras - Take 7pm ferry to reach Patras at 5 am 30-May-2011 Greece Olympia 31-May-2011 Greece Olympia / Githio 01-Jun-2011 Greece Kalamatta / Athens 02-Jun-2011 Greece Myconos / Rhodes / Santorini 03-Jun-2011 Greece Santorini 04-Jun-2011 Greece Santorini / Athens / Larissa 05-Jun-2011 Greece Larissa 06-Jun-2011 Greece Thessaloniki 07-Jun-2011 Croatia Dubrovnik, Mlijet 08-Jun-2011 Croatia Korcula,Split 09-Jun-2011 Croatia Plitvice National Park/Zagreb 10-Jun-2011 Austria Innsbruck 11-Jun-2011 Austria Innsbruck, Wattens 12-Jun-2011 Austria Wattens, Carinthia 13-Jun-2011 Austria Hallstatt 14-Jun-2011 Austria Vienna 15-Jun-2011 Austria Vienna 16-Jun-2011 Hungary Budapest / Prague (one of them) 17-Jun-2011 France Paris 18-Jun-2011 France Paris 19-Jun-2011 France Depart |
what comes now, you will hear from many i suppose...
there are way way way too many destinatins on your trip... as you will, with each change of city/accomodation, lose at least half a day, you will only have few hours in certain destinations.... you will be running from place to place, constant husstle as to where to deposit you luggage etc etc.. not even talking about the lack of time to even halfway appreciate the locations you want to visit... you should realy cut down the locations, propperly check out the places you want to see (i.e. the switzerland part.. you have chosen a route, that each day ends out beeing a full day trip.. you will have to get going each morning very early to reach your destination, have some time there and will get back relatively late..) i realy doubt that this pace of travel will allow you to enjoy even half your journey... |
Agree totally with the poster above. Gives me a headache just to read that itinerary! *way* too many places.
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Thanks for the response, let me remove few places and comeback to it.
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I wouldn't remove just a few places, I would start anew. Try to spend at least 4-5 days in major cities and 2-3 in other places. Have you been to Europe before? What are the places you have always wanted to visit? Choose 5 or 6 countries at the most and spend 10 days to 2 weeks in each. Start with 5 days each in London, Paris and Rome. Spend a few days or a week a couple of times during your trip in a relaxing destination to recharge your batteries and take some day trips.
Greece seems to be a favorite destination as you are spending lots of time there. Choose a place or two where you can stay for a while and make day trips. Keep in mind the time it takes to get from place to place, checking out of and in to hotes, waiting for trains,etc. In most cases, you have left no time for actually seeing the place. You will become very familiar with train stations and trains but will have little time for anything else. Start again. |
Hi ila,
Your draft itinerary looks as if it was put together by a travel agency offering a whirlwind tour of Europe - "If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Belgium". Plan at least 1 week for each major venue. ((I)) |
Surely you jest!
In that time pick half of those destinations. |
That's not a vacation that's a tour of Europe's train stations. I did very roughly the same route and it took the better part of six months.
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