Need 18 day itinerary & hotels paris france, tuscany & rome italy, london for 2 sisters +50. Starting point is Paris.

See the replies, including my detailed post, on your first thread - - http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34525336

Best wishes,

Rex

muffin:

It usually helps to show that you have at least undertaken some research on your own. Now, if you want to BUY an itinerary, that's different, but just asking for people to donate their time and experience to putting together a trip for a complete stranger is a bit cheeky.

Tell us what ideas you've looked into thusfar and what the two sisters are interested in doing, and what your budget is, and so forth. Unless you can demonstrate some serious participation on your own part, it's highly unlikely many people will be able to, or will want to, assist.

It's a big ole troll post.

Followup questions will probably reference leather pants and fluffy bathrobes.

You're one of the best muffin.

Hi,
This is my itinerary to date. I took a lot of good ideas from the forums (June 19-July 6- 17 days)
Day 1- arrive Paris 12:30 pm - walking tour (passages), museum Rodin, eiffel tower (night)
Day 2 - paris - versailles museum (6 hrs), walking east & west bank (4hrs), arc de triomphe
Day 3 - Louvre museum, shopping, Saint Sulpice, Orsay Museumm, Notre Dame Cathedral,
Day 4 - Orly to Rome, arrive Rome 8:00 am - Colosseum, Vatican City, Pantheon, Trevi fountain (night)
Day 5 - Rome -St Peter's Basilica, Borghese Gallery, walking tour,
Day 6 - Rome - Day tour to Ostia
Day 7 - Rome to Florence, walking tour in Florence, Duomo, Ponte Vecchio, Pitti Palace, Piazzale Michaelangelo (night)
Day 8 - Florence to Cinque Terre, walking between the cinque terre towns (at least 2 of them)
Day 9 Cinque Terre - walking through at 5 towns, beach, strolling
Day 10 - Pisa
Day 11,12,13 - Pisa to Bath, cotswold tour, roman bath tour, pub tour,
Day 14-17 - London - tower of london, millenium bridge, st paul's cathedral,
buckingham palace, shakespeare globe, theatre, british museum, national gallery, tate britain, boat tour
Day 18 - fly back to ottawa

Well, as usual, your itinerary looks very crowded, especially Day 3 in Paris. You could spend a whole day in the Louvre alone.

But it's not too bad. I assume you're flying from Pisa to Bristol and then getting yourself to Bath. You'd better get cracking on hotel reservations.

The itinerary is only a draft with possible sights to see. As you explained, we may want to stay longer at one museum over the others. All reservations are done... just waiting for the day.

I guess if I were editing (particularly since you are moving about quite a lot anyway) I would eliminate the day trips (Versailles, Ostia) for starters. I would try & find some more time for Florence. It appears you may not necessarily be including actual travel times either. Some of your travel days are chock full of activities, when most likely I would just like to find a nice cafe & have a drink. Also, you'll need to check museum hours & the like. The Louvre & the Orsay is a bit much as well. Way too busy for my liking, but to each their own.

Thanks to all for the great feedback. Thanks Rex for the big hand in putting together the itinerary. It'll be busy but fun!!