Hi,
I am planning a trip to Spain in Sept this year. Flying to Barcelona as a freind suggested going to South France. So I came up with Itinerary. Please provide your feedback and recommendations on the following.

09/10 (Wed) - Departure from SFO at 8AM
09/11 (Thu)- Arrive Barcelona at 9 AM
09/12 (F)- Barcelona
09/13 (Sa)-To South France, Marseilles
09/14 (Su)- Nice, South France
09/15 (M)- Monaco
09/16 (Tu)- Milan
09/17 (W)- Milan
09/18 (Th)- Barcelona
09/19 (F)- Ibiza
09/20 (Sa)- Ibiza
09/21 (Su)- Return to Barcelona and back to SF

Thanks,
Raman

Wow, you must love to drive!

Sorry but it appears to be much ! and you really don't see much of spain.

This is ugly. When your friend suggested going to South France, they did not mean driving freeways, they meant lingering in villages, sipping wine & eating well. So you spend an afternoon & evening racing around Barcelona, then a day on the freeway to see Marseilles? What is the attraction there? Shipping docks? Another 4 or 5 hour drive to get to Nice, where you will you again see little in the few hours of daylight remaining, and then you leave a day to see Monaco, which is 30 minutes from Nice. Monaco has little to see other than highrises at the edge of the sea, a garden & a casino. Then another long trip to Milan before a long trip back to Barcelona so you can get to Ibiza. Ibiza? Do you have a fondness for ugly cement places because you will see the worst of all three countries with The Cement Tour?

Alright, Thanks for tearing my 5-minute-unthought-plan into shreds in pretty much the same time. But this is all good constructive feedback. Sorry for my ignorance of mainland Europe. You can see I was tying see all the places without even trying to enjoy them ('Been there, Done What?').

Please feel free to send your recommendations even if they are random places you can think of - Spain or South France (close to Barcelona).

Thanks a bunch,
Raman

I would establish a geographical limit to the trvels: perhaps west of the Rhone, south of the Auvergne and no further than a line running north from the central part of the Pyrénées. That said, there are plenty of things to see on both sides of the montains. Taüll is worth a visit on the Spanish side; it has great reproductions of Romanesque frescoes--the originals are in Barcelona--but the actual site beats the museum recreation. Carcassonne, Albi and Nîmes would be within that range. The road from Prades to La Tour de Carol is a very nice drive. Mirepoix is a nice stopover. You might want to get the Michelin Green Guide for that part of France. It includes suggested itineraries depending on the number of days available.