Need help with London-Paris-Amsterdam itinerary for family
Feb 4th, 2014, 08:37 AM
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Need help with London-Paris-Amsterdam itinerary for family
Hello all,
We have booked our flights into London and out of Amsterday for me, my wife, and our 10-year old son for mid to end of June.
I'm trying to figure out how to split the trip into those 3 cities and would love your help.
We arrive in LONDON on a MONDAY at 2pm.
We depart AMSTERDAM 2 weeks later on a FRIDAY at 11am.
With our 10-year old, we plan on hitting about one museum per day and only the major attractions. We want to take it easy, not over do it.
My wife and I have both been to Paris.
Current plan is this, but I'd like to know if we should spend less time in London and more in Amsterdam at the end:
Monday: Arrive London around 2pm
Tuesday: London
Wednesday: London
Thursday: London
Friday: Train to Paris mid-day
Saturday: Paris
Sunday: Paris
Monday: Paris
Tuesday: High Speed Train to Amsterdam (about 3.5 hours trip), getting in mid afternoon
Wednesday: Amsterdam
Thursday: Amsterdam
Friday: Fly back to US at 11am
THANK YOU in advance for taking the time to help
Pablo
We have booked our flights into London and out of Amsterday for me, my wife, and our 10-year old son for mid to end of June.
I'm trying to figure out how to split the trip into those 3 cities and would love your help.
We arrive in LONDON on a MONDAY at 2pm.
We depart AMSTERDAM 2 weeks later on a FRIDAY at 11am.
With our 10-year old, we plan on hitting about one museum per day and only the major attractions. We want to take it easy, not over do it.
My wife and I have both been to Paris.
Current plan is this, but I'd like to know if we should spend less time in London and more in Amsterdam at the end:
Monday: Arrive London around 2pm
Tuesday: London
Wednesday: London
Thursday: London
Friday: Train to Paris mid-day
Saturday: Paris
Sunday: Paris
Monday: Paris
Tuesday: High Speed Train to Amsterdam (about 3.5 hours trip), getting in mid afternoon
Wednesday: Amsterdam
Thursday: Amsterdam
Friday: Fly back to US at 11am
THANK YOU in advance for taking the time to help
Pablo
Feb 4th, 2014, 08:58 AM
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>>I'd like to know if we should spend less time in London and more in Amsterdam at the end:<<
Nope - in fact I think you should spend more time in London. First of all day 1 is pretty much a non starter since you likely won't even get to your hotel til 4 or 5 PM, and Friday is shot since you need to check out and be at St Pancras about an hour ahead of time. So as it is you only have 3 full days for London. Second - you'll be jet lagged at the beginning so the first day or two will be a slog. And finally - London is ENORMOUS with just masses of things for families to see/do.
Nope - in fact I think you should spend more time in London. First of all day 1 is pretty much a non starter since you likely won't even get to your hotel til 4 or 5 PM, and Friday is shot since you need to check out and be at St Pancras about an hour ahead of time. So as it is you only have 3 full days for London. Second - you'll be jet lagged at the beginning so the first day or two will be a slog. And finally - London is ENORMOUS with just masses of things for families to see/do.
Feb 4th, 2014, 10:51 AM
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I think you've done pretty wells with the time you have and having made the reservations. You don't hear that often on these boards!! LOL Janis may have a point--maybe leaving later to go to Paris would give you a bit more time in London and taking a late train to Amsterdam.
Feb 4th, 2014, 11:02 AM
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you need more time in London esp if you have been to Paris before.
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