The two of us with our 8 year old kid Will be in Paris for 4 nights and 5 days in first week of June. Need recommendations on hotels or apartments & areas to stay. We stayed in an apartment in St. Germain 10 years back - few steps away from Cafe De Flore and loved it. We liked being able to stand in the balcony and watch/hear people. Get down and... Read More

This will only be my second trip to Europe and might be my only chance to visit Paris. I'm planning to add 4 or 5 days after a trip to southern France on a small group tour that will include watercolor lessons. I will be by myself for the Paris visit. I think I have found a good small hotel in/near the Marais district after finding a cheese making... Read More

We are really enjoying Portugal so far but due to some emergencies occurring before we left for this trip (honestly did not think we would make it!) all planning in the last two weeks prior to the trip was put on hold and we are flying by the seat of our pants much more than we expected. It's sort of fun but as we are already in Portugal, we are h... Read More

Hi I'm prepping my travel stuff, here's what I have: - security luggage from Pacsafe ( it has wire mesh in the fabric) - travel door latch - travel door/window alarm - rfid sleeves for credit card and passport - vpn app For those of us that are security conscious ( some may say paranoid) what other security gadgets/apps (android)have you used/sugg... Read More

We have a fairly long layover at LHR in early September of this year. We land at 9:15AM and our onward flight to Toulouse is at 16:35 (4:35PM). Both flights arrive and depart from Terminal 3. Since we rarely sleep on long haul flights we would like to book someplace to hopefully be able to sleep and shower and essentially hang out before our afte... Read More

This is the second part of the trip report, “From the Adriatic to the Tyrrhenian Seas in 5 weeks (Italy & Croatia)”. Having just spent 3 glorious weeks in Croatia, we’ve now arrived in Ital... Read More

I have previously only visited Paris, France and am returning to France with a friend next year to more extensively see the beauty that lies beyond Paris. We would both like to visit Mont St Michel but are mindful that as we won't be visiting Normandy, the only viable option for Mont St Michel would be as a day tour from Paris (we don't have tim... Read More

I have read that it is taking 2-4 hours to get through passport control when arriving in Lisbon from the US. I assume passport control takes place before passengers pick up their luggage. I can't make our seats be any closer to the front of the plane, so we deplane when we deplane. I guess we can make sure we use the restroom before we deplane,... Read More

Hi! My partner and I are planning a 3.5 week trip to Italy beginning 29th August. We're in our early 30's and looking forward to beautiful scenery across a variety of landscapes - plenty of coastal towns and beaches, and a mix of cities, rolling hills, lakes, mountains. Italy is the focus and we will spend most if not all of our time there. We're... Read More

We'll have 2 full days in Coimbra, arriving from Porto, going then to Tomar. My original plan was to use one of the full days to visit Aveiro and Costa Nova. But I'm thinking now to stop on Aveiro on our way to Coimbra, and that opens up another day in Coimbra. What do do? I'm intrigued about Talasnal and the Schist Villages, but there doesn't se... Read More

My fiance and I are taking a belated honeymoon in California after his son gets married early November in Santa Barbara. We will have 3 days of family/wedding event in SB. We have from Sunday afternoon til our flight leaves late out of SF to explore PCH. We want to have time to stop and explore little towns, see some Redwoods and scenic views. We p... Read More

Planning 6 days in Lisbon After 3 days in Sintra, we will be in Lisbon for 6 nights. I would like to have a loose idea of how to organize the sightseeing. We would rather see 1 or 2 major sights in a day and spend the rest of the time exploring a particular neighborhood or neighborhoods. I don’t really understand how the areas relate to one anot... Read More

Is this plan too ambitious for a late summer holiday? Flying into Athens (at night), flying out of Santorini (in the evening). In total 10 nights to play with. Currently my plan looks like the following: 2 nights in Athens, then catch the early train towards Meteora with a 1 night stay in Kalambaka. The following day, leave by evening train a... Read More

I can’t go back to Europe anytime soon so am looking to put together some road trips that will include some European feeling/looking places. I’ll be starting in New England but considering anywhere I can drive to. The most obvious is Quebec. But am also looking at trips farther afield and have on my list: New Orleans, San Antonio (the missions), Ca... Read More

We returned last night from CDG and thought I'd share that we all took at-home COVID tests in our suitcases to Paris so when we left we'd be able to take the tests in our hotel rooms. I think it would have been very easy to have been tested at a pharmacy in Paris, but we did that route in Portugal in December (the 1-day law changed DURING our trip)... Read More

Hello, My son is studying in Rome this fall and we are going to visit early November. We will have 8 nights/7 days and wanted to get some ideas on where other than Rome and Venice we MUST visit in Italy. Wife has been to Florence but she is open to everyone else who has not been to Italy. Flying from NYC we want to have direct flights to and... Read More

Hi, My partner and I will be in Croatia from May 28 - June 16, and I am wondering if someone might be able to give me some sense of the crowds so far this season. I am hoping they are still a little less than in typical years, but I realize this may seem selfish - and overly optimistic. Specifically, we are hoping to walk the Dubrovnik city wall... Read More

We are considering a trip to Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. I would like to find a travel agency that is reliable and arranges private tours. We don't plan to drive while there and would like to find an agency that can arrange getting us to each of our destinations, as well as arranging sightseeing tours, special meals, etc. Thanks! Read More

Trying to plan the pandemic-delayed trip to Portugal, my first time there. Best fares seem to be in and out of Lisbon, meaning that I will have to back track to Lisbon the final night before flying back. So far I have: 3 nights Lisbon 2 nights Cascais/Sintra (rent a car in Lisbon, drive to Cascais/Sintra) 4 nights Algarve (drive from Cascais/S... Read More

We have booked our first trip to Europe this summer. We are so excited. It will be my wife and I with our 14 and 17 year old daughters. I have booked my flights and airbnb/VRBO's already so our trip outline is set. This message board seems to have quite a bit of helpful people with experience traveling to these areas, so I thought I would share ou... Read More

Thanks to so many of you who have helped me plan our England trip, which is coming up in less than two weeks! I've got our itinerary mostly done, and would appreciate any thoughts before I start buying tickets for those sites / museums that require them. Our group will be myself, my husband, and our three young adult kids (ages 25, 21 and 20). I... Read More

Well, I had to stop finagling with Lisbon for now and move onto Porto. You all were so helpful with that part of the trip. Here's what I know and what I need help with. 1) We take the high speed train from Lisbon to Porto, arriving ON SUNDAY around 3:00 p.m. We'll go straight to our hotel, Infante Sagres. I figure we should get out and walk the ne... Read More

My husband and I are going to Portugal at the beginning of May for 4 weeks. Currently, our itinerary is the following: Sintra (3) - Chalet Saudade Lisbon (6) Evora (3) Marvao (1) Tomar (2) Coimbra (3) Douro Valley/Quinta do Pego (3) Gumaraes (3) Porto (4) But as I read about the crowds in Sintra that have come roaring back, especially M... Read More

Dear Friends, We are a couple with a 2 year old daughter, from India. We are planning to do a holiday between 23rd December to 2nd January to Europe...Since our daughter is 2 years old and this will be her first trip to Europe, we were looking at lesser colder areas. (Me and wife have travelled earlier to Belgium, Switzerland, Paris, Budapest,... Read More

Olive trees, grapevines and mountains in Umbria In the last two years, we cancelled two trips to Italy, one due to a house move and the other due to Covid. Although Delta changed our latest flight multi... Read More