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Itinerary ideas for 1st time in Europe for 4 weeks
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Hello, me and my hubby are planning our 1st big European trip in September this year.
We’re leaving from New Zealand would like to do 4 weeks which includes our time taken to get there and back.

We would like to at least be able to do London, Paris, Amsterdam, Prague, Venice, Florence and Rome. Will this be doable under 4 weeks? How many days would you recommend we spend in each city?
Also we’re not sure how we should travel between cities. From the little research I’ve done so far it seemed that flying is much cheaper than trains. Is this the actually the case?
Since our time frame is a bit tight we were also considering travelling with a tour group such as “Topdeck” but was told alot of those are about partying rather than actual sight seeing. Is this true?

We’re still in early stages of our planning and don’t know much. Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!!

I am leaving from New Zealand with $4000 for 30 days
Rome, Venice, Prague, Amsterdam, Paris, London
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I think it’s doable. I’d give yourselves a good four days in Paris, London, and Rome, and no more than two in Venice. Flying often is cheaper, but it’s not the best idea unless you’re covering a really long distance. I’d definitely use trains within Italy, between Paris and Amsterdam, and between Paris and London (take advantage of specials on the Eurostar trains and it’s reasonably priced, and goes from city center to city center, unlike flying). Most people here would tell you to skip the tours. I looked briefly at some of the Top Deck offerings and the pace is ridiculous – 1.5 days each for Paris, Barcelona, Florence and Rome, etc.? I hope all their tours aren’t like that. Your trip is easily, and probably much more enjoyably, done on your own.

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Hi augustin25! Thank you for your reply.
Yeah I would definately look at specials! Thanks.
Even tho I knew it was crazy I was kind of tempted by Topdecks tours since they cover alot a ground in such a short time. But you’re probably right in saying that we’ll enjoy it alot more going at our own pace.

My general Itinerary idea is-
Rome-3 1/2days
Florence-2 1/2days
Venice-2 1/2days
Prague-2 1/2days
Amsterdam-3 1/2days
Paris-4 1/2days
London-4 1/2days

Which will take roughly 24days (if my maths is right), which gives us enough time to travel from here and back within the 4 weeks.
I hope it’s not going to be too rushed but looks like it might be…haha…

I am leaving from New Zealand with $4000 for 30 days
Rome, Venice, Prague, Amsterdam, Paris, London
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Seems pretty good, that’s not too rushed.

If it were me I’d give Venice 1 1/2 days and add to Prague. Wife & I dedicated a good solid 10 hour day to walk around Venice and that was enough to see it all…and Prague was our favourite city on the trip. Packed with charm.

Rome is definitely a 3+ day city, Amsterdam is probably at its limit with 3 1/2 days, IMO.

Looks like a great trip, have fun.

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