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2.5 months itinerary help!!
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Hello Everyone!

My boyfriend and I are planning a trip to Europe next summer. How does this itinerary sound?

# Fly into London, travel to Paris
# Paris (5)
# Bordeaux (1)
# Madrid (2-3)
# Sevilla (2)
# Morocco (3)
# Barcelona (3-4)
# Monaco (2-3)
# Cinque Terra (2)
# Milan (2-3)
# Venice (3-4)
# Florence (2-3)
# Rome (3-4)
# Athens (2-3)
# Salzburg (2-3)
# Vienna (2-3)
# Krakow (1-2)
# Prague (2-3)
# Heidelburg (1)
# Munich (2-3)
# Zurich (2-3)
# Montreux (2-3)
# Travel through London to Dublin
# Dublin (2-3)
# Edinburgh (2-3)
# London (4-5)
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How does this sound? What cities need more/less time? Are we missing anything?

THANKS!!!

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Looks great! I haven’t been so I’m just a novice at trip planning, but from the advice I’ve received here I’d be choosing to stay at Nice instead of Monaco…seems “nicer” than Monaco and you can easily make a day trip there anyway…also to Cannes and St. Tropez a little further, if you can put up with the traffic
I don’t know much but that itinerary seems to work and cover it very nicely

I am leaving from Australia via one week in Malaysia with $10000 for 94 days
Istanbul, Budapest, Eger, Bratislava, Wiener Neustadt, Vienna, Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, Vienna, Brno, Prague, Český Krumlov, Munich, Nuremberg, Lucerne, Gimmelwald, Interlaken, Venice, Rome, Poggibonsi, Florence, Nice, Barcelona, London, Birmingham, London, Paris, Bruges, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Cologne, Frankfurt, HCMC
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So are you flying/ferrying between Bordeaux>Madrid, Sevilla>Morocco, Rome>Athens, Athens>Salzburg, and London>Dublin?
I’d probably drop Athens and save Greece for when I have more time.
I would love to see Krakow, but even if there is an overnight train, I don’t know that I would want to schlep up there from Vienna and just spend 1 or 2 days.

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Nice block of time.  Looks okay but a bit frenetic in spots and heavy on the mega-cities.

If you’re starting in Paris, why not fly into Paris??

Why travel all the way to Athens for a couple of days?? Either spend some more time there ore elsewhere in Greece, or don’t bother.

You only need a day or so for Salzburg. 

Zurich is dull – I’d drop it and visit the Bernese Oberland (Big Alps!! – Lauterbrunnen, Interlaken area) instead.

Good that you sandwiched in the Cinque Terre for a little relaxation.

Venice is great but 4 days would be a bit much, I think.

Milan:  Not sure why Milan.  It’s maybe interesting for high-end shopping, but otherwise???  You already have a lot of time in Italy.

I’d add a day to Rome – lots to see – and plan on 3 for Florence for the same reason.

Zagging from Prague to Heidelberg to Munich isn’t terribly efficient – Heidelberg just  isn’t all that worthwhile.  Better to hit northern Bavaria instead – Rothenburg or Nuremberg would be better choices.

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Are we missing anything?


Sure.  No Benelux, no Berlin, no Rhine, no Scandinavia.  But you aren’t planning to die at 30, right?