Hi All -
Not what you asked but,
- how long have you got for this trip?
- there is no indication what citizenship/passport you hold. Are you aware of the Schengen agreement and how it may affect your duration in parts of Europe, if you do have a months available to you?
- Please start thinking in places and not countries (you have a mix) - you cannot 'see' (say) five countries in thirty days, including travel, but you could see five/six/seven cities or minor regions .
Several of the countries you mention are worth visiting, to me, for a month or more each.
'how much they spent for their entire trip' - not very relevant with inflation. And the location variety of cities - all will be expensive and of countries - Ireland most expensive.
Hi Brittany,
Here is my opinion based on my experience.
I hopped through Europe very quickly on a tour.
Paris- I had 3 days in Paris and it was enough to see the major sites at a medium pace if you pick your directions well. You will need longer if you want to shop and spend lots of time in cafe` or people watching.
Germany - 2 weeks will allow you to see 3 or 4 Cities depending on travel mode. Overnight trains can cut time and a quick sightseeing pace is needed in each city.
Austria - You could see Vienna in 3 days quite casually but if you want to head into the alps at all you will need to add another 3 days.
Italy - I did Florence, Rome, Pisa, Pompei and Venice in 9 days this was a rush and i missed a few things that would have been good to see would recommend 14 days to see the same at a medium pace.
London - Easily get done in a week to 10 days with walking tours this also includes day trips to a few castles, Stonehenge, Salisbury, Bath etc. Ireland would be a easy addition to this and depending on the Cities, a week or two would suffice.
Can’t comment on Croatia and Slovenia as I haven’t been but I would imagine 2 – 3 weeks for a bit of a rest by Croatia’s seaside or islands.
I took a 32 day coach tour which went London - Paris –Bordeaux - French Riviera - Monaco- Florence- Rome – Pisa- Pompei – Greek Islands (Corfu) – Venice – Vienna – Prague – Cesky Krumlov – Munich – Vaduz – Rhine Valley – Amsterdam – London
So you get dragged through but you also see a lot in a limited time frame so not a bad choice. If I had 2 months or more I would have probably made my own way and stayed as long as I could in places that I liked.
So I guess my advice is short time do a tour – longer tackle things yourself just don’t overload yourself with too much to see. What i have done for other trips is cut out individual country tours and cut them out into City's and then paste what i want onto a big piece of cardboad that way I can get an idea of how long my holiday is approx.
Hope this helps some.
I am hoping to be out there for at least 2 months. I understand that I need to pick cities/regions to better plan this however I am not going on this trip for at least another year, this is merely asking around and trying to figure out where I would like to go and how long I should stay - and I know this depends on my personal preference of what I want to see/do.
Thank you for you guys input! Thanks for pointing out the Visa aspect - I still need to do my research on that. Also, a tour is a good idea in order to see so much in a short amount of time.
[ 05-Jun-2013, at 10:17 by bmorehead ]
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