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Then it begins to look like fun rather than a forced march. To improve it further you could leave out Amsterdam for some quality time in the area around Nurburg between commitments. And I'd go from Germany to Rome, then Paris and the Eurostar train to London. Much better now.
Sounds like your doing a 5 day whirlwind organized tour of Southern Italy when you get to Rome, leaving no time to actually see Rome. Rather than sit on a bus for five days, why not just stay in Rome and enjoy the city? Much of experiencing Italy is about enjoying its food and wine, while sitting in a cafe and watching the world go by. You will miss the best part of Italy if you are rushing around too much. Slow down and see all the many wonderful sites Rome has to offer.
I would also omit Amsterdam and substitute a German destination or destinations, just because you'll get better bang for your buck. Possibilities? The Rhine gorge (Koblenz - Mainz), Aachen, Cologne, maybe Luxembourg or Maastricht. Maybe even stay in Koblenz and radiate out from there. Tiny Pr m is not far away either, good for a short stop, if you have time. But you'll have a long drive there and a long drive back if you go all the way to Amsterdam when there is quite a bit to see in the districts around N rburg.
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4) While I understand there is drinkable white wine in Italy (seldom tasted but often spoken of) they do make a considerable proportion of the worlds great red wines in the country so I'm sure a day trip is very possible to a winery.
You really didn't take much of the advice offered. Your trip will be very rushed. Why not at least take a day from Munich and add it to Paris? Paris has much more to offer than Munich IMO. And you are already spending a lot of your time in Germany.
Two nights in a city equal one full day of sightseeing. So by that reasoning you have alloted two full days to Paris, hopefully without a daytrip anywhere since 2 days in Paris is hardly enough to eat a crossiant.. You have allowed one full day in Venice and Sorrento.
I really don't understand why Paris gets only two full days and places like Munich and London get more, I like London but would split time a bit more evenly myself. I would dump Sorrento and Venice since you are only doing a whistle stop there ( and yes, Venice is beautiful aladdin hotel casino las vegas to visit, but you just don't have that much time)
This will be an excellent learning experience, if not an excellent traveling one. But maybe, having nothing with which to compare it, it will seem very nice to them. They are, after all, 28 30 and can slow down as they get older when they have no choice. And like mine, their best trips may be after they're 50.
Rhine and Mosel Rivers are both beautiful and easily doable aladdin hotel casino las vegas by car from Nurburg. It'll make your first week a lot more relaxing, aladdin hotel casino las vegas unless DH is all "driven out." In which case you could probably get a cruise down the Rhine to Amsterdam which would be relaxing and let you see Amsterdam if you must.
If you keep the above places to visit, I'd go from Munich aladdin hotel casino las vegas to Venice to Rome and thence to Paris and on to London. Otherwise, you're taking much longer flights than necessary. Munich and Venice are pretty close, as are Paris and London. Any reason for jumping around Europe like that?
We have thought long and hard about the trip and though a few comments have been that we'll be back so no need to rush around, realistically we won't be back to this beautiful land for at least another 10 years.
While I agree with the fact that spare time will be scarce, we have formed the view that while we're there we won't have a huge amount of down time but we do have enough time to visit experience aladdin hotel casino las vegas all of the not negotiable "bucket list" activities. Most of which have also already been pre-purchased given the tight schedule.
I disagree that 2 days is hardly enough time to eat a croissant in France, I seem to have no problems demolishing aladdin hotel casino las vegas one in about 2 minutes! We have taken the advice offered and crossed day trips from France off the list.
We have given ourselves roughly aladdin hotel casino las vegas double the time in each of the cities that the standard aladdin hotel casino las vegas "cookie cutter" under 35's group tours allocate(which many friends have experienced and still came home with amazing life experiences, beautiful photographs and stories to share). We are just trying to make the most of the time we have.
I wish we had more time to enjoy the regions we plan to visit, but I am certain that following this trip we will have a good idea of where we'd like to visit when we do eventually get back to visit again and will most certainly will be stopping to soak it all in.
You seem to have your minds set so have a great time. However, please don't compare a group tour itinerary w/ being even remotely doable independently. If that is what you want -then take a tour and every thing will be taken care of for you.
On a tour you are on the bus for hours many days (sometimes - on cheaper tours - every single day). There are few 'visits' (go inside) and many "see" - which is tour brochure-speak for drive by w/o stopping.
When my own DH told me of your inquiry, having traveled the length breadth of the Roman Empire with him (our first trip abroad consisting of 7 big countries in 3 little weeks), I must ask first what exactly, besides attending events requiring tickets purchased in advance, do you like doing together on vacation? Art museums? Wine country? Walking tours of historic sights? The cities you wish to see each have their own distinct charms that take time to enjoy-Roma has occupied tourists for centuries. I recall an American threesome of middle-aged women stopping us on a Roman street aladdin hotel casino las vegas to ask: "Is THAT the Colosseum?" They, pointing at the ruins of the Circus Maximus, were walking around on a beautiful Sunday afternoon with no map, no guide book, no sense of direction. If you insist on dashing about this much on a short trip, plus taking in ticketed events in distant ports of call, may I suggest knowing in advance what exactly you wish to see in all these lovely places allow ample time to get to each site. And remember the old sayings (i) Less is More (ii) Rome wasn't built (or seen!) in a day! My husband I thought that our one 3-wk trip of our youth would be more than enough to last a lifetime but all those quick glimpses of fantastic places did was whet our appetite for countless more trips! HAVE FUN.
While I've already commented that I sympathize with your desire to go everywhere on your list, do keep in mind that thinking about and having any experience with are far from the same thing. aladdin hotel casino las vegas We get that you will ignore much of the advice given by the experienced (yes, mostly older) travelers here. But consider the possibility that at some point on this forced aladdin hotel casino las vegas march you may decide to slow up just a bit so try to make provision for it. As in stay put an extra day at one location and catch up with the list a day or 2 later. It doesn't hurt to know you can.
The overnight train from Sorrento to Venice is actually from Naples, so you'd need to get to Naples first. Then, you'll change trains at Roma Termini and arrive aladdin hotel casino las vegas Venice at 5:20 a.m. What will you do in Venice at that hour? There is luggage storage at the Venice S.L. station, but I doubt it would be open yet so you'll aladdin hotel casino las vegas be babysitting your luggage for a few hours. It would be better to fly Paris-Naples and see Rome on your way north to Venice.
aladdin hotel casino las vegas Jean, good (though likely unheeded) point. aladdin hotel casino las vegas Rome and Venice have so much to offer it makes no sense to fiddle with getting to and from Sorrento on this epic journey. Sorrento is more a place to chill, not on this agenda. aladdin hotel casino las vegas Later (as in another trip) for Sorrento.
First off , ten years seems like a long time to young folks, but its not I too had a Europe travel hiatius , raising young kids etc, but we were able to resume it once kids reached school age, and in meantime still travelled , just a bit easier stuff ( for us, Hawaii, cruises, and rving) ..
Second, do not compare what any bus tour can to, they have the timeline streamlined. When they are switching locations all the passengers do is come down from their hotel rooms,walk out front door of hotel, and get in bus. You will not have that luxury, you will spend another hour doing the mundane, checking out, taking transport to next train station aladdin hotel casino las vegas or airport possible aladdin hotel casino las vegas wait time, , and then the travel time... meanwhile the bus tour is already been on the road for a hour or two..
Thanks for all the interest, the trip is booked and we're set to go. I think some of you have read between the lines when referencing my comment regarding orgsnised tours. We have travelled before both in Oz and abroad, I travel for work weekly a sales rep so I am fairly experienced at packing, unpacking waiting factoring in travel aladdin hotel casino las vegas delays. We are under no illusion about the actual time being taken to get from a to b. And I wasn't comparing this travel journey to a tour, I was comparing the length of time in each city with th