Siren

So after lurking for many months I have finally decided to post something.

I am planning my first trip to Europe. Right now it's looking like it'll be 8-10 weeks long going from mid-May until late-July. I've got an idea of the places I want to go but I don't know how long I should stay in each city. So here's what I'm thinking:

Paris
Madrid
Seville
Granada
Barcelona
Nice
Milan
Florence
Rome
Venice
Munich
Vienna
Prague
Berlin
Amsterdam
Brussels
London

Odds are I will be validating my Eurail pass when I leave Paris and it should expire when I get to Brussels. So that's 60 days. How long should I spend in each place? Is there anywhere I should add? Any help you guys could give me would be super awesome. Thanks.

joe7f

First, welcome to Tpunk! Second, you itinerary is awesome.

The only thing I would change would be to put Venice after Milan, and then go straight from Rome to Munich via night train (I did this and for some reason they only list Munich in Italian which is "Monaco" the same as the micronation).

With 17 destinations you are looking at 4 days on average which is almost perfect. With 2, two day type cities (Venice and Granada would be good picks for this)

I'll be in Italy in May (if you are around shoot me a PM).

--Joey

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Siren

I was thinking 4 days in most places would be good. I know there is so much to do in so many places. However I am sure that some places could be done in less and some could be good with more. I'm just so unsure as to which ones those would be. How many days would you guys spend in those cities?

pinknic38

you may want to divide it differently, esp for the bigger cities, you may want to spend more time in say, paris, rome, and madrid and maybe only do a day or 2 in nice or whatever, you know what I mean? also if you're running low on cash you may wanna stay in somewhere less expensive...like if you spent too much in one country you may wanna hang back in the next one. that's awesome though, your trip sounds like a lot of fun!

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marc873

Hello and welcome! So we have been to a lot of the places you are going. Feel free to ask as many questions as you want. I like the flow of the trip so far though!!!

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Elizabeth

hey welcome to travelpunk!

the amount of time you want to spend in each city is really up to you. what do you want to see in each city? how much does each city have to see? (ie nice doesnt really have alot vs berlin you could easily spend 5 or 6 days seeing stuff) figure that out and you can come up with a reasonable timeframe. then of course when you get there you may want to stay longer based on the vibe/people/culture/whathaveyou of the city.