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Hi Everyone, this is my first backpacking trip ever and I'm starting to plan it.
Right Now my plans for Europe are (In order of travel):
Anyone recommend anything else? I know this sounds pure trophy trip, but my reason for so many places is so that I can go some other time and view the places i liked most a bit more :D Thanks for any help! :kisscheek: |
Hi there. :cowboy: I'd say it's a teensy bit ambitious. For one thing, you're going to get there and half (or more) of your plans are going to go out the window. ;) For another, that's a bit of an exhausting pace you've set for yourself, even with the idea of just getting a quickie view and then coming back later. If possible, you may want to cut out a couple of places and try to give yourself more like 3 days in each location rather than the 1 & 2-day stops you have. And transit is going to eat up a lot of time-- budget at least one day for, say, Paris to Rome.
As far as Germany goes, I highly recommend Munich. :) Bavaria in general is absolutely lovely. But like I said, you could get there, fall in love with a place and decide to stay a week or more. Have a great time! :cheers: |
Cripes, are you the guy the brother in "Euro Trip" is based after? :blink2: :D
Allow yourself some time. Plan around having a day or two extra somewhere. Get a rough idea of what areas you'd like to visit. Then stay until you feel its time to move on... or at least have seen something of the city. |
Wow, yeah, that's pretty ambitious! You're gonna get on like this guy: :comando:
I would most definitely just focus on a smaller number of cities for a longer amount of time.. 3-5 days per city is usually good, sometimes a week for bigger ones, maybe less for the smaller... For instance, a proper round of London or Paris would take at least 4 days each, IMO, just to get a feel for them. Otherwise, you're going to spend more time on the train than in the cities! Example: You can fold Versailles into the Paris part and make that 4 days - it's only a 45-minute RER train ride away from the city and you'll be back in town by the late afternoon.. No need to make that a separate day on the trip, as you'd have to go back to Paris to head off to your next destination anyhow. Also, if you "base" in a handful of the bigger cities for, say, 5 days at a time, you can get day-trips to other nearby places on the cheap through your hostel, but have the luxury of not having to lug your backpack around everywhere. It makes for a much nicer, more relaxing trip, and you still get to see a LOT - and better yet, immerse yourself a bit in each area. |
hi, yeh that looks quite ambitious but i didnt something simlar myself on my first backpacking trip which was amazing but now i wish i had spent longer in some places becuase all the travel really wears u out. I think the route i took was
amsterdam 2 days hamburg 2 days copenhagen 2 days berlin 3 days prague 3 days krakow 2 days bratislava 2 days budapest 3 days vienna 1 day venice 3 days rome 3 days interlaken 1 day prague 3 days again munich 1 day im sure you will have a brilliant time whatever you do anyway :blink: |
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