3 month whirlwind trip through Europe

[jmaurice]

This is an itinerary i've thought up. It's a slight modification of Rick Steve's 2-month whirlwind itinerary throughout Europe that uses night trains as much as possible. I will probably leave in March (just don't know which year!) So here goes:

Fly into Madrid. (3 days)
Side-trip to Toledo (1 day)
Toledo (2 days)
Portugal's south coast, the Algarve (2 days)
Seville and Andulucia (3 days)
Barcelona (3 days)
Arles/Nimes/Avignon, either just 1 or combo of a couple (2 days)
Nice/French Riviera (2 days)
Cinque Terre (2 days)
Pisa (1 day)
Florence (2 days)
Tuscany/Umbria small towns (2 days)
Rome (4 days)
Naples (2 days)
1 day to get from Naples to Athens by ferry/train
Athens (1 day)
Greek Islands - Mykonos, Ios, and either Noxos or Santorini (4 days)
1 day to get from last island, back to Athens, fly to Venice
Venice (2 days)
Vienna (2 days)
Prague (3 days)
Salzburg (2 days)
Tirol and Bavaria (2 days)
Interlaken/Grimmelwald (2 days)
Bern (1 day)
Zurich (1 day)
Munich (2 days)
Romantic Road bus tour (1 day)
Rhine/Mosel River valley and Koln (2 days)
Berlin (3 days)
Copenhagen (2 days)
Stockholm (3 days)
Oslo (2 days)
Copenhagen (1 day)
Amsterdam (3 days)
Belgium - Antwerp, Ghant, Bruges... which is best to visit? (2 days - including time to get to London)
London and sidetrips to English countryside (7 days)
Fly to Dublin (3 days)
Fly to Paris (4 days)
Loire Valley (2 days)
Return to Madrid and fly home

This is approximately 91 days give or take. Do you think this is feasible? Am I staying to long/not long enough in any given cities? Am I missing any must-see places? I realize some of the time i've denoted as spending time in one place or another will require time to travel between cities. Anyway, give me some feedback.

[kingcrazylegs]

I'd slow it down a bit and spend a little more time in each place...

btw, Welcome to Tpunk

[urOZm8]

Extreme whirlwind! I definitely agree it seems a bit too fast paced - you'll burn out quick (need rest days) and it will feel like your on the train all the time. Those overnight trains can be hard to sleep on leaving you feeling tired the next day.

Try not to take the overnight trains in areas such as Tirol, Salzburg and Switzerland as the scenery is awesome!

ev

[agriadam]

I agree I only wish that I could go for 3 months... but I can't... But if I could I would probably keep pretty much the same itenerary, just stay twice as long everywhere I go. This would allow you to take day trips and sleep in real late with out worrying about losing daylight.
have fun and good luck

[Tadpole]

I agree with the slowing down advice. You don't want to sleep in one day and feel like the rest of your in itinerary has been thrown off. T