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Old Apr 21, 2011 | 3:58 am
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potfish
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Originally Posted by CrystalGorge
1. Geneve - arrival at 7am
2. Lausannes - spending 1 night
3. Zermatt - 2 nights stay
4. Milano/Florence - 3 nights stay
5. Rome/Naples - 3 nights stay
6. Zurich - 2 nights stay
7. Interlaken/Lucerne - 2 nights stay
8. Geneve - 1 night stay as our plane leaves at 11am the next morning there
To be honest this is no improvement at all.

Milan/Florence are 200 miles apart so you can't do both in 3 nights!
Rome/Naples are 150 miles apart so you can't do both in 3 nights!
Interlaken/Lucerne are not the same place either...

Have you added up the number of miles this trip will cover, and so the number of hours in transit (not forgetting the time waiting at stations)? I reckon it's 1500-2000 miles so dozens of hours just travelling.

Seriously, for 14 nights I would do:
Rome
Florence or Venice
Somewhere in the Swiss Alps to relax after the cities

In case you aren't aware already then www.seat61.com is a great site for railway info all over the world.
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