Give some ideas on my Itineraries
Sep 21, 2005, 5:50 am
#16
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Originally Posted by kiwilliam
Apart from Frankfurt and Berlin, I really want to go to Rome, Paris, Venice, Barcelona and Amsterdam. Please make a good itinerary for me, I don't have to fly all the time, trains or buses will do for me, as long as they are cheap!
)Think about location... Paris & Amsterdam are pretty close together, as are Rome & Venice (duh!
) so why not spend a week in Frannce/Holland & a week in Italy?I could take or leave Barcelona TBH - it's been over-touristed and is a right little hotbed of petty crime to boot. But if Gaudi floats your boat, then it's the place to go. Personally I love Madrid & Bilbao more, although it would be bloody cold in Bilbao in winter
Trains & buses in Europe are great value - esp. if you're under 26 & can avail of the cheapo student fares. Also the beauty of using these forms of transport against our old friend Ryanair is that you actually arrive in the middle of the city you want to visit, rather than 90 mins & a coach trip away!
I know somebody slated Brussels in an earlier post, but I'm rather fond of it - the architecture is beautiful, it's not as commercialised as Paris, the food is good (as is the beer...
) & a side trip to Bruges would be lovelyI've been fluting around on www.skyscanner.net - the map facility is great for seeing which LCC's fly where & you could do this itinerary...
Birmingham-Amsterdam - www.bmibaby.com
Bus/Train from AMS to Paris
Bus/Train from Paris to Barcelona
Fly from BCN to Rome (FCO) - www.vueling.com
Bus/Train from Rome to Venice
Fly from VCE to Berlin - www.hlx.com
Does this sound like what you want?
Sep 21, 2005, 6:18 am
#17
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Originally Posted by kiwilliam
24th Nov Frankfurt ----Birmingham 2 days on LH
26th Nov Birmingham---- Frankfurt on LH
26th Frankfurt---Berlin on CA, stay 2 days
28th Berlin---Frankfurt on CA, stay 2 days in Frankfurt
30th Frankfurt----Rome on Ryanair stay 2 days
2 Dec Rome--Brussels on Ryanair stay 1 night
3rd Dec Brussels----Venice on Ryanair arrive 11:55am
Venice---Paris on Ryanair, depart 20:20pm
5th Dec Paris----Barcelona on Ryanair stay 2 days
7th Dec Barcelon---East Midlands, Notthingham, on Ryanair
26th Nov Birmingham---- Frankfurt on LH
26th Frankfurt---Berlin on CA, stay 2 days
28th Berlin---Frankfurt on CA, stay 2 days in Frankfurt
30th Frankfurt----Rome on Ryanair stay 2 days
2 Dec Rome--Brussels on Ryanair stay 1 night
3rd Dec Brussels----Venice on Ryanair arrive 11:55am
Venice---Paris on Ryanair, depart 20:20pm
5th Dec Paris----Barcelona on Ryanair stay 2 days
7th Dec Barcelon---East Midlands, Notthingham, on Ryanair
So if we start in Birmingham you could fly to Paris, then take the Thalys high-speed train to Brussels (1hr25) or Amsterdam (4hrs) or even stop off in Brussels before going onto Amsterdam (2hrs40 from BRU-AMS). Then you could fly to Rome on Virgin Express which flys from both BRU and AMS to Rome FCO.
From Rome to Venice (4.5hrs) take the Eurostar Italia train - not to be confused with the Eurostar London-Paris service - before flying onto Frankfurt/Berlin or wherever in Germany (or you could cut out Germany altogether if you feel you don't have enough time) and finally returning to the UK. That'll give you at least 5 cities to fit dates around.