How long should we travel to Europe for?
My family wants to travel to Europe next summer and we want to go to Italy, Austria, Germany, France, and Spain. How long do you think that we should go for to really get to see all of the famous sites and all of the other must-see places.
Thanks in advance!
basically, the cities that we want to go to are Rome, Milan, Venice, Verona, Innsbruck, (maybe Vienna), Munich, Frankfort, Berlin, Strasbourg, Paris, Nantes, Barcelona, Valencia, and Madrid.
(city – minimum days, suggested days)
Rome – 2 , 5
Milan – 1, 0 (don’t go to Milan, its not worth the time. nothing to see there, ugly industrial town – in my oppinion – maybe try Firenze instead, much more beautiful)
Venice – 1,1 (a must have, but it’s soooo crowded with tourists)
Verona 1,1 (never been there, but rather small)
Innsbruck 1,0 (not worth to visit)
maybe Vienna 2,4 (great city, one of the best worldwide; not directly on your route, but definatly worth to visit)
Munich 2,4 (my hometown)
Frankfurt 1,2
Berlin 2,5
Strasbourg 1, don’t know havent been there
Paris 3,6
Nantes (don’t know at all)
Barcelona 3,5
Valencia (don’t know at all)
Madrid 3,5
I would guess a minimum of 4 weeks for this programm (estimating you sleep during moving from one point to the other), but this is already so tight I doubt it could be fun. If I were you, I would rather cut some places and enjoy more. My route (based on your route) would be:
5 days in Rome
1 day travel, slowly, with time to go to smaller villages a little bit of the highways (it’s worth it)
1 day to Venice
1 day travell, go see the alps, go on top of a mountain, enjoy pure nature
4 days Vienna
1 day travell, go see the Chiemsee incl. Castle Herrenchiemsee and monestry frauenchiemsee with a bouttour
3 days Munich
1 day travel (you’ll need all day for the travalling, so no stop)
5 days Paris
2 days travel, stop in Nice and traval at the cost to…
5 days Barcelona
It’s still about 29 days… Contact me for further advise.
At least two weeks per country.
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I would say at LEAST a week in each country, typically, but you could spend a week in Berlin or Paris alone and not see everything in that one city. What do you want to see? What are your "must-see places"? Everyone has different interests.
Some ideas:
Italy– Florence and Tuscany, Rome, Venice, Pompeii, Sorrento
Germany– Munich, Berlin, Neuschwanstein Castle, a concentration camp
France– Paris, Normandy, the Riviera, castles in the Loire valley
Austria– Salzburg, Vienna, Innsbruck
Spain– Barcelona, Madrid
Best thing is to get a guidebook such as Lonely Planet Europe on a Shoestring and look through it.
References :
(city – minimum days, suggested days)
Rome – 2 , 5
Milan – 1, 0 (don’t go to Milan, its not worth the time. nothing to see there, ugly industrial town – in my oppinion – maybe try Firenze instead, much more beautiful)
Venice – 1,1 (a must have, but it’s soooo crowded with tourists)
Verona 1,1 (never been there, but rather small)
Innsbruck 1,0 (not worth to visit)
maybe Vienna 2,4 (great city, one of the best worldwide; not directly on your route, but definatly worth to visit)
Munich 2,4 (my hometown)
Frankfurt 1,2
Berlin 2,5
Strasbourg 1, don’t know havent been there
Paris 3,6
Nantes (don’t know at all)
Barcelona 3,5
Valencia (don’t know at all)
Madrid 3,5
I would guess a minimum of 4 weeks for this programm (estimating you sleep during moving from one point to the other), but this is already so tight I doubt it could be fun. If I were you, I would rather cut some places and enjoy more. My route (based on your route) would be:
5 days in Rome
1 day travel, slowly, with time to go to smaller villages a little bit of the highways (it’s worth it)
1 day to Venice
1 day travell, go see the alps, go on top of a mountain, enjoy pure nature
4 days Vienna
1 day travell, go see the Chiemsee incl. Castle Herrenchiemsee and monestry frauenchiemsee with a bouttour
3 days Munich
1 day travel (you’ll need all day for the travalling, so no stop)
5 days Paris
2 days travel, stop in Nice and traval at the cost to…
5 days Barcelona
It’s still about 29 days… Contact me for further advise.
References :