Post by ftdavis on Aug 9, 2006 14:57:57 GMT -5
My husband and I are planning a 3 week trip to Europe from May 5-27, 2007. That will give us 21 nights in Europe—20 full days and part of a day on the 6th when we will arrive. We are hoping for some input on our itinerary.
Interests: some museums but we won’t spend most of our time there, castles, and looking at the local sights. We are in our 30’s. This will be a backpacking trip—we will have carry-on sized backpacks, so we are only taking the essentials. We spent 6 weeks in Europe in the fall of 2004 on a similar trip so we’ve seen some of the major cities that we’re not including on this trip (like Paris and Rome).
Here is the tentative itinerary:
Fly from Portland, Oregon to Ljubljana, Slovenia likely through Frankfurt
Arrive about noon and take the bus to Bled—2 nights, sights: the city of Bled, Bled castle, the church
Pick up a rental car and spend the day driving through Triglav national park to a tourist farm between Skocjan and Postonja—2 nights, sights: Skocjan caves, Lipica horse farm
Drive to Ljubljana where we will drop off the rental car—2 nights, sights: see Predjama castle and possibly Postonja caves on the way, spend the entire next day in Ljubljana
Train to Venice for 2 nights and take the night train out on the third day
Take the overnight train to Broc, Switzerland—2 nights, sights: Lausanne and Chillon Castle on the day of arrival, the cheese and chocolate factory tours near Broc on the second day
Take the scenic train to Lauterbrunnen (Berner Oberland)—2 nights, sights: some hiking in the valley on the day of arrival, a trip up into the Alps on the second day
Train to Luzern—2 nights, sights: the city and lake
Train to Colmar, France—2 nights, sights: the city, maybe a surrounding village
Train to Trier, Germany—3 nights, sights: spend one day in Trier, one day in Luxembourg City, and one day around Zell/Bacharach/Burg Eltz or other Mosel towns. This is the only part of the trip we have seen before—we stayed in Zell last time and also visited Burg Eltz. We have not been to Trier.
We would spend the last night in our departure city—maybe Frankfurt or Brussels.
One of the main questions we have is whether to keep the itinerary as it is now, or go back to our original plan of 3 nights in Lauterbrunnen with that extra night taken from Slovenia. Another option would be to see Ljubljana as a day trip from the tourist farm we are staying at. Any other suggestions are welcome. Thank you!
Interests: some museums but we won’t spend most of our time there, castles, and looking at the local sights. We are in our 30’s. This will be a backpacking trip—we will have carry-on sized backpacks, so we are only taking the essentials. We spent 6 weeks in Europe in the fall of 2004 on a similar trip so we’ve seen some of the major cities that we’re not including on this trip (like Paris and Rome).
Here is the tentative itinerary:
Fly from Portland, Oregon to Ljubljana, Slovenia likely through Frankfurt
Arrive about noon and take the bus to Bled—2 nights, sights: the city of Bled, Bled castle, the church
Pick up a rental car and spend the day driving through Triglav national park to a tourist farm between Skocjan and Postonja—2 nights, sights: Skocjan caves, Lipica horse farm
Drive to Ljubljana where we will drop off the rental car—2 nights, sights: see Predjama castle and possibly Postonja caves on the way, spend the entire next day in Ljubljana
Train to Venice for 2 nights and take the night train out on the third day
Take the overnight train to Broc, Switzerland—2 nights, sights: Lausanne and Chillon Castle on the day of arrival, the cheese and chocolate factory tours near Broc on the second day
Take the scenic train to Lauterbrunnen (Berner Oberland)—2 nights, sights: some hiking in the valley on the day of arrival, a trip up into the Alps on the second day
Train to Luzern—2 nights, sights: the city and lake
Train to Colmar, France—2 nights, sights: the city, maybe a surrounding village
Train to Trier, Germany—3 nights, sights: spend one day in Trier, one day in Luxembourg City, and one day around Zell/Bacharach/Burg Eltz or other Mosel towns. This is the only part of the trip we have seen before—we stayed in Zell last time and also visited Burg Eltz. We have not been to Trier.
We would spend the last night in our departure city—maybe Frankfurt or Brussels.
One of the main questions we have is whether to keep the itinerary as it is now, or go back to our original plan of 3 nights in Lauterbrunnen with that extra night taken from Slovenia. Another option would be to see Ljubljana as a day trip from the tourist farm we are staying at. Any other suggestions are welcome. Thank you!