I'm 21 (female). My friend and I are planning a Eurotrip for this summer. Mid July-Mid August.
We are planning to fit a lot in.
London, Amsterdam, Rome, Venice, Ibiza, Madrid/Barcelon, Paris (day trip), Monaco(Fr), Nice(Fr), Mikonos (Gr), Freiburg (Germ).
I'm wondering, are we crazy for trying to fit so much in? We are at the perfect age to enjoy, party, see, advernture and travel all over europe.
Can anyone suggest hostels? Attractions?
For 21year olds- what is better- Barcelona or Madrid? Rome or Venice? Which is better to stay in over night- Nice or Monaco? We want to party, we want to go to beaches, shop and see attractions.
also
EURORAIL or RYAN AIR? Thoughts? Suggestions.
I appretiate any experiences, suggestions and help. This is early in the planning so we have room to adjust thinngs.Any tips on my EUROTRIP?
I did a similar trip for the same period of time at the same time of the year. So, are you crazy for trying to fit so much in? That depends on what you want to do. Do you want to have a very relaxed, laid back trip? If so, don't go to so many places. First off, you have about 30 days, and 12 places that you want to go to.
Considering the time it takes to pack up, leave a hostel, get to the train station (or airport), travel to the new place, find the new hostel, and get checked in... we will say an average of 0.5 days per trip between locations if you plan it pretty smoothly. In this case you are looking at about 6 days of just travelling time, although some places will be much trickier to get to depending on how you are travelling. So, let's say that 6 days are lost to travelling (12 half days), then you have 24 days left in your trip, and 12 locations... so you will be averaging just two days in every place that you go to. Will that be enough for you?
Cities like London, Rome, and Paris can take up a week each for just sight seeing. I am very surprised to see that you will only do Paris as a day-trip - is this because you have been there before? If not, I strongly recommend that you reconsider. Also, you plan on going to Mikonos... that would be a full day travel just to get there, and then a full day travel back as it is so far out of the way from everything else you are going to see. Do you really want to travel that far to spend one day and then travel back from there?
For hostels, I suggest that you take a look at the reviews at http://www.hostels.com - I found the overall opinion for people at each hostel to be very helpful and fairly accurate.
As for which is better... If your priorities are partying, beaches, shopping, and attractions then Rome may be better than Venice for you. Neither really have beaches (sure, Venice has the Lido beach but it's not really worth it compared to the Italian or French riviera) but night life in Venice is pretty much dead. It is a nice romantic city that is quiet at night and does not have good hostels - especially for the price.
Monaco is painfully expensive to stay in, so I would recommend Nice instead.
To sum up your plans, I would suggest that you re-evaluate what your trip is. It sounds like you might be preferring to see beaches and partying over focusing on historic sights and museums. If that is the case, you really are not allowing yourself much time to relax and enjoy the nightlife in each place. You might want to either consider only having two such places on your entire trip, or cutting out the non-beach areas. Either way, I think some cutting back would be helpful, especially if you can cut out the places that will just add far too much travel time to be worth it.
To calculate how long it will take to travel between places by train, use the Deutsch Bahn (German Rail) website as it will calculate trips for anywhere in Europe: http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en鈥?/a>
yepAny tips on my EUROTRIP?
greece is just gonna be a hassle, because is nowhere near any of those places u mentioned . barcelona is better than madrid. cant decide between rome and venice, i say both! visit florence too if u can. and i d say nice better than monaco to stay overnight. visiting paris in a day is not gonna be enough. its too big and u wont get to see anything. enjoy ur trip!
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