Itinerary help,,,

Travel initiary looks good, though you might want to spend more time in Rome, Athens and Paris. There's so much to see there. Also, if I were you I'd probably skip Madrid. It'll be 40 degrees there (desert) and there isn't that much interesting to see.

Don't know Amalfi, Bordeaux, Nice, Dubrovnik, Splik, Mykonos and Santorini so can't say anything about those places, though generally 3 days is a good schedual for a city (and if you leave your travel initiary a bit open you can always change your mind later.😊

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I think that this is a very nice itinerary. I'd agree with the suggestion from Hester for maybe one more day in Paris, but not sure what part you would take out. Possibly take one day out of Nice part of the trip. From what I'm lead to believe the coastal parts of France are not as good as the Amalfi Coast. If you get to Paris, it is essential to make a daytrip to the nearby Palace of Versailles. Rome is also worthy of an extra day, when you consider it will take you all day just to see the Vatican (including the museum).

If you take Inga's suggestion, and visit Pompeii, I would also strongly recommend Herculaneum, I found the ruins to be more impressive than its more famous counterpart. Pompeii was covered in ash which burned much to the ground, but Herculaneum escaped much of the ash and thus was buried intact.

I am going to come to the defence of Madrid here - it has stunning art galleries and amazing architecture. Plus that wonderful Spanish vibe of late night tapas and comradery is truly alive there. I'd only rate it marginally behind Paris as my favourite European city. If you get a chance, take a day trip to the Escorial Monastery - the size of it is something to behold. Pity that you cannot get to Granada to see the absolutely amazing Alhambra (fit it in between Madrid and Barcelona). The Nasrid Palace in the Alhambra is the finest building on the Iberian Peninsula, and one could argue the most sublime building in all of Europe - yes, it is that good.

Overall, this is a very good and sensible itinerary as a few days in each city is a nice way to get an overview of each place and see the best sights. Reply to this

Which days did you plan for travelling? Are these included in your plan? Reply to this

If travel days are included in your plan then personally I would suggest visiting less cities and spending more time in the cities you want to visit.. Also try taking night trains/busses (e.g. Eurail/Interrail and Eurolines).

For instance Amsterdam-Berlin is about 6 hours by train (fastest connection) but the train only runs during the day (several times a day if I recall correctly). Which means you 'lose' a day by traveling.
Same goes for London-Amsterdam (and by looking at your schedual it also counts for many other cities)

Also I would suggest picking a city, every couple of weeks orso, where you can stay a bit longer. 2/3 days per city is short, yet workable if you're only traveling for a short amount of time. If you travel for a longer period traveling itself can get quite tiredsome, and you might want to relax a little. Reply to this