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tim tc tim Post Count: 2 Msg: #1 76 days ago, September 6th 2009 | We are a couple around 30th. we are planning our first relax and romantic 30 days trip in NEBELUX and rhineland from Sep 15 to Oct 15 | we travel mostly by train and some buses. 1. Is this a good schedule and rout?? 2. Do we need to Buy any rail passes?? (it look like we only have 2 or 3 days traveling long distance?? Thanks for your advice. 1 day Travel 2 day Amsterdam - ariive 05:15 3 day Amsterdam - Utrecht day trip 4 day Amsterdam - Jordaan Festival18-20 September 5 day Amsterdam - Zaanse Schans) 6 day Amsterdam - 7 day Haarlem 8 day Haarlem 9 day leiden 10 day Leiden - visit Den Hagg then to delft- 11 day Delft 12 day Delft - 13 day Delft> Delft to Rotterdam (put luggage at train station) visit rotterdam and Kinderdijk At 6:00 train to antwerpen 14 day Antwerpen > 15 day Antwerpen> Mechelen day trip 16 day Antwerpen Gent (afternoon) 17 day ) Brugge - 18 day Brugge --Lille?? 19 day Brugge 20 day ) Bruxelles - 21 day Bruxelles -- leuven 22 day Bruxelles -- Travel to Trier, stop over Namur?? 23 day Trier 24 day Trier cochem , Koblenz in afternoon (lugage in station) arrive st. goar late afternoon 25 day St. Goar : relax in st. goar 26 day St. Goar Round trip boat tour to Bacharach visit cattles, then train to Bacharach 27 day Bacharach Day trip to Bingen and Rudesheim 28 day Bacharach Travel to Luxembourg 29 day 12th (1) Luxembourg - Vianden?? 30 day 12th (1) Luxembourg - after noon flight home - 31 day 12th (1) arrive home Thanks again  Mell Mell Post Count: 13894 Msg: #2 76 days ago, September 7th 2009 | Hello Tim |  While train passes make things convenient, because it means not having to buy separate tickets for every journey, they are not necessarily the most economical way. For the long distance jouryneys, you could consider night trains to save time and money on accomodation. Mel tim tc tim Post Count: 2 Msg: #3 76 days ago, September 7th 2009 | Thanks Mel, I think we probably just buy separate tickets as we go, in case if we take buses for some section. | Mell Mell Post Count: 13894 Msg: #4 76 days ago, September 7th 2009 | You could check the national train websites for bargains. I score some good ones, when I buy a few months in advance, usually for night trains. | [Edited: 09:27 - Mell ] himalayantravel Himalayan Travel and Treks Pvt. Ltd. Post Count: 3 Msg: #5 72 days ago, September 11th 2009 | you can choose the comfortable train for yourselves but actually train is not only the best way to get, you can take another but cheapest and luxurious cars or something else for yourselves. |  jon wilkie Jonathan Wilkie Post Count: 4 Msg: #6 58 days ago, September 24th 2009 | instead of a train, where the countryside blows by, have you considered doing section of the trip by boat? that is part of the glory of the Rhineland, after all. | if you have the cash, you could even try and go for a full <snip>. this would allow you to get from amsterdam all the way to colmar, through germany, in a short amount of time. since you have 30 days, you could take additional time in amsterdam, and then use colmar as a touching off point. from colmar, i would head into the french interior before looping around to luxembourg. definitely something that requires a fair amount of planning. you don't want to be figuring out what to do on the spur of the moment, if you're looking for a "relaxing and romantic" trip. so yeah, if you can do it, i think a boat might be the way to go to explore the rhineland. relaxing, charming, beautiful countryside. good luck! [Edited: 08:31 - Jo Trouble - url removed.] Number of Users: 4 | Number of Posts: 6 | ||||||||||||||
