Europe vacations

Ken Tan wrote:
> I am going to travel to Europe in early November with my wife. We plan to go
> to Greece(Athens and one island), Austria (Vienna n Salzburg), Italy(Venice
> and Florence),Monaco and Paris.
>
> We are going to spend about 4 days in each countries. Can anyone got any
> good recommenations what we can do in such a short frame of time in each
> place. And also any good hotels we can put up.
>
> Lastly has anyone got any good and reliable local handling agents to
> recommend so that we can call them to arrange for our holidays.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
Don't bother going to Monaco; it's one of the most boring cities I know(
apart from the Formula 1 GP weekend). You could opt for Prague, Rome or
Madrid instead. I think these fit in better with the other cities you
plan to visit.

Ganesh

Ken Tan wrote:
> I am going to travel to Europe in early November with my wife. We plan to go
> to Greece(Athens and one island), Austria (Vienna n Salzburg), Italy(Venice
> and Florence),Monaco and Paris.
>
> We are going to spend about 4 days in each countries. Can anyone got any
> good recommenations what we can do in such a short frame of time in each
> place. And also any good hotels we can put up.

I would strongly recommend sticking to one place in each country and
spending four days there - or sticking to two countries and spending
four days in each of two places in each country. With four days per
country and two cities, including travel days, you will be on a train
or plane almost every day and hardly have time for even the major
tourist sights, let alone anything beyond that. Don't underestimate
how exhausted you will be from constant travel.

If you are traveling in early November, don't bother with a Greek
Island. It will be too cold to be enjoyable. November is not beach
weather there.

I also thought Athens is a dump (if you are interested in the ancient
world, the ruins in Rome are much more extensive and interesting than
in Athens) and Monaco is forgettable unless you are a Formula-1 fan.

Paris, Rome and Vienna are all incredible places, and you could easily
spend a week in any one of them. Venice and Florence are well worth
seeing. Salzburg is pretty, but I would make it a lower priority than
some of the other places you named.

Do you think make vacation to Turkey?
Ken Tan wrote:
> I am going to travel to Europe in early November with my wife. We plan to go
> to Greece(Athens and one island), Austria (Vienna n Salzburg), Italy(Venice
> and Florence),Monaco and Paris.
>
> We are going to spend about 4 days in each countries. Can anyone got any
> good recommenations what we can do in such a short frame of time in each
> place. And also any good hotels we can put up.
>
> Lastly has anyone got any good and reliable local handling agents to
> recommend so that we can call them to arrange for our holidays.
>
> Thank you.

On 2006-10-15, Ganesh <ganesh@otofosirf.nl> wrote:
> Ken Tan wrote:
>> I am going to travel to Europe in early November with my wife. We plan to go
>> to Greece(Athens and one island), Austria (Vienna n Salzburg), Italy(Venice
>> and Florence),Monaco and Paris.
>>
>> We are going to spend about 4 days in each countries. Can anyone got any
>> good recommenations what we can do in such a short frame of time in each
>> place. And also any good hotels we can put up.
>>
> Don't bother going to Monaco; it's one of the most boring cities I know(
> apart from the Formula 1 GP weekend). You could opt for Prague, Rome or
> Madrid instead. I think these fit in better with the other cities you
> plan to visit.

With that schedule there's absolutely no need to add another city.

For the OP: how do you count the 4 days that you're going to spend in
each country? Are the travel days, those at the ends of the trip as well
as those between the countries, included? Generally it's better to count
_nights_ in each destination. 4 nights means 3 full days. Gives a better
idea of how much time is actually available.