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Welcome to the Thorn Tree's Western Europe branch.
We hope you find plenty of useful information about travelling to Western Europe here. It is highly recommended that new users check out the Western Europe FAQ thread before posting a new thread as you may find many of the answers you seek there. It also contains helpful information about how to search the forum, advice for how to post your questions, and obsolete information was deleted as recently as June 2008! If you are a returning user or a Europe guru, please help us keep the FAQ thread up-to-date by adding important information which is absent, or pointing out information which is no longer being represented accurately.
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This branch covers: Western Europe.
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05-Dec-2009 11:56
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05-Dec-2009 11:56
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location: Italy
What size pack would be adequate for a 2 week trip to Italy. It is a study tour through my university and we will be traveling mostly by bus and staying in decent hotels. I was thinking a 65 liter pack will be enough but I want to be able to pack some gifts that I buy there. Thanks.
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05-Dec-2009 09:29
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05-Dec-2009 09:29
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location: Italy
Hi there. My friend and I are visiting Italy this coming 3rd week of January. Our first stop is Rome (5 days), then proceed to Florence (4 days) and end the trip in Venice (2 days). We already know the sites/places we want to see. Can you guys recommend a hotel in each area (max of 50 euro a night for a double bed) and preferably near the train station?
And speaking of trains, can we purchase a single ticket (like a pass) that can cover all the cities we plan to visit? Is it easy to purchase these tickets? And how much do they cost (the cheapest)? Will the train stations be opened in January in the first place? It is just right after the holidays so I don't know how things work in Italy.
Thanks in advance.
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05-Dec-2009 09:20
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05-Dec-2009 09:20
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location: Portugal
Howdy,
I'm planning my walking trip to Portugal for September 2010. I favor tracks involving moderate elevation gains. I'll fly in to Porto and sightsee for 2-days. My question is: what guided walking tour company in the area can offer not-steep elevations, forests, some villages and overnight accommodations? My homework on this area resulted in my favoring walks in the National Park. Perhaps someone has an alternate walking area and the reasons why. Thanks.
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05-Dec-2009 08:44
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05-Dec-2009 08:44
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location: France
I am travelling to Paris for new year, leaving Portsmouth at 22:45 on the 30th Dec, arriving in Ouistreham at 06:45 on the 31st. I am then connecting with a train to Paris. On my return leg, I am taking the 23:00 ferry service to Portsmouth on Sunday evening.
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05-Dec-2009 08:19
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05-Dec-2009 08:19
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location: Italy
Hi everyone,
myself and my girlfriend are travelling through italy and have jobs starting on the 20th december as au pairs. However due toi the family im working for going on holiday, i will be jobless between the 24th of december and the 4th of january. Does anyone know of any jobs in the lecce area i could do? house sitting, building, cooking, cleaning? literally anything to make some money as funds are low. <<thanks
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05-Dec-2009 08:19
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05-Dec-2009 08:19
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location: Italy
Hello Everyone,
Myself and My boyfriend are travelling to italy in the next 2 days. We have work as au pairs starting from the 19th december. Before we had work our flights were booked hoping to have work as soon as we get there but as we don't we are looking for house sitting jobs or any cheep accommodation we can get as we are travelling on a very tight buggiest. Any suggestions,websites would be apreciated. If any one reading this is looking for a house sitter anywhere in italy we are both english,reliable,tidy,handy around the house and we love all animals.
Thankyou very much
Sami
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05-Dec-2009 06:07
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05-Dec-2009 06:07
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location: Austria
Hi all,
I'm looking at travelling from the UK to Austria in March for a city break. I am a non-skier but still want somewhere that will be guaranteed snow and plenty of things to do for the non skier. Somewhere like Salzburg or Innsbruck, or somewhere smaller like Zell am See perhaps?
Anyway, any ideas gratefully received!
Many thanks,
John
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05-Dec-2009 03:59
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05-Dec-2009 15:00
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location: Switzerland
Hello,
I will be staying in Basel for a period of three months and would like to learn to speak German. Can anyone suggest me a good school with convinient price for a student?
Thanks a lot, Sebastjan
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05-Dec-2009 01:20
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WorldTravel4Me »
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05-Dec-2009 11:06
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location: Italy
Hi, I need to find a hotel for one night near FCO. I will have already spent a week in Rome centre so don't want to stay there. Some factors are clean, reasonable price, safe, breakfast included, airport shuttle, places and restaurants to walk to nearby. The timeframe is late January.
thx.....
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05-Dec-2009 00:32
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05-Dec-2009 00:32
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location: Spain
We will be in Santander and Bilbao in July 2010. I'm looking for short/moderate - 10 km or less- day hikes along the Atlantic coast nearby.
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04-Dec-2009 21:26
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04-Dec-2009 21:26
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location: France
Starting summer 2010 a new airline: Air Nice with seven destination. Known today Milano, Napoli and Prague.
rgds
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04-Dec-2009 20:57
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05-Dec-2009 08:20
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srasmus »
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Hi all
My wife and I are planning to visit Germany in June, and we're seriously thinking about getting a rail pass rather than taking a car.
We intend to go to the Mosel valley, to Bayern and go through Frankfurt heading back.
We're going for three weeks.
Question is, will a rail pass be adequate? We're particularly interested in visiting smaller towns and places where we can go on hiking day-trips and so forth.
Does the railway network get you such places, or is it better getting a car?
Any input appreciated :-)
Kind regards
Søren
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04-Dec-2009 15:51
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bedda »
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05-Dec-2009 10:21
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location: Spain
We are a family of four (mom, dad and kids ages 6 & 4) planning a trip to Spain for the Semana Santa and the following week. We fly into Madrid and will be making our way to Alicante. We would like to visit 2-3 other places along the way.
I have a couple of questions:
1. Would it be better to rent a car or use public transit? I am looking at this both in terms of cost and convenience. We would need a mid-size car to accomodate all of us and our luggage. I know gas is expensive in Spain. I am also concerned parking could be a hassle. But a car would allow us a certain amount of freedom to explore on our own schedule. Pricewise, how do they compare?
2. How far ahead do we need to book hotels? I know Semana Santa can be very busy. We are not planning to go to Andalucia, where I know there can be big crowds. But I would like to visit a place known for it's Semana Santa...
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04-Dec-2009 15:41
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05-Dec-2009 08:17
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location: Spain
Hi all,
I’m an Australia heading to Madrid for a conference in March and will have a spare week or so. Given I’ve already visited many of the bigger Spanish cities (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Granda, Cordoba) in the past, I was thinking about spending a week in Portugal or Morocco. I’d love to see more of Spain one day, but given how rare it is that I get a chance to visit Europe, I’d like to experience in a different country.
Obviously time is short, so I’d only have time to visit a small section of each country. From reading through these forums, something along the lines of Marrakech and Fez in Morocco, or Lisbon and Porto in Portugal sound right for me.
Just for some context, i'm in my late 20s, married, and travelling by myself, looking for an interesting cultural experience
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Mark
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04-Dec-2009 15:36
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sailnj »
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05-Dec-2009 10:26
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tony_b »
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location: Spain
my wife and i will be spending 10 days (3/3-13) in the malaga area and have a choice of towns to base our trip. the choices are: 1. torremolinos 2. benalmadena 3. mijas costa 4 mijas pueblo
any opinions?
thanks
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