Arrive LHR 9/20 at 2pm; Depart LHR 10/16 10am
End of trip have to spend 4 days in Mallorca Spain, 10/13-10/16 for wedding, fly home 10/16
That leaves 22 days for the rest of the trip
London (8 days - set dates, can’t change) > France/Paris (9 days - flexible) > Italy (9 days - flexible)
Questions?
How’s our itinerary look? Too long in Paris, more time in Italy?
Should we bring our big technical backpacks or rolling suitcases?
Should we buy transit passes in each city?
We want laundry 2x, so about once every 9 days. Laundry service easy to find?
Getting european data sims for the trip
About us
Haven’t been to Europe since I was a kid. Wife’s first time
Husband and wife. Mid 30s. We tend to walk a lot and explore places during travel, walking cities, outdoorsy hiking lands or swimming holes if special parks. Enjoy history and cultural experiences.
hit the touristy things as long as they are higher quality than a Costa Rica volcano town (been there, done that in costa rica). Like museums.
We are hikers and wilderness backpack in california. We like to bike if biking is nice.
Enjoying different local cuisines. Don’t mind fancy restaurant as long as it’s not filled with 70% non locals.
see locals going to and from work. Watching locals work. I like historical experiences, but not a huge fan of going out of the way to see a simple site eg stonehedge
Don’t mind paying for guides. Our best experience so far was 3 days for a guided rainforest corcovado national park in costa rica.
Willing to do special experiences, even if they come with some headache / work.
We don’t use social media or social media pictures
Not a huge fan of water or beaches if all we’re doing is for pictures. If we can do something like cliff jump or swim; that’s different.
No fancy hotels, we spend 12 hours a day out and about anyway; our budget will go towards experiences and food.
Limited more by time than cost.
Do not like spending time in lines, will try to avoid by going early/late hours, paying for special pass tours, etc. (Italy worries us for this reason) any ideas how to get around?
Detailed itinerary
London (9/20 - 9/27, set dates)
9/20 Arrive LHR at 2pm. Travel to Windsor, stay overnight
9/21 Windsor Castle; shuttle to Hampton Court Palace in afternoon. Head to London.
9/22 - 9/26 London. Will probably buy a 5-day London Pass. Doing a guided walking tour first day, Buckingham Palace, V&A, British Museum, Churchill War Rooms, Westminster Abbey, Shakespeare’s Globe, Houses of Parliament, St. Paul’s Cathedral, etc. Not interested in making the trip out to Stonehenge.
9/26 Hever Castle in the afternoon; overnight stay.
9/27 Fly from London (LGW) to Paris (CDG)
France (9/27 to 10/5 tentatively)
9/27 - ?? Paris. Louvre, etc.
Versailles
Normandy? Mont St Michel?
10/5 Fly from Paris (CDG) to Venice
Italy (10/5 - 10/13, tentatively). 2 or 3 cities? We need to fly out of Naples, so I think Rome will be one of them. Fly in to Venice from Paris?
Or skip venice and just do Rome, Naples and pompei?
10/5-10/7 Venice
10/7-10/13 ??
10/13 Fly Naples to Mallorca (PMI)
Mallorca (10/13 - 10/15, set dates)
10/13 - 10/15 attending wedding celebrations
10/15 Fly to London (LGW). Stay overnight near LHR.
10/16 Fly from LHR back to States
