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Bespoke Europe
When visiting
Europe
for a city break,
take time to enjoy it. This is for those who believe that stamping passports is
not enough.
Eurail
The basic tip is: get a
Railpass.
This will cut costs and gives you the complete freedom to
explore countryside and
sights along the way. There are some exceptions to this, where
your destinations are not well connected by rail, but
generally, it is possible to travel cheaply, safely and
speedily through Europe by
Eurail.
Secondly,
plan your itinerary carefully, without backtracking, using an
open jaw air ticket where necessary.
For the UK, Mediterranean and Scandinavia, you may need two
(budget) air connections to fly in and/or out.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do
Our Bespoke Europe Tour solutions include a detailed, customised
itinerary including how to save money, airport transfer advice, what to see, what to do and where to stay, how to get
around, maps, where to eat and even how to say common phrases in
the local languages phonetically.
No tour bus or other company in Sri Lanka will give you this much choice, so much time
to enjoy it, at this cost. Our objective with tailor made
solutions is that you become an expert on your
destination, interacting with locals as opposed to a busload
of Asian package tourists. You do not rely on a
tour guide.
You may also
want to attend various events and festivals, for which you can add additional
time in the cities. Some destinations, such as Santiago de Compostela, will not be
of interest to non-Catholics, and
there are other specialist destinations which you should
make an informed decision about (click the links to explore, enabling popups).
We do the work for you
We take some of the fuss away from making these
difficult decisions. Please
contact us for
more details. The
Europe Plan
will tell us all we need to know about your preferences.
You can then make an informed decision when to start the
trip and its duration, as well as the destinations to visit.
Minimum visiting times and research links
Here are some recommended minimum visiting periods,
allowing you time to sightsee all the main attractions at
popular tourist destinations (plus some hidden gems) in Europe. This
excludes taking excursions out to see regional
attractions such as cathedrals, gardens/parks,
palaces/castles, villages, lakes/rivers, coasts/bays,
aqueducts/bridges, waterfalls/cliffs/mountains and countryside. Some of these cities serve as
excellent bases to do just that. The best times to visit are May and September for a city
break, as the weather is usually good, and it is not too
cold, and not too hot.
The list is not intended to be exhaustive, nor a league
table of the best places to visit. Some cities are large,
take a lot of time to get to (and from) or
have time consuming public transport, and therefore require
more time to explore. If you are not interested in museums,
churches, paid attractions and excursions,
2 nights are sufficient (except in London, Paris and Rome).
10+ nights
London,
England, UK
5 nights
Edinburgh,
Scotland, UK
Istanbul,
Turkey
Paris,
France
Rome,
Italy
St. Petersburg,
Russia
Vienna,
Austria
4 nights
Venice, Italy
3 nights
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Athens,
Greece
Berlin,
Germany
Budapest,
Hungary
Cardiff,
Wales, UK
Copenhagen,
Denmark
Dublin, Ireland
Florence, Italy
Geneva, Switzerland
Kraków,
Poland
Madrid, Spain
Milan,
Italy
Moscow,
Russia
Munich, Germany
Prague,
Czech Republic
Stockholm,
Sweden
2 nights
Barcelona,
Spain
Bath,
England, UK
Belfast, N. Ireland, UK
Bergen,
Norway
Bled, Croatia
Bordeaux,
France
Bologna, Italy
Brussels, Belgium
Cádiz, Spain
Cambridge,
UK
Cologne,
Germany
Dresden,
Germany
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Erfurt,
Eisenach and
Weimar,
Germany
Frankfurt,
Germany
Freiburg im Briesgau, Germany
Genoa, Italy
Granada,
Spain
Hamburg, Germany
Helsinki,
Finland
Inverness,
Scotland, UK
Kotor, Montenegro
Lisbon,
Portugal
Lübeck, Germany
Lucerne, Switzerland
Lugano,
Switzerland
Ljubljana,
Slovenia
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Lyon,
France
Naples, Italy
Oslo,
Norway
Oxford,
England, UK
Padua, Italy
Riga,
Latvia
Rousse,
Bulgaria
Salzburg,
Austria
Santiago de Compostela,
Spain
Seville,
Spain
Siena, Italy
Sofia,
Bulgaria
Strasbourg, France
Stratford-upon-Avon,
UK
Tallinn,
Estonia
Vilnius,
Lithuania
Warsaw,
Poland
Würzberg, Germany
Zürich,
Switzerland
1 night
Aachen, Germany
Antwerp, Belgium
Avignon,
France
Bamberg, Germany
Basel, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland
Bonn, Germany
Bratislava,
Slovakia
Bremen,
Germany
Burgas,
Bulgaria
Caernarfon, Wales, UK
Córdoba, Spain
Delft, Netherlands
Dordrecht, Netherlands
Ferrara, Italy
Ghent, Belgium
Gothenburg, Sweden
Graz,
Austria
Heidelberg, Germany
Innsbruck,
Austria
Košice, Slovakia
Linz,
Austria
Locarno, Switzerland
Lourdes, France
Lugano, Switzerland
Nuremberg,
Germany
Pisa, Italy
Porto,
Portugal
Savonlinna, Finland
Split, Croatia
Stuttgart, Germany
The Hague,
Netherlands
Toulouse, France
Turin, Italy
Turku, Finland
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Verona, Italy
Wrocław, Poland
Windsor,
England, UK
Day Trips
Assisi, Italy
Bellagio, Italy
Brugge, Belgium
Cinque Terre,
Italy
Fulda, Germany
Harlech, Wales, UK
Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Lucca, Italy
Mont St-Michel,
France
Nancy, France
Orvieto, Italy
Pompeii,
Italy
Turin, Italy
Ulm,
Germany
Villages: Europe as it once was
If you are tired of city life, you may find the
following beautiful and typical picturesque villages in
unspoilt, silent wilderness, sometimes surrounded by scenic snow-capped mountains or by a
deep still lake (or both), literally a breath of Fresh
Air. Typical Europe as you would have envisioned it. To enjoy them as the locals do, visit in April
or October, with warm clothing. Spend about one to three nights,
you will not regret it. They are tourist traps, and
are more expensive than a city break,
but are still unusual experiences far from the beaten track.
Adare, Ireland
Alpbach, Austria
Castle Combe, Cotswolds, England, UK
Conques (Aveyron), France
Giethoorn, Netherlands
Grasmere, Lake District, England, UK
Gudvangen,
Nærøyfjord, Norway
Hallstatt, Austria
Klövsjö, Sweden
Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
Lofoten National Tourist Route, Norway
Geiranger on the
Geirangerfjord,
Norway
Mittenwald, Germany
Monpazier, France
Morcote and Vico-Morcote, Ticino, Switzerland
Naantali, Finland
Obidos, Portugal
Oud-Rekem, Flanders, Belgium
Pedraza de la Sierra, Spain
Plockton, Scotland, UK
Ribe, Denmark
Rosendal, Norway
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Santillana Del Mar, Spain
Tobermory, Isle of Mull,
Scotland, UK
Vickleby, Sweden
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