Long time lurker, first post :)
My family (including 2 young adult children, husband and I) are flying into Budapest in August and have 15 nights to work with before flying home from Berlin. Right now our itinerary looks like this:
3 nights Budapest
4 nights Vienna
3 nights Prague
5 nights Berlin, including possible day trips to Potsdam or Dresden
We are pretty set on the # of nights in Budapest but can tweak the others if needed. My main questions are:
- Should we reverse the nights in Prague (to 4) and reduce to 3 in Vienna?
- If we do this, is a stop in Cesky Krumlov worth it between Vienna and Prague? We are using private transportation between the 2 cities and right now it appears to be more cost-effective for us to do a stopover there rather than stay overnight. I do understand that it can be a mob scene of day trippers during the day like Rothenburg in Germany. However, will we regret not going?
If we skip CK, I would likely just keep the dates as they are and just get to Prague earlier so we would get the majority of a 3rd day there.
I am also interested in what you all think about things that would interest our young adults. We are fairly well traveled and have been to Europe quite a few times over the past several years, but this will be our first trip to this particular region.
High priorities: historical attractions, wandering around, cool “off the beaten path” attractions or tours that are unique to the city. Castles and palaces ok but given our limited time we would probably stick to exploring grounds rather than going inside (plus we’ve had our share of these over the years, particularly in Germany)
Medium priorities: museums - historical generally preferred over art, unless it’s a must-do that we’ll regret not seeing. (This is to accommodate my family because I love art!),
Low priorities: nightlife, shopping
Any and all suggestions appreciated!