7 Day London/Paris.....and Edinburgh?

You have 3 separate visits to London in only 7 days! How about:

• Arrive to London
• Train to Paris
• Fly Paris to Edinburgh
• Return flight from Edinburgh.

Or if you must fly back from London, still fly direct Paris to Edinburgh, and get the train from Edinburgh to London (4 hours city centre to city centre), don't fly.
If you can't fit in Edinburgh, I recommend a day trip to York. 2 hours each way by train, start out early.

For your train trips, book tickets now, you may already have missed the absolute cheapest tickets.

I think you should save Edinburgh for your next trip and add time to Paris.

Enjoy the planning and the trip!

NO. Just no. Most people can't see everything they want to see in London OR Paris in a week, never mind throwing in another relatively distant city. If you want any chance to actually experience what any of these cities are about, then drop Edinburgh for a different visit.

Too bad you've already made your plane reservations. If you'd come here first you would have been advised to book a multicity trip - flying into one city and out of the other - to avoid all the wasted time and money of backtracking. Too late now.

My advice, spend Wed thru Fri night in London. Wednesday is practically a write off due to jet lag. Try to spend time on a walking tour for fresh air and sunshine. Train to Paris and stay Sat thru Monday night. Sometime on Tues return by train to London for your flight out the next day. You'll still be barely scratching the surface of these 2 great cities.

I agree with Beth, you're trying to do too much. Do you have some reason to think you'll never be able to return to Europe? London and Paris are each worth a week or more. Visiting both is doable in your timeframe and a good introduction to European cities, but adding Edinburgh adds two more time-consuming journeys for the sake of touring one (very good but hardly unique) castle and a pub-and-whiskey evening (believe it or not, there are good pubs and whiskeys in London).

Your flights are probably already booked, but it would make more sense to fly into London and home from Paris, or vice versa, saving you the time and cost of backtracking between them. If you really want to visit all three places, Chris has good advice about the logistics.

Here's a thought -- in the Marais district of Paris there's a Scottish-themed bar called The Auld Alliance, after the historic alliance between France and Scotland against England. You'll find a lot of good whiskeys there. It ain't Edinburgh but it also doesn't require all that flying or training! ;-)

Thank you All for your feedback. I had a feeling it would be too much to add in the third destination, so I'll save it for the next trip. I only have 7 days due to work schedule and I have to get back to my two toddlers in the states (so I'm trying to fit in as much as I can!)

And a giant thank you for the recommendation for the scottish pub in Paris. Any other recommendations for pubs/restaurants in London and Paris would also be greatly appreciated!