Hello,
We are a couple in our early 50's. We have booked a flight to Paris May 4th returning May 20th. My partner hasn't been to Europe; I have been several times including Paris, South of France, south Spain, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Turkey, Portugal-and driven in most of these places, We both love nature, cities, some museums but not overkill nice dining but not really foodies, wine, walking, villages and towns, beach towns though not really laying on beach, scenery, photography-you know the usual! My goal is to give my partner a varied experience (city, villages, markets, beach town, nature) with 2 countries (France & Spain) without rushing too much-though we are OK with a decent pace. I know it would be better to fly in to one place and out another, but this flight was an excellent deal, so we jumped on it. We also have a friend with a place in Paris we can stay at. Here are some very early ideas (haven't detail researched train stations, car rental yet-at the macro level) happy for some suggestions based on the above
May 5th -arrive 12:30-spend day hanging out and recover from jet lag-early night
May 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th -Paris (day trip to Champange region)
May 10th -head to Loire Valley via train, pick up a car, see Chambord or other on way to Dordogne region -select base for 3 nights (May 10th, 11th & 12th)
May 13th -head to Girona Spain (he really wants to see this place) -overnight
May 14th, 15th -Costa Brava town of choice (or three nights here and day trip Girona?)
May 16, 17th, 18th, 19th -Barcelona
May 20th -flight to Barcelona (or 19th) for international flight home
Other suggestions? Or is there a round trip circle one could do Paris to Paris? I also haven't though of where to return car in the above scenario.....
Just at the macro level now!
Thank you.